Just wanted to post a quick link to an article that I saw this morning that adds salt to the list of things that make your kids fat. Once I read it, it's a pretty logical finding saying that the more salt a kid consumes, the more sugary drinks they have as well (not a huge surprise).
I've mentioned before that I originally hoped that I would be the sort of parent who never lies to their kids. I was just going to lay out the real arguments for and against things and trust the kid's intelligence. I still stand by this for a lot of things but I also regularly lie about little things in order to get things done (i.e. Kmart isn't open today, we don't have any ice-cream, it's too late to read a fourth story).
The very best lie I have ever told is that soft drink tastes like beer. Now anytime someone offers Leo a softy, he looks a bit horrified and says no thankyou. I know this is not the sort of advice that is going to work for everyone but I reckon anything that you can do to convince your kids that they don't need some forms of sugar is a bonus because you certainly can't convince them that ice-cream isn't wonderful...
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