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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There seems to be a divide between parents who think getting themselves coffee at Starbucks is not a treat and those who think it is a treat, and therefore kids should be treated as well.

If we go to the grocery store, I don't get my kids anything special on a regular basis, because that's not a treat, it's just groceries.

If we go to Chik fila, I get the kids what they want; that is a treat meal. Some people are treating Starbucks as the grocery store and others are treating it like CFA. [/quote]

To me, the difference isn't so much about what's necessary, as it is about where you're eating it.  If I go out to eat or drink, and I bring someone with me, they eat or drink too.

If I'm buying something, whether it's a treat or not, and bringing it home, and I already have something for my kids to have at home, then that's fine.  I just don't ask them not to eat or drink when I'm eating or drinking.

So, to answer the liquor store question above.  If you are going to the liquor store and opening the bottle and guzzling it right there?  You have a problem, whether or not you buy something for your kids.  But if you buy it and take it home, and when you servie it for dinner you let your kids get a nonalcoholic drink of some kind that you already have at home?  Totally fine.

If I went to Starbucks and bought coffee beans?  I wouldn't feel the need to buy something for them.  [/quote]

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