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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As someone with an actual eating disorder, this forum makes me sad how messed up their food issues are.  People dont get how it can seriously mess up their kids. I may have issues with food, but I work really hard to make sure my kid has a healthy relationship with it.  [/quote]

Gosh… really, there not going to have a healthy relationship with food because they had lunch at lunch time instead of sugar water?[/quote]

Yes. Freaking out over a popsicle a day is not normal. It's a popsicle. [/quote]

Was someone freaking out?[/quote]

Yeah OP. Posting here is a freak out.  Have fun with your eating disorder.  Try not to eff your kids up too much. [/quote]

Just because you have an eating disorder doesn’t mean everyone does. My family loves food, just not in an American way. The kids eat everything and help with growing and cooking food. This is not really a habit that seems all that healthy [b]and would never happen abroad, tbh.  [/b]And since you have an eating disorder you should know that it’s the Westernization of media etc that is responsible for the rise of eating disorders in other countries.[/quote]

Whatever.  "Abroad" is a big world, and I guarantee that kids around the world eat popsicles, or chocolate, or candy, or juice, more often than UMC DCUM posters think is acceptable.  [/quote]

Sure. I just got a popsicle recipe book from another country and the kids are excited about it. We don’t have them at lunch time though because that’s a time for eating lunch. I teach my kids, as most other cultures around the world do, that food is for health and pleasure and we eat a balanced diet of everything in moderation. Snacks are great but filling up on them instead of regular food is not great for your body, especially when you’re growing.[/quote]

My French teacher told us about her childhood -- when kids got home from school, they ate a chocolate bar stuck in a baguette.

If you think everyone around the world has the same attitude towards food and eating that you do, you're not as cultured and superior as you think.  [/quote]

Omg. I read that book French Kids Eat Everything. The author had this premise that FRENCH KIDS DO NOT SNACK and that's why they aren't picky. However, she also talked repeatedly about the daily "gouter" which is chocolate in warm bread. It's called Le Gouter. She gave it to her kids every day after school. But again, FRENCH KIDS DO NOT SNACK.

So it seems some folks are absolutely delusional.[/quote]

I agree that book is simpleminded. But I think she means there is a difference between [b]snacking at a given time during the day (like tea time in England) [/b]and walking around with containers of goldfish and crackers, squeeze pouches instead of actually eating meals, etc. and then wondering why your kid is chronically constipated and won’t eat any regular food.[/quote]
Seems to me that the popsicle that so perturbs OP falls squarely into the bolded category. [/quote]

Except a popsicle is not a snack. It's water and sugar. It's candy. That's the issue. The kid has daily candy time at school - every day - and OP doesn't like the frequency. She's not against an occasional popsicle (or candy) but the continuous popsicle/candy feed. This is not a mini cucumber sandwich.[/quote]

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