Dessert every day?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Read the ice cream pool thread. You are not alone. DCUM approves!

Where's this thread? I need to know if I'm not the only one tired of getting begged for ice cream every time at the pool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Read the ice cream pool thread. You are not alone. DCUM approves!

Where's this thread? I need to know if I'm not the only one tired of getting begged for ice cream every time at the pool.

Nevermind, found it on p.2 even though it didn't show up in "search"

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We do it most weekends as I bring something home from work. Americans already get a lot of sugar from non-dessert foods. I also worry about cavities.

And school. A day rarely goes by that kids aren’t given cupcakes, donuts, candy, or some other junk at school. The school breakfast alone is a big pile of sweets (poptarts, Cocoa Puffs, lucky charms bars, chocolate chip muffins, etc.)

I was shocked at the amount of sugar and additives in school breakfast. And even school lunch.

[Anonymous]

My kid has dessert every night.
It started when she was younger as incentive to try new foods etc.
unless there is a special occasion though it’s the only time she eats cookies/cake/ice cream etc.
she eats most fruits and veggies and is a good eater. I’m ok with it.

[Anonymous]

This is one of my "I won't die on this hill" things. My DH is a firm believer of dessert every day, I am/was not. It's a small ice cream cone (the TJ minis) or 2 Oreos or a freeze pop. I won't force my kids to eat all of their meal if they tell me they're full, but then they'll still eat the dessert and it drives me crazy. But I also don't want to make a big deal around food.

[Anonymous]

No, of course not. Maybe every other day or so… We are not addicted to sugar.

[Anonymous]

I love to bake so we always have something sweet to snack on....... It's all about moderation.... Can they have a cookie an hour before supper? No they can't..... Can they have on it one in the afternoon if they'd like something to snack on? Sure who the hell cares......
No kids eat plenty of fruits and vegetables and drink milk and eat cheese. Love their meats and eat well balanced diets.... So why would we try to cut out something That is fun to eat

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We have designated dessert nights 3x/wk in addition to whatever sweets our child gets through school and camps. But my kid is not the most adventurous eater. Will eat fruit but hardly any veggies. On some dessert days, I tend to cook things that I know he may not eat that much, such as certain fish or veggie forward dishes, because I know he may get his calories from dessert but he still gets exposed to newer foods and eats a little of it. It’s not really a reward for trying new things. It’s just what is for dinner.

[Anonymous]

yep 100% - why not have a little pleasure every day. I have yet to see a single adult who overall was raised in a family with well rounded eating habits to have an out of control sugar addition because they got a brownie after dinner growing up

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes! My 11 year old eats Oreos, mint chocolate chip ice cream or an ice cream sandwich every night. She eats plenty of healthy foods all day long. She is super active. Her friends with restrictions hide food, or gorge themselves when they get to our house because they don't have self-control. Their parents have total control over what they eat. Not a healthy long-term model in my opinion.

+1. Can’t imagine handing my child one GS cookie (can you spare it?!) and saying that’s “dessert”.

I grew up with dessert every night and adjusted as an adult because my metabolism is not as fast.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is one of my "I won't die on this hill" things. My DH is a firm believer of dessert every day, I am/was not. It's a small ice cream cone (the TJ minis) or 2 Oreos or a freeze pop. I won't force my kids to eat all of their meal if they tell me they're full, but then they'll still eat the dessert and it drives me crazy. But I also don't want to make a big deal around food.

Dinner tummies and dessert tummies are different!

My kids eat desert every day, and have, for years. They are fine - they know what a serving is. So they get three Oreos. Or one ice cream sandwich. Or whatever. It’s NBD.

[Anonymous]

I don't automatically offer dessert everyday, but I try to say yes often enough when they ask for it. So it's still a little special and not necessarily expected, but also not forbidden. If it's a day where they had something like cookies and popsicles in the afternoon or went to a birthday party and had cake and ice cream, I'll offer fruit.

It also depends a little on what's for dinner. In summer we eat a lot of salad meals (willingly, we all like them!), so if it's a salad night, fruit cobbler or brownies with ice cream may be a more likely dessert. On a day we're having steak and mashed potatoes and fried onions and broccoli or pork barbeque and coleslaw and hush puppies we might just have watermelon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A small dessert (like one Girl Scout cookie) every day. Not dependent on behavior because food is not a reward. But also typically not ice cream unless we have company.

Who eats one Girl Scout cookie?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A small dessert (like one Girl Scout cookie) every day. Not dependent on behavior because food is not a reward. But also typically not ice cream unless we have company.

Who eats one Girl Scout cookie?

Someone who wants to say they don't restrict sweets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A small dessert (like one Girl Scout cookie) every day. Not dependent on behavior because food is not a reward. But also typically not ice cream unless we have company.

Who eats one Girl Scout cookie?

Lol we sure don’t. We need 3-4.