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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My one boy is a tiny stick, my other boy is average, and my girl is a bit chunky. They eat the same food. Not junk. Home cooked meals 80%.  Generics. [/quote]
They don't all eat the same amount of food. Clearly you see that.[/quote]

+1. There is no way these kids are eating ounce for ounce the same amount of food in a day. The same amount of snacks, the same amount of seconds, same portion sizes, etc. [/quote]

I’m curious about how this is supposed to play out, in your opinion. Is the parent supposed to limit portions/refuse seconds/feed different meals to the “chunky” kid? Allow snacks only for the skinny ones?

I’m envisioning a really healthy dynamic here.
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We refuse seconds of dessert all the time. “Can I have another ice cream cone?” “No.” Why should it be any different with baked ziti?[/quote]

So no seconds of baked ziti for anyone, or just the chunky ones? And does that go for the adults, or just kids? Guests?[/quote]

I see you are seriously concerned about the obesity epidemic...[/quote]

Trying to learn since some posters seem to have all the answers here….[/quote]

Feeding your kids into obesity because you don’t want to be mean or “unfair” is ALREADY an unhealthy dynamic.

I feed my youngest spoonfuls of peanut butter and nutella regularly because he needs to gain weight.  I don’t do this for my other children, because they don’t need several hundred extra calories over and above what they’re already getting.  I don’t tell them they can’t have nutella because they’re too fat (and FTR they’re not fat), I tell them the truth, which is that their brother gets extra food because he’s too skinny.  They have eyes, so the explanation makes sense.[/quote]

Ok. So what happens when you make a healthy meal (let's say it's a stew with proteins and vegetables) and the chubby child wants more than the thin child. I know, I know, you would never have a fat child, but try to imagine it. They've eaten a healthy meal and they say "I'm hungry." What do you do? What if both kids say they are hungry? Do you give seconds only to the thin child?[/quote]

Obviously, the correct answer is for you (mom or dad) to portion all the kids’ food away from the table, and if kid is still hungry and asking for more food you give them some cut up vegetables or an apple.  Duh.[/quote]

Np. I agree with this. We always have a fruit bowl (at least oranges, apples and bananas. We add in season fruits too) that they can have any time they want. There’s also carrots and grapes in the fridge.

We make our kids finish all their vegetables before they can have seconds. Usually they’re full after that. [/quote]

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