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Originally Posted by megwini (Post 2829426)

Sometimes it's hard, even if you just stop giving your kids the stuff freely. I was a VERY stubborn child, and I really liked junk food. I would throw tantrums when I was little until my mom would buy it, throw it in the shopping cart when she took me to the grocery store and wouldn't stop pestering her until she finally let me have it. I have memories of sneaking junk food into my room to eat it so she wouldn't know about it and wouldn't yell at me. I don't really blame my mom, though. Yes, she *should* have been firm with me, but I was SOOOOOO obnoxious that I made it almost impossible to be firm with. Sometimes if the kids REALLY like the stuff, and they happen to be VERY strong-willed, it's hard. It took me until I was an adult to realize that that stuff is just crap food. As a child, I just really really liked junk food.

lol you sound like you used to be like my 8 year old

Luckily I'm stubborn as all get out and can wait out my children longer than they can wait out me. ;) If I gave in I would so have a hard time saying no to Little Debbie and her friends!

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Originally Posted by MindiV (Post 2829357)

Not ALL small town people feed their kids that way...I know plenty who feed their kids healthy foods, fruits and veggies....it's an epidemic everywhere, not just in small places...

I know, but in my dad's small town in IL, it is very much the norm. Of course not ALL small town people feed their kids that way. I live in a city and a lot of people eat bad. It's all over.

Sorry...I just got a little offended by that remark, about the small towns. I live in a town of 3,400 people, and others from bigger cities tend to look at us like we're all inbred, backwoods hicks with no education or anything...Besides, I know as many if not MORE people (friends of mine) who are overweight and feed their kids horribly and live in BIG places than here in my town...

I try not to have them in the house. I do have fruit snacks, granola bars, cheese, yogurt and such for them. My mom and dad on the other hand have a counter full of crap and the kids go whacky there. It makes me crazy.