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Old 07-21-2010, 05:14 PM
 
Location: Land of Free Johnson-Weld-2016
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As a child, my parents didn't allow me to eat lots of food such as white bread etc. There were a couple of things I REALLY wanted to eat and begged for, but they said no way to:
1. Bacon
2. Toaster muffins
3. The "shell" chocolate sauce that you pour on icecream.

Was there anything that you weren't allowed to eat as a child? Have you had it since you grew up, or did the desire for it diminish? If you're a parent, are there foods that you won't let your own little ones eat?
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Old 07-21-2010, 07:41 PM
 
Location: Silver Springs, FL
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Wouldnt let DD eat any processed crap, she never realized that she was missing anything, which she wasnt.
It paid off, she is going to become a chef, and has no food issues.
I was never denied to try anything, my mom was smart enough to realize that the path to eating disorders starts with saying no, you may not eat that.
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Old 07-21-2010, 07:54 PM
 
Location: Declezville, CA
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My mom was the tyrant, my dad was very "whatever" about that stuff. Sweets are what she denied us, and I was a very skinny kid. She also insisted that my dad and I eat our "stinky" sardines out in the garage, but anyway...

I don't know if her pogrom against sweets is what caused my fondness for them, but I abuse them to this day, and I'm 55 years old.
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Old 07-21-2010, 07:55 PM
 
Location: Morristown, TN
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Nope, nothing off limits here. I don't buy processed crap, but I don't tell them they can't eat it elsewhere.
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Old 07-21-2010, 07:57 PM
 
Location: Silver Springs, FL
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Nope, nothing off limits here. I don't buy processed crap, but I don't tell them they can't eat it elsewhere.
I did the same thing! Forgot to mention it....
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Old 07-21-2010, 08:44 PM
 
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In general, if you are fed good home-cooked meals at home as a child, you generally don't have a lot f issues with food.

We ate a little of everything and a not a lot of anything.
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Old 07-21-2010, 08:54 PM
 
Location: Silver Springs, FL
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In general, if you are fed good home-cooked meals at home as a child, you generally don't have a lot f issues with food.

We ate a little of everything and a not a lot of anything.
I totally agree.
When I was young, I used to go visit cousins for a week in the summer, their mom was my moms older sister.
They werent allowed ANYTHING between meals, not even a piece of fruit, all 3 siblings have food issues, obesity, bulimia, etc.....I hated going to stay with them, because I wasnt allowed a snack, either.
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Old 07-21-2010, 09:34 PM
 
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Now and Laters Candy

I was sort of obsessed, even though I may have gotten a pack of now and laters....well...every now and later. My mom used to tease me that she was going to buy me a case of them on my wedding day.

I almost developed a complex about them. I used to get them from the ice cream truck and wait until I was in bed to eat them.
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Old 07-21-2010, 09:57 PM
 
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It's hard to say because my parents were like "whatever" but they did forbid if we don't eat our vegetables.
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Old 07-22-2010, 01:41 AM
 
Location: Way up north :-)
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White bread wasn't allowed to darken our doorstep. I wasn't allowed to buy ice-blocks at school. Ice-cream at home was okay but not ice-blocks. Go figure.

I had to have hot milk on my cereal - no cold milk allowed, even in summer.

But hey, I turned out ok...really...*rocking back and forth muttering incessantly...incessantly...*
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