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[quote=Anonymous]12 year old boy, huge growth spurt (growing like a teen boy - started puberty early), RAVENOUS ALL THE TIME. A usual evening is dinner around 6, eats plenty, relatively low key activity after dinner, but absolutely MUST eat again before bedtime. Usually it’s when we tell him to get ready for bed that he declares “I’m hungry!”

Give me guidance on how you’ve managed these tween/teen “second dinner” events. We make a family dinner. We clean the kitchen. We get younger siblings to bed. And then he is hungry at 9pm and it’s like we’re restarting dinner all over again with “but what can I EAT?” and general rummaging around the fridge and/or pantry. I don’t want to be responsible for preparing a second dinner for him, or for cleaning it up. I don’t want him asking every night what he can eat. I just want him to self-serve, figure out something with balance, and clean up after himself. (Yes, it’s a dream.). And do it all without extending his bedtime by an hour to allow sufficient time for his additional meal.

Advice on how to manage? Food staples to keep on hand? Rules to lay down to manage this nightly carb loading fest? Experienced parents please advise![/quote]

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