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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All the posters who are saying something along the lines of, “I let my kids eat whatever they want and they are still thin, I don’t understand how it’s possible for any kid to be overweight or obese” are in for a rude awakening when your kids head off to college. Armed without any substantive nutritional knowledge, 99% of the time these are the people who end up really struggling with their weight as adults. [/quote]

I would kind of describe my family that way, but I think a lot of well-off/well-educated families just naturally have patterns where they eat meals together as a family, they have time to cook real food, days have structure and routine, kids go to bed at a specific time. Our kids go to camps in the summer where they are supervised and there are "snack times." We have healthy food in the pantry and the fridge along with junk food, and kids are used to eating both. My kids never drank a lot of soda or juice and now as older kids, 2 of the 3 largely prefer milk and water, even when offered soda. It is a much different reality from families that don't have any of these habits or patterns. [/quote]

Why do so many of you people attribute your habits as the perfect housewife because you’re well-off/well-educated.   It’s embarrassing.   Many families regardless of their income have kids and parents with wildly different schedules.   People with jobs sometimes travel or work long hours.  Kids have activities that are scheduled through dinner time, even some for younger kids.  And how about all those athletes with practices and games after school?  STFU with your well educated people just naturally have patterns.  [/quote]

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