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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]eating out 2-3 nights a week is a lot. We'd be less healthy as a family if we did this also.

When we eat out, we limit the kids to ordering just an entree. No appetizers. Then we don't always allow drinks (other than water) or dessert. If we do allow one, they can choose between a drink (soda) OR dessert. Not both.  We've done this forever, so it's not an issue. (Their dad and i also never order appetizers or dessert or soda. Though we do order wine with dinner, usually.) But that said, for their entree, they can order whatever they want. And our son started ordering from the adult menu a couple years before he aged out of the option.

I would also limit snack choices. For that you have to do it across the board, for the whole family. Only stock healthy snacks, and limit how much people can eat. (ie, sometimes i tell them it's too close to dinner time for any more snacking. Often if I sense the kids are having a hard time waiting for dinner, I serve carrots or orange peppers as a snack.)

But I would not ever limit how much they can eat of the food served at a meal. I do insist that they eat all of their salad and/or vegetables before getting a second helping of whatever they want seconds of, but I don't tell them when they've had enough. They need to decide that.

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It's sort of hilarious that you don't see how controlling you're being.[/quote]

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