Reply to Do you limit food?

Forum Index » General Parenting Discussion

Reply to "Do you limit food? "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It really depends on your kids.  I have one kid that is great at self regulation, and one that isn’t.  The one that isn’t is borderline overweight.  She just wants to eat a lot.  I stopped buying processed snack foods because she would eat them in large quantities.  But even heathy foods, I will sometimes guide her to balance her eating. Instead of eating 3 banana, eat one banana and a cheese stick. Things like that. Or instead on a second heaping serving of pasta, have a small second serving and some more chicken.  [/quote]

There is research that says this prevents kids from learning to recognize their own satiety signals and increases the likelihood they will be overweight in adulthood.  [/quote]

We all grew up with reasonable limits on meal and snack times. The kitchen wasn’t open 24 hours a day and my mom only shopped once a week. None of us kids are overweight adults. Probably because our parents aren’t. [/quote]

Agree. This is how almost everyone used to be parented prior to the 80's.[/quote]

B.S. I didn't grow up that way in the 60s and neither did my friends. We got snacks when we wanted to and no one was monitoring what we ate like you weirdos do. Back in those days, most people didn't keep all the snacks around though. Most of it didn't exist. Desserts were rare. Cheese, fruit, stuff for sandwiches or leftovers werw always available. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics