How do you keep your kids' holiday eating in check?

Holiday time means cookies, cakes and sweets galore! And even though we want the kids to have fun, too much isn't good. What's the secret to keeping it healthy without being a Scrooge? Share your secrets.

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Total of 93 votes

12.9%
I let them have as much as they like. Their bodies will tell them when enough is enough.
12 votes
84.9%
I make sure they eat plenty of healthy food first and then they can have a treat. The healthy food helps fill them up so there isn't much room for the junk.
79 votes
2.2%
We keep our diet as strict as any other time of year. The holidays shouldn't be any different.
2 votes
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I let them have as much as they like. Their bodies will tell them when enough is enough.

Not quite that, but I don't make a big fuss about sweets and such during the holidays

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     - kim carney
     - 3:48 pm EST on Tue Dec 15, 2009
    I let them have as much as they like. Their bodies will tell them when enough is enough.

    Who cares what kids eat they play so much it will all be fine.

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       - AlaniumJzone
       - 9:45 am EST on Wed Dec 30, 2009

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      Comment author avatarAlaniumJzone

      i always let my kids eat everything EXCEPT AT THE HOLIDAYS THEN I ALLOW NOTHING!

        Reply#1 - Wed Dec 23, 2009 11:09 AM EST
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