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

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Anonymous wrote:I don't not allow them anything except for caffeinated soda (they are under 8). I don't buy a lot of things. And i worked on making sure their palates are good so many things like little Debbie taste too sweet to them anyway. They take 1 bite and thats it.

Oh you parents of young kids... The most comical thing about you is your endless ability to ascribe a causal link between your specific parenting choices and whatever desirable traits your kids happen to be displaying at that particular time.

Yea I had a similar pride when my son was about four and could only eat a few bites of a bakery cookie before abandoning it. He's older now and it didn't last. When they have any level of independence at school and access to candy things change.

Ha same. DS wasn't a sweets kid when he was younger. He would have a couple of bites of things (even ice cream) and be done. Then he hit 8ish and it all changed. Then we taught him moderation and portion and serving sizes. I grew up with a mom who didn't have a good relationship with food or body image and I think it is really important to teach kids how to consume things in a healthy way. I never want to make him think food is bad but we discuss why some things are better than others and why that is the case.

Same. My kids are now teens and they will still eat only one cookie, or one scoop of ice cream. We don’t forbid them from eating more— they actually tell us that eating more makes them feel sick afterwards so they don’t do it. Their awareness of how food makes them feel is what I wanted them to have, so I’m glad it’s worked out.

i am please for you, but you should be aware their satiety is likely genetic and not solely a result of healthy attitudes toward food. Look at twin studies of siblings raised apart- nearly all were the same weight as their twin with the identical fat deposition. They did not have adoptive parents’ body type.

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I wish my kid ate everything I ate. My food was mostly organic, local and super fresh. Cow got killed the night before to feed the kids at school. The veggies were picked from 2 miles away and so on. What a life I had.

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I don’t forbid soda, we just very rarely have it around. At restaurants, they order milk or water most of the time. If they do choose a soda when we’re out, that’s the dessert for the day. When I was a kid, we always had soda around and drank it regularly.

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There is nothing I don’t allow, but there is plenty I don’t buy (or buy often).

Sugary cereal. Soda. Juice.

My oldest (he a young teen) goes through phases where he wants Oreo cereal. It’s fine. I probably end up buying 2 boxes and then he’s done. I ate Apple Jacks, Froot Loops, and Frosted Mini Wheats daily. For YEARS.

They are permitted to order soda out but I generally do not keep it at home. Same for juice. They know they can accept any food or drink they are offered at someone’s home. NBD.

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Me as a 10 yo picking the restaurant to go to for my birthday dinner: Cheesecake Factory!

My 10 yo picking his bday dinner restaurant: Passion Fin sushi

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Pop, candies, chocolates and tea.

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Soft drinks. I always drank them away from the house, without them around, when kids were growing up. Now as adults they rarely have them and I have them for breakfast (of which I am not proud)

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Anonymous wrote:I don't not allow them anything except for caffeinated soda (they are under 8). I don't buy a lot of things. And i worked on making sure their palates are good so many things like little Debbie taste too sweet to them anyway. They take 1 bite and thats it.

Oh you parents of young kids... The most comical thing about you is your endless ability to ascribe a causal link between your specific parenting choices and whatever desirable traits your kids happen to be displaying at that particular time.

Yea I had a similar pride when my son was about four and could only eat a few bites of a bakery cookie before abandoning it. He's older now and it didn't last. When they have any level of independence at school and access to candy things change.

Ha same. DS wasn't a sweets kid when he was younger. He would have a couple of bites of things (even ice cream) and be done. Then he hit 8ish and it all changed. Then we taught him moderation and portion and serving sizes. I grew up with a mom who didn't have a good relationship with food or body image and I think it is really important to teach kids how to consume things in a healthy way. I never want to make him think food is bad but we discuss why some things are better than others and why that is the case.

Same. My kids are now teens and they will still eat only one cookie, or one scoop of ice cream. We don’t forbid them from eating more— they actually tell us that eating more makes them feel sick afterwards so they don’t do it. Their awareness of how food makes them feel is what I wanted them to have, so I’m glad it’s worked out.

A teenager who can’t eat two cookies without feeling sick probably has either an anxiety disorder, or celiac or some thing.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't not allow them anything except for caffeinated soda (they are under 8). I don't buy a lot of things. And i worked on making sure their palates are good so many things like little Debbie taste too sweet to them anyway. They take 1 bite and thats it.

Oh you parents of young kids... The most comical thing about you is your endless ability to ascribe a causal link between your specific parenting choices and whatever desirable traits your kids happen to be displaying at that particular time.

Yea I had a similar pride when my son was about four and could only eat a few bites of a bakery cookie before abandoning it. He's older now and it didn't last. When they have any level of independence at school and access to candy things change.

Ha same. DS wasn't a sweets kid when he was younger. He would have a couple of bites of things (even ice cream) and be done. Then he hit 8ish and it all changed. Then we taught him moderation and portion and serving sizes. I grew up with a mom who didn't have a good relationship with food or body image and I think it is really important to teach kids how to consume things in a healthy way. I never want to make him think food is bad but we discuss why some things are better than others and why that is the case.

Same. My kids are now teens and they will still eat only one cookie, or one scoop of ice cream. We don’t forbid them from eating more— they actually tell us that eating more makes them feel sick afterwards so they don’t do it. Their awareness of how food makes them feel is what I wanted them to have, so I’m glad it’s worked out.

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i am please for you, but you should be aware their satiety is likely genetic and not solely a result of healthy attitudes toward food. Look at twin studies of siblings raised apart- nearly all were the same weight as their twin with the identical fat deposition. They did not have adoptive parents’ body type.