Just that really. I'm not a total food fascist. DD has always been allowed sweets / crisps / fizzy drinks in moderation. She chooses to spend her pocket money on sweets at the weekend and that's fine. We eat healthily at home and I don't buy any chocolate / crisps / biscuits to have in at home because I've got no will power
Since Feb half term she has been walking herself to school three days a week (Y6) in preparation for secondary. I've been finding sweet wrappers in her pocket and school bag almost daily and I've no idea where the money for them has come from or what she's eating. She's so secretive about it. She has a large box of sweets at home anyway that she bought on a school trip so she's eating sweets all evening too, so it's not like she's deprived!
Is this a normal reaction to getting a bit of freedom for the first time? Is there any point being stricter about it? I am trying to gradually give her more freedom and responsibility and she's risen to it fantastically well in every other way, but I don't want this to settle in as a habit over the next few years as she's growing.
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monstera · 06/05/2013 21:30
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