|  smithereens | May 25, 2007 9:16am | | it's like anything else. drugs are more available today than ever. it's discipline and teaching at home. you can't prevent exposure to bad foods, but you can educate your kids and stick with them when you eat at home. let them eat cake and candy at parties, but limit how much. maybe we're just lucky, but so far, so good. |
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Sponsor |  chimichurri | May 25, 2007 11:04am | *sigh*
So true.
People (parents of older kids) tell me to hang in there... that kids usually come around and come back to their *base*... what they were taught and how they were brought up.
I hope that's true.
It ripped me apart to discover that my son (17) smokes, for example. Or to watch my daughter (15) eat obscene amounts of junk food (when she's out with friends... she knows better than to eat that crap at home!).
So, yes, I agree with what you're saying smithereens. |
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|  wildcatkc | May 25, 2007 2:31pm | | For my kids (5 and 8 yrs) I just tell them Superman eats it and that usually works. Hopefully, it carry on into their teenage years |
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Sponsor | | Erinoia | May 25, 2007 2:49pm | I've gotten creative I'll shred carrots and zucchini very fine and mix that into meatballs with finely shredded cheeses to add a little hidden extra nutrition.
I make salads as fun as possible with home made croutons and dried fruit.
I'll make my own energy bars and trail mix type cookies, and I try to dress fruit up in alot of ways, I am not above offering whipped cream with some choc chips on it for a fruit dip.;)
I don't have snacks in the house that are junky except for special times, a twinkie or something comparable, and they're young enough they have not been exposed to it elsewhere (6 and 2)We don't do fast food, but we do have "junk food friday" home made pizza, or tortilla wraps with pizza fixings and milk shakes or smoothies.
I think teenagers just are eat and run, so we all (I did) go through that period, plus they probably crave the extra carbs and stuff for quick fix energy pick ups, sugar etc.I think it's more of a phase at that point then a life style.(mine was, I survived on pop and dorito's...ugh!) |
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Sponsor | | chimichurri | May 25, 2007 2:57pm | Oh, yes, it should just fine, wildcat!
Actually I've had very little whining from my kids with the limits I set (which are strict for Spain).
The teenage years have been difficult for me because it just seems like everything we've taught them fell apart.
But my son is coming around a bit now. So, it's true... they rebel for a while to break free from us... but they usually come around!
(knock on wood) |
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|  gugelm86 | Nov 6, 2007 5:31pm | | When parents come home from work and they are forced to deal with a kid that doesn't like the broccoli on his plate, it's a lot easier to just give in and avoid an argument. Unfortunately, that just serves to reinforce that child's behavior and makes him realize that he can get what he wants (at least occasionally) if he makes enough of a fuss. |
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Sponsor | | chimichurri | Nov 8, 2007 2:09pm | gugelm: This is true on all fronts. Giving in too often (or always) is bad.
Active parenting is so hard and tiring, isn't it? |
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