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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Aw, poor kid. I feel for her, I had the same issue when I was a kid and still do. I feel completely out of control around food.

Reprimanding her, lecturing her, reminding her, etc won’t help. I knew it was “wrong”, I couldn’t help myself, and it just brought a lot of shame and guilt (which made me eat MORE, and in secret).

I would focus on:

- making sure your meals are centered around vegetables and lean protein. It’s generally hard to overeat those.

- Keep snacks out of the house, things like chips and cookies. Fruit and nuts are better options.

- Frame it as you are providing nutritious foods because she is growing, not denying foods because they are “bad”.

- Don’t stress during holidays, parties, etc. Most adult go a little crazy during this time, too.

- I’d also really ask yourself if you would feel this way if she were a boy. If a boy were eating a lot, would people recommend etiquette school? Probably not, they’d probably just say he was growing. Let’s give girls that same courtesy. [/quote]

Oh please. If one of my sons was rude enough to take 10 treats at a party, I’d take the whole plate from him and he’d hear about it all the way home.[/quote]

You’d waste an entire plate of treats just to prove a point? OK psycho. [/quote]

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