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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 12 yo DD doesn't regulate sweets well at all. She would literally eat herself sick. [/quote]

NP  [b]how do you know this for certain?  Don't you think she would then learn from her mistake and not do it again[/b]?  This happened to my mom when she and her best friend overate chocolate eggs and got so sick.  But, she never did that again.

I had a friend who only let her kids eat candy as a special treat and then when her DD got it she would eat it very quickly because she didn't know whether or not the next time she was going to get something.  That and she did not want the candy taken away!

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I agree with this.  I think it is important for children to learn how to self-regulate.  Some times they will get it right and some times they will get it wrong but good parenting is allowing children to succeed as well as to fail (in small doses).

I am concerned that the cookies are being so closely monitored by OP.  I infer from this that OP has some food regulation issues herself.  Pushing her controls onto her daughter are likely to backfire in a big way.  Especially since 11 is prime time for a young girl to begin developing her own food control issues, I think OP needs to reconsider her approach.  A therapist could help her sort it all out.[/quote]

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