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[quote=Anonymous]Your son is 15, not 5. I can't imagine it's healthy for him to have his parent monitoring and fretting about his food and exercise habits to the degree you describe. A bit of advice: 15 year old boys are trying to understand and get to know their bodies. Having their mother or father intimately involved in that effort is at best awkward and at worst counterproductive. Please consider backing off and letting him figure things out. Unless you think he's experimenting with drugs, alcohol or sex. That's free game for parental intrusion at age 15. But portion control, flavor intensity, mix of carbs/protein etc.? Those things should absolutely be his domain by age 15, if not quite a bit sooner. [/quote]
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