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My daughter came from El Salvador at age 4. She had experienced lack of food and she was also a hoarder. To this day (20 years later) she keeps a candy bar in her purse at all times. It may be there six months without being eaten, but she gets stressed if she doesn't have one.
My 4-year-old adopted son was removed for neglect. Although he has been with me for over two years, he also still has food issues. I gave him a drawer in the refrigerator, which I keep filled with yogurt cups, applesauce cups, cheese sticks, pbj sandwich rounds, etc. He is allowed to have anything he wants from his drawer at any time (EXCEPT when we are about to get in the car). For the car we have packages of goldfish. He is slowly losing his food obsessions and can defer food if I tell him that "supper will be ready in 5 minutes".
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