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[quote=Anonymous]I am female, so maybe it's different, but at age 10 I started having some cooking responsibilities.

You are the parent who provides what is available. If they eat all the cookies on Monday, then there are none for the rest of the week. Too bad. you can also provide carrots and ranch dressing (do not make it for them, they can get it themselves) or crackers and cheese or whatever.

I have MANY siblings so from that I can tell you with three it might be tougher than with one.  It might be worth it to post a weekly meals menu and an "available snacks" list. When the snacks are all crossed off, you get new ones. You may have to make rules about the older kids ensuring that the younger ones get some of the "good" snacks. Alternately make 3 snack bins  with "special" snacks for each child.  Also, we didn't get store bought cookies. We did get ingredients to make them. So if we wanted sweets, we had to make them. Hang on to that idea for when yours are a bit older. My ability to bake and cook definitely helped me out in college and have served life-long. Plus, lots of fun times testing recipes and baking with siblings. [/quote]

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