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[quote=Anonymous]My two kids (8 and 10) have been binge eating and I’m at my wits end. Entire boxes of cereal, family-sized bags of chips, and entire packages of cookies and granola bars are disappearing overnight while DH and I are asleep. They both have severe issues with self-regulation and ADHD along with learning disabilities. They don’t sleep well and have a lot of trouble falling asleep and evidently they now sneak into the kitchen and eat eat eat. I find wrappers shoved behind and under the sofa cushions, empty boxes under their beds and even in their beds. And also found a swarm of ants accompanying one box of half eaten cookies. We are now at the point when we plan to lock the pantry overnight to prohibit this. DH and I work full time and we need to sleep. We cannot be patrolling them all night long.

Before you say “stop buying it,” I want to note that DH in particular enjoys some of this stuff and I too use the granola bars for school lunches. And I enjoy some chips or a cookie for dessert. But the kids can’t seem to understand moderation and it’s become a real problem.

Does anyone else have this issue? What have you done to stop it?  The kids eat full well balanced meals - salmon, chicken, ravioli. We don’t deny them junk food or sugar and will allow a couple of cookies or maybe even 2 granola bars. But these guys will eat an entire box at a time and I will find 8 wrappers hidden in the sofa. Now  one of them is now refusing to eat dinner. Probably because he knows he’s going to have a good binge later.

Is it cruel to put a lock on the pantry door for overnight?[/quote]

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