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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is Psychology 101. If you treat food like a forbidden fruit, then your child will want it even more.

Making food a big deal is a recipe for problems. Aim for everything in moderation. If you do not, he will go off to college someday and hit the college cafeteria hard. Every roommate I had from a food-restricted, calorie-counting mom household in college -- I had a few -- just went NUTS for months eating everything in sight. One had Bulimia, and as soon as I met her extremely food-restrictive mother I immediately understood why.

Please change your ways before it's too late, OP.[/quote]

Yup. My mom was like OP.   I hid food, developed a horrible relationship with food, and then struggled with bulimia for 20 years.   I met a lot of people in various stages of my eating disorder who came from families with parents like OP.   But I also understand OP doesn't want to hear that so there is really nothing that can be done.  It's quite obvious that ops system isn't working, but some parents are so stubborn and stuck on being "right" that they choose that option over what's best for their kids.  [/quote]

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