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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is SO familiar.

My mom was weird about food and didn’t serve large enough portions or sufficient fat and protein. I was wild for sugar, probably because I was always a little hungry, and I would sneak cough drops, sugar cubes, sugar for baking, and anything else I could find. I definitely tried flavored lip balm in the hopes that it would taste good. If we had cookies in the house for a holiday but I was caught eating them, I’d be scolded and shamed.

My daughter has mostly unlimited access to candy and can have a piece per day of candy from school parties/Halloween/Easter/Valentine’s day, plus random cookies or sweet food. She often forgets about the candy and we throw it out when the next holiday comes around or it becomes stale. There is always enough and she isn’t crazed for it the way I was. On the other hand, I’m 41 and I still can’t eat properly and I’m weird about overshopping for groceries and impulse-buying food.[/quote]

Yeah, this is what I did, too. I also had food issues from my childhood and was always denied food, so I became a really terrible emotional eater. My 7 year old can eat her Halloween or Easter candy within reason (I don't set a firm limit) but she's also required to eat her healthy dinner and veggies before she's allowed dessert. We were at an outdoor playdate/birthday party this weekend and she was the only kid who didn't eat her whole cupcake. I usually have to toss out her Easter or Halloween candy after a few months because she just loses interest.

I'm not gonna claim we don't have our issues, but I've tried hard to make sure that food isn't a reward or a treat, it's just a fact of life. I'm also not sure I'd land on a 4-year-old for anything food related right now. Too young to know what s/he is doing.[/quote]

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