yup – that’s my preferred poison as well. and i too, have spent inordinate amounts of time in the dentist’s chair!! 
You get the idea! I always seemed to make out with more that way.
If my mother had any sense, she would have offered me, once in awhile, a morsel of that sweet elixir I craved so much. Had she done this, I might have actually spent some of my late 20’s away from the dentist chair from all the damage I did just years earlier “making” up for so much lost time.
. And it amazed me how much junk food I was sort of allowed. but then again, later on, we didn’t “carry’ that stuff on a daily basis. I had to go out and buy it for myself. I’d eat a box of cookies all at once. And then eat well for a while. My dad always talked of sugar being evil in a joking way and it was something we enjoyed but it was kind of like French Teens drinking wine- it wasn’t contraband either. So I’m pretty good and regulating my sugar ( sort of!!! I require a lot of it for coffee etc). I have to remember this when I try to limit G’s sugar. Not to make it a big deal. It’s hard though, b/c ppl love to push sugar on little kids. And she does act like an asshole when sugared up.
long ramble to say nice post. Nice song.
]]>@charlotte – sounds like a sensible plan to me! you certainly don’t want your kids growing up like i did!
]]>So, I am experimenting with allowing my kids a few sweets everyday after their main meal. I’m hoping sweets will be part of their lives and not something to thrill over.
(In case the food police pop by, let me also say that my kids eat a wide variety of healthy foods, including five daily fruits and vegetables.)
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