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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can’t you buy enough of the good chocolate for the kids to enjoy too?[/quote]

The vast majority of young kids are not going to not going to distinguish between good chocolates and a box of Whitman samplers (or may even prefer the latter). [/quote]

I would rather my kids eat good quality stuff and get a taste for it than accept crappy chocolates because you think they don't care. And I'm not a spendthrift kind of person.

It sounds like this is a big deal in your house. Buy a box for you, a box for dh, a box for the kids. I bet they care because it's "forbidden" but once they can have it and don't have to hide it from mom, they won't care as much.

I think it's weird not to share with your kids, we send them to preschool so they learn how to share, take turns, be empathetic humans, and then "but these are MINE" for no reason they'll understand...doesn't really make sense if you think about it.

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This. Why wouldn't you share unless you can't afford it and it is a rare indulgence? People were always surprised that my preschooler liked goat cheese - well it was because I wouldn't buy American since I don't eat it myself. In general, I'd rather feed my kid quality stuff instead of m&m's full of food coloring - though he does eat that occasionally on Halloween, etc.

If the kids like it, cultivate good taste and eating better quality foods.[/quote]

DP. I cultivate appreciation for good foods for my kids. I cook from scratch most nights, buy high quality ingredients, feed a broad range of foods, mostly nutritious. On special occasions, I’ll make something a little more fancy. But a $100 box of chocolates is a rare indulgence to me. I grew up eating Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups or Hershey’s. I loved them. But as I grew older, they taste disgustingly sweet to me. I also like the ritual of a ridiculously expensive chocolate. Looking at the chocolate legend to see what I’m getting, taking small bites, savoring the taste…. I don’t need to spoil my kids for the cheap stuff so early in life. They get the same pleasure out of Hershey so they can eat that. [/quote]

Sure, I don't share Teuscher champagne truffles with my DS though he has tasted them but she is talking about a box of Belgian chocolates from Rodmans - in the $8-15 range unless she is buying Neuhaus.[/quote]

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