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[quote=Anonymous]I was actually just thinking about this recently because of something I Saw. I happened to stop by a neighborhood friend’s house to drop something off and one of her daughters had a friend over. My friend and I were chatting as she was making them both something to eat. It was lunch time. She served a typical balanced meal with pasta, a vegetable, chicken and some fruit (it wasn’t fancy-it was like plain buttered pasta, rotisserie chicken from the store type deal). And as we continued chatting the friend who was over asked for more pasta 4x. The girl is definitely bigger weight wise than the other girls in the grade but not obese level-but on that track. It struck me that this is how she probably typically eats and I think a lot of parents these days are very scared of giving their kids a complex around food (especially with girls). And I do think sometimes that backfires. Of course the pasta is the best part-but with my own kids I will say-you can definitely have more but have some chicken and vegetables first etc…

I mean maybe it was totally random and not at all how she eats on a regular basis so who knows. That being said-no matter how comfortable I was at a particular friends house growing up-I would always be on the more conservative side when eating meals (I don’t think I would have ever been comfortable asking for more).

But in general-no I don’t judge. I just think parents need to understand the balance more of keeping their kids healthy/not being too crazy. [/quote]

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