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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We put it in a bowl on the counter and the kids had a free for all the first night. They'd have some more the second day and then it tapered off. I never had to make a strict policy. We taught our kids to self-regulate food in general pretty well.[/quote]

How did you do that? I think people say this but they don’t really know what it is like to have a sugar addiction/food addiction.  [/quote]

I have 2 kids who will walk away from an uneaten cookie and rarely finish cake at a BD party. I didn’t teach them this on purpose, but my husband’s family is like this and all naturally slim. We don’t have any weird food rules. We’re not precious about sweets and treats. Sometimes we have then and sometimes we don’t. We don’t make or cajole kids to eat foods they don’t want to. We serve healthy foods and model good behavior and don’t stress about what are kids don’t eat. My kids are both under 6. They never eat veggies. I give them veggies in smoothies and sauces. I also know they will come around. My mom said I didn’t eat anything green before age 8. Our Ped said just keep modeling eating moderate portions of healthy food. I have trouble resisting sweets but I grew up in a house where sweets were rationed and forbidden. My husband thinks of it as having a culture of abundance- there is no reason to overeat cookies or sneak cookies if you know there will be more cookies. My kids had as much as they wanted after preschool and K - which after class parties was 2-3 small pieces each. Friday they didn’t ask and I didn’t offer since my older one was going to a party that night and I knew he would have trays there. I will leave the bowls out in plain view (but out of reach) for a few weeks. I’ll give them one piece a day either after school or after dinner when they remember and ask. Eventually we’ll throw it in the cupboard and I will toss the remaining dregs around Easter. [/quote]

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