To go and buy a lock?

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For my fridge.

To stop my 12 year old stealing food and lying about it. With his mouth full of said food. All smeared round his face and dropped on the floor and over the clean laundry that was waiting to go in the drier...

It's not a hunger thing. It's a cheese thing. He can eat his dinner (generally a good eater, not fussy) then as soon as I leave the room, he is stuffing his face with cheese.

I try not to buy it too often, as he just eats the lot. But if we have pizza or baked potato, I buy some.

And can anybody tell me where to get a good one?

For "stealing" cheese, really? I think locking away good and him stuffing his face and lying all sounds a bit unhealthy and frankly ott for a bit of cheese. Would you not buy two blocks and tell ds one is his and the other is not and to not eat it.

A lock on the fridge for cheese just seems extreme to me

Buy it from the deli counter and only get the amount you need?

Let the boy have cheese. Why can't he have a few slices of cheese after every meal?

It's just cheese? Then I'd say the same as Rogan and just get what you need.

He's a growing boy. Let him have his cheese. and stop projecting your own food issues onto your kid

Unless he's wating a whole block in one sitting I don't see the issue really

Putting a lock on the fridge is more bonkers behaviour than cramming cheese in tbh.

Is he overweight?

Would echo everyone else's views really. I don't think a chunk of cheese is the worst thing he could be eating tbh.

It's not stealing food, it's his home. Why can't he have some cheese, lots of people choose it as a snack.

Unless he is overweight I would let it go. Or unless he is eating an entire block in one go.

It depends if you want your DS to end up with food related issues really? It's his home, the food is for all of you after all.

If his weight is in the normal range for his height - and even then some chunkiness can be expected before they grow into full adult height - then I wouldn't be bothered about the eating, rather the messiness. Is he cramming food into his mouth in a hurry for fear of getting "caught"? IMO children can't " steal" food from their own home ffs - that's such a weird attitude. Obviously for their own health it's best not to encourage greed if possible, but accusing your own kids of "stealing" food in their own home - please.

Does he have a weight issue?

You can get fridge lockers from Amazon.

I probably opt for buying less cheese though. Cheese really does hit a spot that other food can't hit so I can sort of understand your son desire to wolf it down. I'd be cross about him lying though.

There has to be more to this than cheese surely?

Is his name Ben gunn ?

Sorry. No advice except maybe a small cash box with lock for cheese rather than locking the whole fridge?

Sorry OP but that is just mean. Putting a lock on your fridge so you can police it?

Sure it's probably annoying that he's eating the cheese, so buy more.

If he's really craving cheese and nothing else, you need to look at his diet. The only real cheese addicts I know have insufficient salt and fat in their diets. Both are essential to a growing boy.

As poster above said, the cheese is for EVERYBODY.

Yes, he eats a whole blooming pack in one go.

Then lies about it, with cheese falling out of his mouth as he says "I'm not eating anything"

I bought him a bag of Red Leicester, as asked for by him. That's hardly been touched, but the whole bag of cheddar/mozzeralla that was for tonight's pizza is gone.

Dd isn't big enough to open the fridge. I was also helping her on the toilet at the time.

I am pretty sure I didn't buy an empty pack from asda and leave that in my fridge.

He is getting fat. He is allowed some of the cheese.

But I can't afford to keep replacing it, just because he is hungry. As he is too lazy to get up and get breakfast.

I think I will stop buying cheese. Cheapest solution.

If he is eating an entire block/bag in the time it takes to go to the toilet. Every a toddler, there is a problem.

The fact that he doesn't care that it's for everyone (even though he has his own) is a behaviour that needs dealing with. Not because it's good. But because he is being inconsiderate and selfish. The fact that he eats everyone else's when he has his own is very selfish behaviour.

I would be looking at some sort of consequence. Like I would if he was being selfish with something else.

Yes stop buying it OP. But he'll probably gorge with something else.

Hard cheese is at least 70% fat, so not a great thing for a growing boy to snack on, particularly if he's getting fat.

Could you put together some healthy snacks for him that he can have a binge on?

nuts
hummus + carrot sticks
yoghurt
pickled cucumbers
fruit
cottage cheese
boiled eggs
olives
salads with feta cheese