I think it is reasonable to have soda in the house and to tell your kids not to drink it. My husband loves Mountain Dew and beer. I do not let me kids drink either. If they were sneaking it, I would take away privileges, starting with their video game/computer time, which they dearly love.

Do you have an alternative beverage that he does like other than water. Maybe go to the store together to find something that he can pick out and drink whenever he wants.

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Anonymous wrote:The rule is he has to ask to have a soda. Simple enough. I'm looking for a punishment after he was warned to STOP sneaking them.

No more soda in the house. If he can't follow the rule to ask first, then you remove the temptation utterly. Given that soda is total junk, this shouldn't be a huge hardship. Replace the soda with flavored seltzer water.

My parents did this and my solution as a pre-teen/teenager was to steal small change and $1 bills from them to buy it from the school vending machines or 7-Eleven. Because I loved Coke that much (and still do).

So you had no self control "and" you stole?

I echo everyone else. Keep it out of the house. Let him order it when you guys go out to dinner or something. But keep it out of the house.

So what? Let him drink some soda. Don't nag him.

Be thankful that your biggest problem comes in a soda can. You sound like a Nazi.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The rule is he has to ask to have a soda. Simple enough. I'm looking for a punishment after he was warned to STOP sneaking them.

No more soda in the house. If he can't follow the rule to ask first, then you remove the temptation utterly. Given that soda is total junk, this shouldn't be a huge hardship. Replace the soda with flavored seltzer water.

My parents did this and my solution as a pre-teen/teenager was to steal small change and $1 bills from them to buy it from the school vending machines or 7-Eleven. Because I loved Coke that much (and still do).

Thankfully, school vending machines are no longer the purview of the sweetened beverage industry.

Anonymous wrote:If you keep soda in the house, then I think it's not fair to forbid him to drink it. Maybe have a limit--X number of sodas a week or whatever. If you really don't want him to have any, then the "punishment" is that you don't keep soda in the house.

This is it, OP. You can't pretend with a kid this age that it's OK for you and to have it in the house and expect him not to drink them. It's not alcohol so you can't use the "it's illegal" argument.

The stuff is crap. NO ONE needs it. Stop buying. Problem solved.

My friend has huge eating issues because her parents would have soda in the house and limit how much she could have. All it taught her was to binge when she could get her hands on forbidden foods/drinks.

Either don't have it in the house, or give him free reign.

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Anonymous wrote:The rule is he has to ask to have a soda. Simple enough. I'm looking for a punishment after he was warned to STOP sneaking them.

No more soda in the house. If he can't follow the rule to ask first, then you remove the temptation utterly. Given that soda is total junk, this shouldn't be a huge hardship. Replace the soda with flavored seltzer water.

My parents did this and my solution as a pre-teen/teenager was to steal small change and $1 bills from them to buy it from the school vending machines or 7-Eleven. Because I loved Coke that much (and still do).

OP, please punish yourself first.

OMG -- STOP BUYING SODA. Really stop.

Anonymous wrote:He can't control the urge. You have to stop bringing them into the house. That is the solution. A punishment is NOT the solution.

+1

Replace what you do not want him to drink with something you do want him to drink (like seltzer water).

What's he like other than with soda? Other discipline issues?

He can't control the urge. You have to stop bringing them into the house. That is the solution. A punishment is NOT the solution.