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[quote=Anonymous]I don't really think T is the problem, OP. I'm sorry there is no real gentle way to say this, but I think the problem is your wanting to control your child's eating outside of the house. You say you do everything you can to provide him a healthy eating life at home. Really, that is about all you can do. He is old enough, now, to make choices about what he eats when he's elsewhere...and he does. He's 12. He can turn down the snacks at T's house. He can even pack his own snack from home when he goes to T's if he wants. He eats what is at T's because he can and he wants to. I also think it is pretty normal at this age to want what you usually can't get at home. So, I would step away from the battle of what he is choosing to eat and try to engage him in activities that can help get active and maintain a healthy lifestyle. The PP's idea of sports is good. Discouraging his friendship with T because of snacks seems kind of extreme to me, though.[/quote]
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