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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have two toddlers. We let them eat fruit from containers that are priced by the unit and not by weight. [/quote]

^^us too, in MD.  [/quote]

Do you also take them shopping for clothes and let them wear the new ones before paying or let them wear new shoes before paying?  Do you let them taste a new flavor of toothpaste, use a new toothbrush before paying?  No, you don't.  If you can't see the that using or consuming  something before paying for it is wrong, then you have a major problem.  If you don't teach your child when they are small that this is wrong, you will end up with a kid who thinks it is fine to do this when they are 12.  Then, there will be some serious consequences to them eating first before paying.[/quote]

I disagree. I think it is possible to explain simple differences to a child.  They are thinking creatures, after all, and able to grasp reasonable distinctions and nuances.  I, for one, when starving, have been guilty of eating a strawberry or two or a piece of melon out of the pre-priced containers at Whole Foods before paying for the container.  I admit it, it's true....sacre bleu!  That said, apart from this shocking dereliction, I am a law-abiding, civil, normal, kind, contributing member of society who happens to never have experienced any "serious consequences" as a result of my clearly abject ways. [/quote]

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