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[quote=Anonymous]This thread totally reminds me of a situation where I was the other mom in your scenerio ( but not food related)  but involving car rides.  Middle school was five minute drive from our house and on a few days I would give my kid a ride.  There were two neighbor kids who would walk up to our house and expect a ride to school.  At first, this wasn't a problem because I was going there anyway.

But, one time I was over at a Christmas party at one of the kid's houses and the  mom cornered me and said "thank you for giving Anna a ride but, we want her to walk to school"  This is fine and admirable to want your kid to get exercise ( and I approve)  however, the way she talked to me sounded like the "thank you" was something she was angry at me for.  I did not know the kid was supposed to be walking to school and I wasn't getting anything out of doing what I thought was a favor.

My point being was this kid wanted a ride to school and knew her Mom was against it.  She knew she wouldn't give a ride so she was clever to find someone who would give her one.  She never said thank you and both were generally not pleasant or friendly to my daughter.

Your children are already displaying the same type of behavior.  They knew you wouldn't give them money for what they wanted so they found another way.  I would be slightly more worried about that and try to figure out a way that the kids feel like they can come to you with their needs and wants. And not lie about it.

Btw, the car pooling ended once I found out the Moms didn't want me to drive them and I started telling them that I wouldn't give them a ride because their Moms didn't approve.

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