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> "We run around chasing our kids to eat cookies and drink juice, and then wonder why we have a childhood obesity crisis. Good job, everybody, good job."

I literally have seen this happen, where parents chase their kids around cookies and Juice in hand, Literally.

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As a parent, I have done this.

It’s hard when an active kid is constantly distracted. It has been a big exercise in discipline (for me) to say that food is eaten at the table at specific times and if she’s hungry, then she can eat more at the next meal. (Obviously baring force majeure etc.)

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