[akcskye]

Thank you for this thread.

My 9 and 11 year olds have a "lighter" form of these issues, I believe...I say "lighter" because though it does seem kind of "greedy", they've gotten better.

I think my kids were neglected in the food dept...they love raw spaghetti and burnt food. I kind of think their mom didn't know how to cook and that might be how they ate, say, when gas or electric was off?

They are still in the "not trash b-mom" mode right now, and though I never want them to "trash her"...eventually they will learn that her choices were poor, and to not try to put her in the light they do now (if she was as great as they say, then why are they ours, you know?)...but I'm sure as they learn and observe more of a functional family, I will learn more.

But, I do let them have an abundance of healthy food...carrots and ranch, low fat cottage cheese, and the like without having to ask.

BUT, their hangup seems to be soda pop. It was so out of hand that we had to enforce a "one pop a day" limit...when they came for the weekend the first time, they drank a 12 pack in 2 days (though it was Diet, I still didn't like they consumed so much)...and hubby and I didn't keep track because we were all having fun and getting to know each other.

But, they make it such an issue...what could be up with that? I know when I was a little girl, a soda was a *MAYBE* once a week priviledge that I didn't ask for often, I preferred my water.

Anyone else experience this?