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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think most of this advice is pretty clueless from parents who have kids who self regulate well.  I have a child that age with impulse control issues.  She will hide sweets in her room or other places and binge eat them.  The other day I saw her chugging a bottle of sprinkles that I’d just bought specially for a bake sale obligation for school.   We are not a “no sweets” household and in fact eat dessert (often homemade) every day.  But there is no such thing as reasonable intake for her, and she will eat an entire box of cookies that was supposed to be desert for the whole family, then lie about it.

I would love real helpful advice.  The “just buy a reasonable amount of sweets and let them eat what they want” works for some kids (and works totally for my other children)—- but not the kids with a real sugar addiction or impulse control issues.[/quote]

But you do realize that you regulating your child's intake is not a long-term solution?  Your kid will soon be able to go places by herself and buy food by herself.

I don't know what the right answer is.  My philosophy is not to restrict because I think that is more likely to lead to longer-term food issues.  It's not easy to adhere to this philosophy when faced, as I am, with a DD who is a little chunky and not the greatest self-regulator.  But I see too many adults with hangups about food that arise from how their parents managed their food intake.  I just try to set a decent example of eating (everything in moderation), keep my kids active and set a good example by being active myself, and hope that things will work themselves out in the long run.  [/quote]

+1.  I am 8:30.  I am not the best self regulator and neither are the kids.  I refuse to be the food police; they are going to have to make decisions outside of my presence all tween-dom is a good time to start.[/quote]

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