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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm impressed by these tweens/teens who apparently can self-regulate. Mine would blow through the snacks, meant for a week-10 days, in a day or two.*

We do have mostly healthy stuff, but I also buy snacky, not healthy stuff meant for a once/day treat. A bag of chips with lunch, for example. I could just say, ok, well, if you eat it then it's gone, but I've got two kids, and one would eat mostly everything junky very quickly and the other would complain.

*Honestly, their dad does the same thing, and it irritates me to no end.  I have to tell him explicitly - these are for the kids' lunches, DON'T EAT THEM! Because of course, he doesn't replace or tell me when the snack bag is low, so I'm running around trying to find a replacement because I have one bag of chips and both kids want them --> bickering.

OP, I tell my kids they can have fruit whenever they want, they can make a sandwich whenever they want so long as they are done eating by 4 pm (hate cooking when people just ate two sandwiches). But other than that, snacks require permission.[/quote]

The simple way to solve kids blowing through snacks (especially non healthy ones) meant for longer is not to frequently replace them or buy smaller sizes.  If they are blowing through chips today, then guess what won’t be available tomorrow and the rest of the week?  Remind them about needing balance in everything including meals, model healthy eating habits, and set reasonable limits/expectations(like one soda per day, or no snack within an hour of dinner), and teach respect.  It’s not going to be perfect everyday or week but overall it will be.  [/quote]

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