Great...another sanctimommy, "my kid doesn't know what dessert is/thinks carrots are dessert" thread.

I'm curious - for those who have dessert every day, is that what you had growing up? For me, dessert was only occasional growing up, and that's what it was for most of my friends. It didn't even occur to me to do it more often as an adult.

Anonymous wrote:Yes, every night for my kiddos. We live to eat and it's fun.

You might feel differently if your family had a history of obesity and high blood pressure.

No. DD is two and while she has an occasional cup cake or ice cream scoop at birthday parties / her own birthday, we do not make this a habiit or nightly event.

Yes, every night for my kiddos. We live to eat and it's fun.

I FEEL LIKE I AM IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE....... THIS CAN'T BE REAL!!!!!!!

DESSERT ISN'T THE DEVIL!!!!! LIFE IS TO BE LIVED

We have fruit after dinner every single day. This was our habit before kids and we just continued after having kids. We have sweet stuff sometimes when we eat out but not very often. DH avoids them to keep weight down and kids and I don't have much of sweet tooth.

So in our house, fruit is the dessert and kids have full access to them all the time.

Yep, every night. About an hour after dinner. Oreos, candy, ice cream. Tonight was slurpies.

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Anonymous wrote:Not on a regular basis. He knows what dessert is, and knows it's a special treat. But there's no expectation of dessert every night after dinner.

+1 If anything we might give them some fruit but cookies/cakes are only an occasional treat.

I was puzzled about this in the other thread as well. Are people giving the kids dessert just so that they have this version of "family dinner" with the dad? Seems like a bad habit to start.

I didn't read the other thread, but it sounds fine to me if the choice is between "no family dinner" and "family sitting around the table and eating together." Why is this a bad habit? Especially if dessert is just some fruit or yogurt?

In my house it would be bad because my kids (or at least one of them) would not eat her dinner and would just hold out for dessert, esp. if it was fruit and yogurt.

Anonymous wrote:In general, no dessert. If we do something sweet, he gets it right after school rather than right before bed.

+1

If we have muffins or leftover birthday cupcakes (the most common "dessert" things), she gets one as her afternoon snack, not with or after dinner. Then she can run off the sugar for a couple of hours and still eat a regular meal before bed.

Yes, usually, but my child eats very little. As in nibbles a quarter or a half a cookie and asks to be excused. He asks for candy all the time (which we do not give often), but never finishes a lollipop. I guess he's satisfied with a taste.

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Anonymous wrote:We are no dessert household but kids get plenty of treats. We just don't "officially" end a meal with dessert. I love to bake and we always have cake, fruit breads, cookies,etc around but we eat them when ever.

This basically describes us, too.

Same here. Some nights DC asks for something after dinner, sometimes he doesn't. I grew up eating dessert (my mom liked to bake), so it's not a big deal to me.

We have dessert. It could be yogurt, fruit, frozen yogurt or low fat ice cream, or even cookies we bake together. We do all of these things in moderation and only after a healthy meal.
Works for us.

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Anonymous wrote:Not on a regular basis. He knows what dessert is, and knows it's a special treat. But there's no expectation of dessert every night after dinner.

+1 If anything we might give them some fruit but cookies/cakes are only an occasional treat.

I was puzzled about this in the other thread as well. Are people giving the kids dessert just so that they have this version of "family dinner" with the dad? Seems like a bad habit to start.

I didn't read the other thread, but it sounds fine to me if the choice is between "no family dinner" and "family sitting around the table and eating together." Why is this a bad habit? Especially if dessert is just some fruit or yogurt?

Anonymous wrote:We are no dessert household but kids get plenty of treats. We just don't "officially" end a meal with dessert. I love to bake and we always have cake, fruit breads, cookies,etc around but we eat them when ever.

This basically describes us, too.