Okay so my boyfriend and i were talking about children and how we want to raise them. One if my biggest things is their intake of juices/soda and junk food, but mainly juice, I was raised on straight water, milk and fresh homemade fruit juice. I never had a store brought juice until I was13-14ish,

He says i was brought up deprived, but by the time i was in middle school (11 years old) for school lunch I had the choice of a juice, but i still chose milk just cause by that time, i guess i was just use to it.

Am I being controlling, by limiting their intake of juice/ soda. I mean I'm not saying they can't have it, but once a day during lunch is way more than enough in my opinion,

I don't think so. Especially when you bring up sodas. It's probably best to limit their intake.

Kids should only drink soda rarely if at all, so I think you're perfectly reasonable.

I don't think so.

Health-wise, I agree with you. But in regards to the question, you'd probably want to figure out a good middle-ground with your boyfriend.

Nah, you're just being mindful of their sugar intake. More power to you.

I can't, for the life of me, figure out how people drink soda with lunch or dinner. It completely offsets my palate. Juice in the morning, water for every other meal. That's what I do.

Obviously a bit of juice never killed anyone, but obviously as an occasional (once a week sorta thing) treat. I was a chubby child/tween and I'm it's because my parents had an endless supply of Raro, which if you don't know is like these little sachets of flavoured powder that make up a litre of juice and I basically drank them WAY too often.



So yeah, my parent's slight lack of discipline on the fluids side of things was probably not their best move.

Once a day? No, make that once a week loll'

I think it is the way you are presenting it. "I want my kids the way I was raised, because it was better" is never going to get a good response.

Hell no!
You are absolutely right. Don't give them juice/soda or whatever too early and too often.

I don't think you're wrong, at all. I think limiting soda intake for children is a good idea, of course as they get older I think you should let them make their own decisions and just as you did, I'm sure they'll make good choices.

You do have to look at it this way, your boyfriend has opinions just as you do and I'm sure he feels his are just as important.

I think you'll be able to decide more clearly when you're in the situation but you two will need to come to terms with each other and pick whatever you both think is best for your child.

No it's a good thing

it's called "caring about your childs health"

Of course you both will come to an agreement cause you should both want the kids to be as healthy as they can be. Obviously

WTF, you dress your kids in walmart clothes and deprive them of indulgent stuff until they get to the age when they catch on that the stuff exists or start getting bullied. Don't poison them early than is necessary IMO.

I think you should definitely moderate it, most store-bought juices are just full of sugar anyway, so it's certainly not a bad thing to stay away from them. If you do end up introducing them to store-bought alternatives, just try to get the natural juices with no added sugar and such.

You're being reasonable and not controlling. If you want, reward him every once in a while with some soda or something, but don't overuse it. I would do exactly the same.

I completely agree with you. I was allowed soda/juice/sweets/junk growing up and therefore grew up overweight. I've since cut out all processed food and feel 100% better because of it. I would never put my kids through the **** I dealt with. No junk for them.

A friend of mine was told by his mother he was allergic to chocolate and grew up scared of it. He didn't realise he wasn't until his 21st

Having milk daily isn't good for them either sis.

this.