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Teen son ate an entire large container of Whole Foods smoked mozzarella pasta salad
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Anonymous
| DS is 13 years old. Would you chalk this up to hungry "growing boy" or gluttony worthy of concern? The container was just over a pound. Purchased last night, noticed it empty in the trash this morning. He presumably ate it some time between our family dinner and his bed time. |
Anonymous
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Growth spurt. He needs to eat and sleep.
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Anonymous
| Growing boy |
Anonymous
| Growth spurt. We’ve had entire containers of raspberries not make it to the fridge. Remind him there are other people in the house who would like to have treats too. |
Anonymous
| Growing boy. What did you serve for dinner? He probably needs to eat more food. |
Anonymous
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He’s hungry. But you have to set rules about what gets eaten first and in quantity, and rules about leaving enough for everyone else. That was thoughtless.
He needs to help with food prep and planning. So if he’s starving for carbs with flavor, he can help make a pasta salad with peppers and fancy olives and mozzarella and herbs and a nice dressing. It also helps to make double portions of dinner and have leftovers for second dinner, so he’s still eating real food (vs cereal or chips) but you’re not paying for $20 snacks from the prepared food section every night. |
Anonymous
We buy two containers of this specific pasta salad each WF shopping trip. It's lasts about 4-6 days because the rest of us just take a little bit as a side item for lunch or maybe a snack. It seems at the very least uncivilized to hoover an entire container. Even if he's hungry, it's overboard, right? |
Anonymous
You seem like you're desperate for this to be a problem, but it's a normal amount for a teenage boy to eat. |
Anonymous
If I buy deli treats or ice cream, I usually get people their own containers and label them. Once they finish theirs, they aren't allowed to eat the other ones. It tough when you are a growing teen because you really get hungry! |
Anonymous
| He needs more protein |
Anonymous
| What was dinner? |
Anonymous
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I mean, there are two questions:
1) Is this a reasonable amount of food for a 13 year old boy? Yes, it is. 2) Does it seem that he considered the needs/desires of others? No, but that's developmentally appropriate. I'd talk to him about not eating all of a specific food, and never mention it again unless it happens again. |
Anonymous
| Tell him not to eat the whole thing. Eat other things too. |
Anonymous
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I'd keep some simple frozen burritos on hand. If you want to keep it healthier, just assemble these ahead of time (chicken, cheese, beans, etc.). These are fast and easy for kids to stick in the microwave for a filling snack.
Your teen will probably be like this for the next 5 or 6 years at least if he is active. |
Anonymous
+1 |