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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If she wants takeout, she needs to get a job. Plenty of lifeguarding opportunities available for kids her age this summer.[/quote]

But it isn’t just a matter of paying for it.  It is extremely unhealthy to consume this amount of take out- especially the likes of Starbucks,
IHOP, etc.  She is eating crap and a lot of it- as a parent, I would limit it.  Doesn’t matter who pays [/quote]

And this is the root of the power struggle problem.  Who is in charge of what a 15 yr old puts in their body?

I’d drop the rope in this situation and not escalate this particular power struggle. [/quote]

So you would let your child eat junk takeout 3+ times a day and just say F* it, not my body?

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What’s the alternative? Engaging in an escalating power struggle about food with someone very close to adulthood (not a “child” but a teen).

I don’t think trying to control them even more tightly and engaging in a cat-and-mouse game sneaking to drive-thrus with friends (which, reading between the lines, is currently happening) is helping the kid.

In just a couple years the kid is going to have complete freedom to eat as unhealthfully as she wants. [/quote]

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