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[quote=Anonymous]Convenience snack culture is a thing now. I honestly don't remember snacks being a big deal as a kid. The only things I remember is that at Girl Scouts after school it was a big deal when it was your turn to bring snack, and then it was fruit or oreos. At home when playing I really just remember meals, and meals weren't perfect or full of vegetables by today's standards. But it does seem there was less food. Our house restricted cereal/soda/cookies but not excessively. When I had a sleepover we could have junk food of our choosing as a treat. We also only went out for ice cream instead of stocking it in the house, which is something I am trying to do now.

With a toddler/preschooler now, there are always snacks at hand for kids. At the park, or the pool, or a museum, everywhere you look families are giving their kids snacks. I'm pretty lazy about remembering to take snacks for my DC, so we basically just have meals or fruit before a meal if I sense he's hungry.

I'm not the food police, by any stretch, but the convenience snacks are a change I notice from my childhood in the 80s.[/quote]

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