very interesting parenting article

[elizabear]

http://www.babble.com/Why-giving-kids-only-whats-good-for-them-is-a-bad-idea-In-Praise-of-Junk/index3.aspx

Especially relevant today, as the kids helped themselves to a "sometimes food" as a snack without asking me.

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[metahacker.livejournal.com]

Somehow this made me think of your philosophy with the cats' food. Don't prohibit them, and teach them to self-modulate -- teach them what and when, not starve and binge.