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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 262374" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>OK, I'm watching DR. P right now and he's talking about really overweight kids (due to compulsive eating- not medications or health problems causing it) and how parents are dealing with this in a way that's making it worse. A mom was buying snacks and keeping them locked up and trying to ration them out. The mom was cooking healthy meals and trying hard to get her kid's major weight problem under control, in spite of the unhealthy meals the sd provides.</p><p></p><p>Dr. P says stop locking food up- it makes the desire for the food stronger and turns the issue into a power struggle. He says stop buying ANYTHING unhealthy. He says when the kid throws a tantrum in the store, trying to get Mom to buy unhealthy stuff, that Mom should stand back and let the kid scream and tell anyone who comes around throwing dirty looks that the kid is throwing a tantrum for food she won't buy and asked the on-lookers if they'd like to stay there and watch with her (the mom) to show support. LOL!</p><p></p><p>I found that interesting! I know some things Dr P says seem off the wall for parents with difficult child's, but he might have a point with this, in my humble opinion. What he said made me think 1) maybe we should deal with any of our kids' compulsions by keeping it away altogether instead of trying to ration it because rationing can make the compulsion worse and create more struggle, and 2) I kind of liked his approach of how to handle public tantrums-</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 262374, member: 3699"] OK, I'm watching DR. P right now and he's talking about really overweight kids (due to compulsive eating- not medications or health problems causing it) and how parents are dealing with this in a way that's making it worse. A mom was buying snacks and keeping them locked up and trying to ration them out. The mom was cooking healthy meals and trying hard to get her kid's major weight problem under control, in spite of the unhealthy meals the sd provides. Dr. P says stop locking food up- it makes the desire for the food stronger and turns the issue into a power struggle. He says stop buying ANYTHING unhealthy. He says when the kid throws a tantrum in the store, trying to get Mom to buy unhealthy stuff, that Mom should stand back and let the kid scream and tell anyone who comes around throwing dirty looks that the kid is throwing a tantrum for food she won't buy and asked the on-lookers if they'd like to stay there and watch with her (the mom) to show support. LOL! I found that interesting! I know some things Dr P says seem off the wall for parents with difficult child's, but he might have a point with this, in my humble opinion. What he said made me think 1) maybe we should deal with any of our kids' compulsions by keeping it away altogether instead of trying to ration it because rationing can make the compulsion worse and create more struggle, and 2) I kind of liked his approach of how to handle public tantrums- [/QUOTE]
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