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[quote=Anonymous]I can understand wanting to monitor your child's food intake when you are young, but as your child gets older, you have to loosen  up.

We eat relatively healthy at home. I don't care so much about organic- we eat it when we can- in so much as I care about feeding my family a balanced diet.

So, for example, at home, for dinner, its either milk or water to drink.

However, if we're out to eat at a restaurant, or we are over at the grandparents, the kids are allowed to order a soda if they want, or have Sunny D with dinner. If grandma and grandpa are  hosting the kids for a sleepover and feed them pizza and rootbeer floats for dinner, and then go out in the morning for breakfast and let them have milkshakes- so be it. It's fun for them, and is the special "thing" they do together. And the kids know at home not to expect those things.

Your child is going to be exposed to a ton of food you can't control- through family, through kids at school one day, etc. So baring a major medical condition, just do your best to control what you can at home, instil good eating habits in your child, and hope for the best. You'd be suprised. My kids often order water when we go out to eat rather than a soda, or tell me (or their grandparents!) they are too full for desert. If you do it right, eating can be an empowering process for children, and a fun way of exploring the world, rather than a process fright with dangers... [/quote]

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