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[quote=Anonymous]He’s not overweight, and he’s welcome to eat anything in the kitchen/pantry. There’s always food around that requires little effort in the way of prep. But it isn’t crappy junk food. He buys or is gifted junk food (including by his g’parents, which is a whole other issue) that, instead of just consuming, he brings home and hides. Unfortunately for him, we have a food-motivated dog who always finds it. Then the dog is sick from eating human junk food, and DS is in trouble again. It used to be worse, and then it was always candy. We went a couple of years without many issues, but now that he can walk out of school at the end of the day and into a convenience store, we have issues again.

DS gets an allowance, and I’ve told him that he’s in MS, and I expect he will sometimes eat junk food with his friends. I would prefer that he at least opt for say the pretzels or the candy bar with nuts rather than a soda, but I don’t pretend I can micromanage those choices. He knows he is not allowed to hide it in the house, though.

While we don’t keep junk food in the house, we have treats occasionally.  We have dessert after dinner about once a week. When we’re out and about, we’ll sometimes have a treat like ice cream. DS also goes to starbucks with me 1-2 per week after walking the dog.

Should I take away his allowance? Make him go to after school care like a little kid? He has to learn to manage his freedom (and money), but I am so sick of the sneaky food bs. [/quote]

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