What's something you ate as a kid that you don't allow your kids to eat?

[Anonymous]

Or maybe only allow in rare instances?

For me, bologna, Little Debbie cakes, and also soda. Every packed lunch from K-12 was a bologna sandwich, bag of chips, Little Debbie cake, and Hi-C juice box. I switched out the juice box for a soda when in HS. I never drank water as a kid. OJ at breakfast, juice box/soda at lunch, soda after school, and another soda with dinner.

My kids haven't had bologna or asked for it. They have had Little Debbie cakes before at parties and sports games but they are not something they ask for or that I buy. Only 2 of my 4 kids like soda. We don't normally buy it but if one of my kids asks for a 2-liter for when they are having friends over, I'll pick one up.

[Anonymous]

Caffeinated soda. I cannot believe my mom let me drink Coke when I was so young! We were constantly drinking soda. I do let my kids get Sprite or root beer when we go out to eat or are on an airplane but that means they get it maybe twice a month.

I used to be pretty strict about junk food but then I started having big health issues and gave in.

[Anonymous]

There's nothing I don't allow my kids to eat. There's a lot of crap food I don't buy.

I'd say the most noticeable difference is my parents spent my whole childhood trying to get me to drink juice, which I do not like, and now of course, juice is what soda was when I was a kid ("just on special occasions").

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Or maybe only allow in rare instances?

For me, bologna, Little Debbie cakes, and also soda. Every packed lunch from K-12 was a bologna sandwich, bag of chips, Little Debbie cake, and Hi-C juice box. I switched out the juice box for a soda when in HS. I never drank water as a kid. OJ at breakfast, juice box/soda at lunch, soda after school, and another soda with dinner.

My kids haven't had bologna or asked for it. They have had Little Debbie cakes before at parties and sports games but they are not something they ask for or that I buy. Only 2 of my 4 kids like soda. We don't normally buy it but if one of my kids asks for a 2-liter for when they are having friends over, I'll pick one up.

I mean we don’t buy these things but I don’t explicitly prohibit them. I think that just leads to issues.

[Anonymous]

Margarine

[Anonymous]

I let them eat whatever they want. I just don't buy crap and keep it in the house. If they're at a friends house, have at it!

[Anonymous]

Soda (I allowed her to have Sprite at parties), margarine, cakes, muffins and cookies.

She's an adult now and always mentions how she never had an opportunity to "like" cakes/cookies/muffins.

[Anonymous]

No, it's the opposite. They have an unhealthier diet than I did as a child, due to the fact that we're in America, land of snacks, and I lived in Europe in a location where decades ago, we didn't have a lot of access to snacks.

[Anonymous]

Juice was huge in my house growing up - we all drink water now. I don't deprive my kid of juice at a party or whatnot, but I don't buy it to keep on hand.

Store bought cookies (Fudge Stripes, Chips Ahoy, Oreos, etc.).

Sugary cereals and pop tarts - we try to do more protein based breakfasts (eggs, yogurt, etc.).

[Anonymous]

We actually don't have any "no" foods and never really have.

I discourage fake/diet sugar (but no one wants that anyway, I just point out it's chemically and gross).

I buy chips and soda. 14DS eats a lot of chips and has an occasional soda, but mainly prefers water, seltzer, juice, tea, and gatorade. Rarely drinks plain milk but has gotten into decaf iced coffee, which has a full glass in it.

We have ice cream, candy, and cookies in the house basically all the time. We also have ramen. More often than not if DS makes ramen he puts in corn, green onions, cilantro, chili crisp, and slices a cucumber. That's more than I can say for DH!

I believe that a healthy relationship with food includes no "bad" foods and self-moderation, which is not the same as prohibition. This begins young. I am lucky to have a kid who seems to be ok at this.

[Anonymous]

Soda
Toaster strudels
Little Debbie
Hostess orange cupcakes

Those are the main things I can think of.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We actually don't have any "no" foods and never really have.

I discourage fake/diet sugar (but no one wants that anyway, I just point out it's chemically and gross).

I buy chips and soda. 14DS eats a lot of chips and has an occasional soda, but mainly prefers water, seltzer, juice, tea, and gatorade. Rarely drinks plain milk but has gotten into decaf iced coffee, which has a full glass in it.

We have ice cream, candy, and cookies in the house basically all the time. We also have ramen. More often than not if DS makes ramen he puts in corn, green onions, cilantro, chili crisp, and slices a cucumber. That's more than I can say for DH!

I believe that a healthy relationship with food includes no "bad" foods and self-moderation, which is not the same as prohibition. This begins young. I am lucky to have a kid who seems to be ok at this.

Dude nobody cares about your bragging.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Soda
Toaster strudels
Little Debbie
Hostess orange cupcakes

Those are the main things I can think of.

Oh also koolaid

[Anonymous]

Carob. Will never subject my kid to that travesty.

[Anonymous]

My DD thinks pop tarts are dessert - for me they were breakfast!

No off limits foods. I don't buy a lot of processed foods but if she sees something at the store and wants it I generally get it for her.