What do you consider "junk" ??? (food)

[wolfpup]

I think I have a happy medium. I know how the parents feed their kids at home and I know they are eatting better at my house than at home so I dont feel bad. I have the parents provide the breakfast for their children... one brings cereal and soy milk because of a milk allergy and the other seems to come with a lot of junk... mini cinnamon buns, cinnabon bars, chocolate muffin, those fruit cups with the jelly sugar pudding stuff and sometimes simply a breadsticks and cheese and nutrigrain bar. The nutrigrain bar I get, the rest not so much! He always asks for what my kids have rather than his. A favorite snack in our house is fresh fruit and vanilla yogurt over top. I know that they eat healthy enough here as I know that probably 3 of the 5 days I have him, he has McDonalds, Pizza or some other fast food for dinner so... my homemade soup, macaronni with sliced tomatoe and cucumber on the side, or even ichiban noodles and a salad are better than what he would eat at home. The other kid is in school so mom packs his lunch. If we bake during the day then everyone gets a cookie or whatever after school, but there is also the choice of fresh fruit along with it.
A lot of parents figure that we will feed them properly through out the day so it is ok for them to do the fast food thing at night!!!
I use stickers and then a prize to reward good behavior. The mom of the youngest boy I had would bribe him with suckers, chocolate, etc... he was 3 and weighed more than my 6 year old son... not healthy!

[sunnydays]

I actually had a parent tell me that she didn't feel bad about serving crap to her child because she eats so well at my house! It's no wonder that same child picks most things our of her meals and refuses to eat them.

I think I have a happy medium. I know how the parents feed their kids at home and I know they are eatting better at my house than at home so I dont feel bad. I have the parents provide the breakfast for their children... one brings cereal and soy milk because of a milk allergy and the other seems to come with a lot of junk... mini cinnamon buns, cinnabon bars, chocolate muffin, those fruit cups with the jelly sugar pudding stuff and sometimes simply a breadsticks and cheese and nutrigrain bar. The nutrigrain bar I get, the rest not so much! He always asks for what my kids have rather than his. A favorite snack in our house is fresh fruit and vanilla yogurt over top. I know that they eat healthy enough here as I know that probably 3 of the 5 days I have him, he has McDonalds, Pizza or some other fast food for dinner so... my homemade soup, macaronni with sliced tomatoe and cucumber on the side, or even ichiban noodles and a salad are better than what he would eat at home. The other kid is in school so mom packs his lunch. If we bake during the day then everyone gets a cookie or whatever after school, but there is also the choice of fresh fruit along with it.
A lot of parents figure that we will feed them properly through out the day so it is ok for them to do the fast food thing at night!!!
I use stickers and then a prize to reward good behavior. The mom of the youngest boy I had would bribe him with suckers, chocolate, etc... he was 3 and weighed more than my 6 year old son... not healthy!