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[quote=Anonymous]In my DS' case, it's not disordered eating.  It's ADHD and impulse issues.  DS is 17 and for at least the last 3 years, we've had a food locker where we stash the highly desirable, often pilfered stuff.  His looting has nothing to do with our 'controlling' of what he eats - take chocolate milk as an example.  I buy boxed chocolate milks for lunch and have a big (Costco sized) container of powdered chocolate milk mix.  No restrictions how often or how much chocolate milk he can make and drink.  Yet, he'd blow through the entire case of boxed milk in a couple days and, to add insult to injury, the detritus of his gluttony would be strew all over the house, under the couches, on the tabes, bathroom trash cans, etc.  When my other kids went to make their lunches, there would be no chocolate milk.

The food locker has been fabulous!  It's a regular, large plastic bin from Walmart that I put a combination lock on.  One of my kids (one with good self-control) has the combo as well so if I'm not around, that kid can access stuff in the locker on behalf of the others.  Since no one has to be the food police, there's a lot less tension and anger in our house - and it just wasn't me that was angry, it was the kids who had their snacks eaten that were really pissed at their brother.  [/quote]

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