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[quote=Anonymous]This thread has been such an eye opener.

For those of you who either grew up in homes where there wasn't enough food OR where parents were irresponsible/spending on themselves and not making sure the kids were fed, had free school lunch etc. -- do you ever feel that people make TOO big of a deal re their kids' needs? I know many of you have said that you always make sure your kids are full even if they are overweight.

But reading this thread in contrast to the thread re the mom who is having trouble keeping her kids fed bc they consume so much food -- people are chastising her for doing things like using 4 chicken breasts in a chicken-rice-veggie stir fry for 6 people or for ONLY making 10 chicken legs for 6 people including 2 teen boys. Other posters are railing about how teen boys NEED more food and she is starving them. I couldn't help but think about this thread and think -- oh please -- there are people (including men I'm sure) who got by on ramen noodles and spam during their teen years and they lived to tell. I'm not suggesting you SHOULD deprive your kids if you don't financially have to -- but do you ever feel like people go overboard talking about how much kids need? Same way people talk about - oh no, I'd never feed my kids non-organic milk/veggies/meat/whatever. Do you ever have a reaction internally re -- my kid should be thankful he has milk/meat etc every day, I'm not spending more on organic when I grew up without those things and turned out fine?![/quote]

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