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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My parents restricted and I binged then developed an eating disorder. We don't restrict DS.  We teach him about healthy foods, portions sizes, and making good choices.  In turn, he eats reasonably and responsibly.  [/quote]

+1. We have chocolate bars sitting on the counter that were gifted to us over new years, and an untouched Oreo pie in our fridge that has been there since Friday. I might have to put it in the freezer tonight. My 15 and 11 year old boys, both of whom swim and play soccer year round, have not asked to eat either. They are allowed dessert every day, but they decline about 75% of the time. Dessert isn’t that valuable to them because it’s so available.  [/quote]

DP. That’s great, but everyone’s different. My kids have dessert every night and they would never, ever decline it. They live for dessert. It’s not an issue, and I don’t think they would binge on a whole bag of something—I was a binge eating kid myself, so I try really hard not to be restrictive—but some people just really like to eat sweets.[/quote]

Well, I think you are still taking the right approach. And it could very well be that your desserts are better than ours!

My kids had a classmate whose dad is a personal trainer and lobbied the school to post signs with nutrition labels for all the kids. The school gently but firmly pushed back and said absolutely not. I have seen his daughter on instagram with her dad, making kale salads and throwing away bags of candy. Meanwhile, I have also seen her scarf down 5 ice cream sundaes, 6 cupcakes, and candy by the fistfuls at birthday and Halloween parties when her parents are not around. My son said she took her empty instrument case to a birthday party, filled it with cupcakes and starbursts, and presumably ate them in her room under the cover of darkness. [/quote]

Oh goodness this poor child. [/quote]

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