Anonymous wrote:You know this is all bunk, right? Not everyone ate crap in the 60's or grew up on it. Health professionals were talking about the perils of cholesterol, salt, sugar THEN. Why do you think people were drinking TAB soda? Not because it tasted good!

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Anonymous wrote:You have fast food twice a year. I could bite that that is moderation. PP, on the other hand, has gone years between soft drinks and snacks foods. Her husband has never had a soda. I'm sticking to my comment that this is unusual. It seems a bit extreme. But then, again, I think extremes of any pretty much any kind are usually not productive or adaptive or conducive to life in society. PP isn't the kind of person I'd invite over to dinner or to grad a bite to eat with - too stressful!

I'm preety sure I would not want to eat with you either --too trashy! And proud of it.

So the fact that I am stressed by someone who has an extreme approach makes me trashy? Do tell.

Anonymous wrote:You have fast food twice a year. I could bite that that is moderation. PP, on the other hand, has gone years between soft drinks and snacks foods. Her husband has never had a soda. I'm sticking to my comment that this is unusual. It seems a bit extreme. But then, again, I think extremes of any pretty much any kind are usually not productive or adaptive or conducive to life in society. PP isn't the kind of person I'd invite over to dinner or to grad a bite to eat with - too stressful!

I'm preety sure I would not want to eat with you either --too trashy! And proud of it.

Anonymous wrote:OP, I would not be very happy with relatives pressing sweets on my 1.5 year old. It is very young for that.

Anonymous wrote:Sometimes I fear we're creating a generation of kids who are going to have major food issues.

What ever happened to the concept of moderation?

Anonymous wrote:OP, I think you are in a similar issue as people who say "my mom always brings gifts and now DS expects them." I would treat it the same way.
"you know, mom/auntie/sis, I think little Snowflake is getting used to getting candy from you bc when I say Nana she licks her lips. I would like her to value your time together, not the treats. Any chance we could eat some fruit tomorrow instead?"

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Anonymous wrote:Food was healthier back then, and the science of making food taste irresistable was not as advanced as it is today. Our food is full of tasty additives and extra caleries that start food cravings. In the 1970s that was not as clearly understood, and used to our disadvantage like it is today. Not everyone's mom gave them the awful foods of the 1970s --there were health food "fanatics" back then also.

Thanks to my parents influence of healthy eating we have maintained weight and moderation. We are in our 50s. Children also healthy eaters. We do eat sugery things from time to time --all things in moderation! My DH has never had a soft drink and does not want to start now. I have gone years between soft drinks. Years between snack foods. We don't do fast food. It is an extension of how you were brought up with regard to food. After some time, it is a habit. There are such things as good habits.

Anonymous wrote:Grandparent thing.

My parents were doing the no sugar, grow your own food, feed your kids carob-thing in the 70s. Now my mom loves to take my daughter out for ice cream and give her cookies.

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Anonymous wrote:Food was healthier back then, and the science of making food taste irresistable was not as advanced as it is today. Our food is full of tasty additives and extra caleries that start food cravings. In the 1970s that was not as clearly understood, and used to our disadvantage like it is today. Not everyone's mom gave them the awful foods of the 1970s --there were health food "fanatics" back then also.

Thanks to my parents influence of healthy eating we have maintained weight and moderation. We are in our 50s. Children also healthy eaters. We do eat sugery things from time to time --all things in moderation! My DH has never had a soft drink and does not want to start now. I have gone years between soft drinks. Years between snack foods. We don't do fast food. It is an extension of how you were brought up with regard to food. After some time, it is a habit. There are such things as good habits.

I would say that you are very unusual. YEARS between snack foods? Never, ever, had a soda in 50 plus years? Wow, that's discipline. Or something.

I wouldn't say she is unusual. At all. There is a big difference between being a food control freak and allowing your kids to eat whatever junk they wish to have (or what most of you seem to call "moderation"). It's called food education, nurturing healthy eating habits, or whatever you want to call it these days. I find it amusing how, on this board, most parents who don't believe in teaching and modeling good eating habits will just dismiss those of us who do by saying that our kids will just grow up going wild the moment they have the freedom to try snacks and sodas. I didn't have fast food until I was 19. Twenty years later, I have it maybe twice a year. We kept our son away from juice and sodas at home, but once he was in school around other kids, we readily let him have both. Guess what. He hates soda and will only take a few sips of juice. When he's thirsty, he wants water. This is what I call moderation, as in "we don't really like to eat this way, because we don't think that's actual food, but you're welcome to try and form your own opinion". And oh, yes, it works.

And going back to the grandparents argument, we let them spoil the kids the rare times they're in charge of them, but we have no allergy/intolerance issues, so that's obviously easier for us to do.