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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't have a policy and never have.  We have soda in the house.  Kids can help themselves to whenever they want.  They also have free reign over the candy, cookies, and pop tarts that are in the house.

Somedays my kids crave the sugar and others they don't want it.  I let them decide and they're learning to listen to their bodies. [/quote]

This is close to our habits.

My kids are all skinny.[/quote]

Same.  Five kids.  Four grown and out of the house.  All five are thin, athletic, and healthy.  I think we've had a total of four fillings between the five kids over 27 years.  When they were all at home, I really tried to enforce a one soda a day rule until they were older teens.  They learned to self-moderate.  They were involved in sports, so that helped.

I've seen what happens when parents are strict about candy and junk food -  Those are the kids that try to clean out my fridge when they are at our house.  [/quote]

I think it's so much worse to ban things.  It's just like any diet - we allow everything in moderation.  95% of the time, we are a very clean-eating family (mostly veg, but very little processed food).  But nothing is off limits - if they want chicken tenders and fries out at a restaurant, fine!  Pizza night a few times a month, fine!  A soda occasionally, candy, ice cream, etc (you get the gist).  This is exactly how I was raised too, and we are a very fit, thin family.  [/quote]

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