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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have an 8 year old boy who is sugar obsessed, and would happily eat packaged granola bars from the minute he gets home from school until dinner time and then not want any dinner. So I’m one that also makes rules about snacking and my kids don’t have free reign over the kitchen. On weekends they claim to be hungry an hour after a big breakfast...at school no snacks, so I know their body isn’t trained to eat at hay time. My kids get plenty of food at meals, I have never ever said no to seconds, thirds, etc. they also get snacks after school and on the weekends, I’m not a die hard no snack dictator, but free reign would mean no real food gets eaten, just snacks.

Not sure how to Help the op, but surprised that everyone else has such an open kitchen[/quote]

Boys are a whole different story.  
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But I have a girl also. I am not going to have different rules for them. Like I said above, I don’t deny them the ability to eat until satisfied, I always make enough that we have leftovers. I also don’t deny snacking, but I will say whether it’s an okay time for a treat snack or if they need to choose something healthy ie if it’s closer to dinner or if they just had cake at a birthday earlier that day. But they do have to ask first before just eating and so far I haven’t had to deal with sneaking. If we come upon that I may change rules, but so far it’s working for our family. I hope the OP can figure out how to help her dd. I bet a family meeting could help.[/quote]

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