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[quote=Anonymous]OMG - she is not abusing her kids! Normal kids told to not eat the ice cream shouldn’t eat it every time. They should usually be able to leave it until dessert time. OP is right to be concerned and is asking for ideas and help.

I have few suggestions, but just want you to know, OP, that you aren’t some evil mother for being worried about this. Feeding your kids chicken nuggets for lunch isn’t horrible parenting. But yes, try upping the amount of food, especially protein at meal times, try reducing the boxes of carb treats in the house, maybe less sugary foods overall (dessert twice a week, not every single day), and try a new therapist. I agree that punishing them for eating forbidden food is probably setting up unhealthy dynamics at this point.

Also, if your kids are bored, they might be eating to deal with the stress and sadness of that. Get lots of new books into the house (if your library is down you can buy used from Amazon for pretty cheap) spend the ice cream money on some new games and toys, get a pet/aquarium/ant farm, take a walk to see the birds (maybe instead of the hot chocolate),  make sure the kids are outside at least an hour a day and make sure they aren’t seeing lots of ads for junk food during their screen time.
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