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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We put it in a bowl on the counter and the kids had a free for all the first night. They'd have some more the second day and then it tapered off. I never had to make a strict policy. We taught our kids to self-regulate food in general pretty well.[/quote]

How did you do that? I think people say this but they don’t really know what it is like to have a sugar addiction/food addiction.  [/quote]

It starts as toddlers and preschoolers. That’s when you have 100% control over what your kids eat (even though some parents like to blame others and make excuses saying that this isn’t the case — and yes, this will very often decide/limit your childcare options), and that’s when you train the palate to expect to eat “real” food rather than desserts with every meal, sugary snacks, etc.

Our kids happily eat things as snacks that other kids wouldn’t even eat (let alone think it’s a nice snack) because that’s how we raised them to snack.

Once you start allowing your kids a lot of sugar, their bodies develop an expectation for it.[/quote]

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