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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here’s how I know OP’s reaction is based on pure emotion and anxiety, not reason.

If you have this big a problem with tiny containers of low fat, fairly low sugar ice cream being available, you should be ready to call 911 over the availability of pizza, hamburgers, chicken tenders, peanut butter and jelly, chicken and waffles, and French toast sticks, Cinnamon rolls, and chicken biscuits.Some of those higher calorie entrees might actually make a kid gain too much weight if eaten every day.

The ice cream is not the problem. [/quote]

Exactly.  If I was concerned about my kid eating too much ice cream one conversation reminding them about moderation would solve this problem.[/quote]

LOL- you think you solved the problem, they tell you yes and just sneak behind your back!  :lol: [/quote]

My kids don’t have to sneak ice cream or snacks because they aren’t forbidden.  Therefore, they understand moderation.  They also know I’m not going to track them down about a small portion of ice cream at lunch, particular if they are eating other well balance things with it.  See how that works.  Teach kids proper things from a young age, give them freedom to maneuver and make mistakes and great relationships.[/quote]

+1.  DP.

When my kids were young (like early ES), we used to restrict how many times per week, they could have desserts and sweets.  It was never forbidden, but we just talked about having sweets and desserts only sometimes.  They had choices about when during the week they wanted sweets.  So, if we knew we woudl be going out for dinner, we would ask if they wanted to wait for the day we went out or if they wanted it tonight and things like that.  They learned to pick and choose when to have sweets.  By the time they got to upper elementary, we stopped doing that and they learned to self-regulate.

We also talk about a healthy life style and if they are going to have more sweets (like near Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, birthday), then we need to increase the physical activity.  So, we talk about less screen time and more outdoor time if/when they are eating more desserts and sweets.

Rather than regulating for them, we teach them how to regulate for themselves.  If you eat more junk, you need to exercise more.  If you eat less junk, you can exercise less and do more sedentary things in your spare time.  The whole, teach a man to fish theory.[/quote]

That sounds really restrictive.  IME if you let them eat what they want they learn to make good choices.  Restricting sweets to only a couple times per week will make them crave it more and binge when you do give it to them.[/quote]

You can postulate all you want, but our practice of talking to them about making choices accomplished what we wanted.  The children are middle schoolers now and are probably 5 years past when we used to talk about choosing when to have desserts.  They don't have a lot of sweets or desserts.  They still have desserts and sweets like every other day at most and they are healthy weights and fit.   Your suggestion hat restricting sweets would make them crave it could not be further from the truth.  We talked about how often they had treats and sweets and included them in the choices.  We taught them how to make healthy choices, not by restricting them from having them, but in choosing how often and when to have them.

They neither crave it more nor binge it.  So your armchair psychological assessment is pretty wrong.[/quote]

You actually may not know because these kids are good at sneaking behind your back. But keep your head in the sand![/quote]

Perhaps your children lack integrity but I raised mine to be honest.[/quote]
And they are - until they get caught!  :mrgreen: [/quote]

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