The wisdom of the young

KtotheD78

*lol* Wellll, my 6 year old knows that sugar is bad
She is picking up on some of my new habits, as is my 10 year old.
We talk about which foods are good, healthy choices.
They are starting to make their own decisions and I let them.
I don't want them to end up with an ED so I don't use food as a punishment/reward or force them to eat food/everything on plate.
I just want them to be informed. They already like a variety and we hardly ever eat fast food or much sugar so I think I am doing good
I think that the age bracket recommended to "ignore" is probably somewhat true but nutrition is something easily learned, researched and picked up on. I believe that my daughters will know, at that age, a lot more than some people would give credit for or realize that they could know. Kids are pretty smart these days.
You can tell when something doesn't make any sense and this comes from ALL age groups.

MizTerry

Totally agree OP.

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