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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lots of disordered eating kids being raised.  Sometimes a snack is ok.[/quote]

+1 Was thinking the same. The children of these parents end up eating snacks in secret. [/quote]

No, they learn to eat good food when they’re hungry, not mindlessly stuff their faces with corn like a farm animal because someone has put a bag in front of them. It’s really disgusting if you think about it for more than a minute. 
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My kid's 4th grade class has an "unlimited snacks" policy, allowing kids to snack at any time in class, and they ask parents to bring in class snacks multiple times per month.  Her friend who is restricted from junk at home regularly eats 3 bags of chips per day in class.  My kid who is allowed Doritos and things on occasion doesn't even care for the snacks because she's not hungry in between her meals.  It is always the kids who are restricted who eat the most junk when they get access.[/quote]

That story doesn't make sense because the idea of a classroom with an "unlimited snacks" policy, where the snacks are Doritos is insane. And if that kid is eating 3 bags of chips daily at school, then by your logic, wouldn't they eventually STOP eating those chips because now they have access to them? Or at least moderate. But they don't, do they? Perhaps that kid is the sort who will never be content with occasional junk food, and binges on it as long as it's available.

My kid gets occasional junk food at home and if she was offered unlimited junk food at school, would gorge on it daily. Junk food is designed specifically to make people do that.

What if, crazy idea I know, we didn't offer Doritos (which have absolutely no nutritional value) as a snack at school? [/quote]

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