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[quote=Anonymous]I agree with the poster who stated that us adults do way too much these days to accommodate children. As a child, I would see my parents eat and drink certain things that were simply off-limits to me. I grew up knowing that as a child, my parents were in charge of me and if they didn't allow me to eat or drink certain things, then I didn't whether I liked it or not.

Part of the excitement of becoming a grown-up was the fact that my parents could no longer mandate my eating choices.

I talked to my boss about this and she laughed. 
Why you may ask?
We are in a similar situation ourselves.
She teases me about my unhealthy lunches. She thinks I eat too many carbs and consume too much dairy and don't eat enough green vegetables and fresh fruit.
I sometimes bring a Subway sandwich, chips & a soda and sometimes I bring a Lunchable if I only have time to grab that. When she opens the fridge and sees my lunches, she always teases me and asks where is the fresh broccoli. If I do eat fresh carrots, I usually bring ranch dip which I get teased about as well.

She prepares her child's lunch the night before and her child eats more of a balanced lunch than I do.
But my MB knows I am a grown adult and am entitled to eat what I choose to eat.
She KNOWS that what I eat does not negatively impact her own child in any way, shape or form.

When my charge asks me what Jello is for instance, I just tell her it is my lunch and that this is what I am eating today and that what she is eating is what her lunch is today. 
Not ONCE has she ever asked to try anything I eat.
Actually since it's so foreign to her, she thinks it all looks gross anyway. She thinks my Jello looks "bouncy."

Anyway, you cannot shield your kids forever.
Someday they will be exposed to worse things than Hot Cheetos. Trust me.[/quote]

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