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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Uh. My kids are allowed to have dessert on Thursdays. One other day per week if we go out to a nice restaurant. I went into their school and had the cafeteria manager set it up so that they were only allowed to use their lunch accounts to purchase the main meal and no one-off snack or dessert items. I've attended lunch at their school and there are a bunch of kids eating nachos and cookies for lunch. THIS is what happens when you don't pay attention to children. Like it's a mystery how kids get obese.... calories in> calories out[/quote]
Not really. My dd and ds ate chips and nachos and whatever they wanted. They are skinny young adults and were always extremely skinny. Most of the kids I know have done the same, and very few are obese. Some are skinny, some are a bit chubby, and some are just regular weight. I find that most kids have the ability to self regulate eating. It is crazy parents like you who limit and forbid certain foods that cause the issues or who model unhealthy eating. If not right now, then when your kids have more freedom and personal choice. That is because they were never allowed to make their own choices and listen to their own bodies tell them when they are full or still hungry. You should stop your condescending smirking at OP and other pps here, you have no idea how your kids will turn out as young adults when it comes to weight.[/quote]

Well, I had the opposite experience. I was from a family and neighborhood that let kids have free reign over what they ate and many of us ended up obese. I wasn't able to get to a healthy weight and learn how to regulate and eat healthy until my late 20s. To each their own. My children upper 60s percentile height and 50s percentile weight. So, no problems with this other than I don't want them eating cookies every single day for lunch like the fatties at their school. Literally like 50% of the kids in their classes are overweight. Wake up America.[/quote]
That might happen, usually when the food that is available is fast food, or not home cooked or extremely heavy food. In these scenarios adults do model eating, just overeating. So, you were likely not having healthy meals available. I never said you should have cookies every single day, nor boxes of cookies daily. I stand by what I think, I think adults are either restricting or modeling eating habits that made them and will make their kids overweight. Home cooking healthy foods, modeling moderation, providing snacks but also healthy snacks is important. Nobody needs 10 bags of potato chips in the house, but if my kids wanted a snack, chips, or cookies they would get them and could get them.[/quote]

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