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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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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Why?[/quote]

Are you a man?  Do I really have to explain to you how much more body image baggage girls have to carry?[/quote]

So you're saying that it's ok for parents to limit snacking and/or sugar for boys, but not ok for parents to limit snacking and/or sugar for girls, because boys carry less body image baggage?[/quote]

I don't know that I'm saying it's ok for parents to limit snacking and/or sugar for boys, but it is more damaging to do these things with respect to girls.  Same with commenting on their bodies or indicating that you are concerned about their weight (and concern about "health" is often really just concern about weight, even if parents don't admit it to themselves.)  Girls are bombarded with media and other forces showing them that women have to be thin to be beautiful.  There is not the same focus on appearance with respect to men, and thus boys don't generally internalize these messages that limiting food or supervising consumption sends.  It just isn't the same.  [/quote]

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