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[quote=Anonymous]This link talks about teen calcium requirements.

https://childrensmd.org/browse-by-age-group/teens-and-calcium-8-things-to-remember/

It seems like your children fall in the general range.  If finances are an issue, then switch back to cow's milk, even non-organic.  I think cheap supermarket milk would be better than an insufficient amount or organic goat's milk and a calcium supplement.  Milk is a basic food fulfilling vital nutritional needs.  I can no more imagine rationing milk than rationing spinach.

I wouldn't necessarily restrict intake to the guidelines.  In my experience children grow and develop in spurts and their appetites reflect it.  Maybe your kids body has an increased need for milk now, but in a week or a month, their milk desire may fall off sharply.  I think if a child is craving a food (as long as it's healthy), they should be given the opportunity to eat it (or something in the same food family - ex.  If they crave meat, it doesn't have to be filet mignon, hamburger or even a veggie burger will work just fine.)

Now if they crave something like chocolate (as I often do), that's a different case altogether.  Clearly, restrictions may be advisable.  However, even in this case I think the focus should be more on nutritional factors than financial.

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