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[quote=Anonymous]I'll soon have very active 3 pre-teen / teen boys. I already have a tough time with meals and am nervous about the sheer quantity we will need to have at each meal soon (or so i hear?).  i partially struggle with meals b/c I've internalized decades of diet/health culture towards women that a "healthy" dinner is chicken and a veggie side which i'm assuming would be a small snack for a 16yo boy.  I've done ok with younger kids where their meals can be small portions of lots of things but feel like by pre-teens / teens, meals should be an actual meal and that for 3 teenage boys i'll need to be preparing huge quantities.

my husband is absolutely no help here, his eating habits are awful and I'm desperately hoping I can provide large satisfying meals so my kids eating habits don't evolve to be like my husbands which are not eathing much all day, eating a "light healthy" dinner and then binge eating total junk late night including large quantities of fast food multiple nights a week (obviously a separate issue i've given up on addressing)

maybe all my perceptions are wrong! i'm just curious if you have teen boys what meals look like for them both in terms of items and volume (how many packs of chicken will i need to cook for one dinner!?)

please don't move to food forum - this is purely a types and quantity question, i'm not looking for gourmet ideas or cooking tips at this time.[/quote]

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