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Hellobee Boards Topic: Did your parents let you eat a lot of junk food growing up? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 15 May 2026 21:46:55 +0000 Red on "Did your parents let you eat a lot of junk food growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-let-you-eat-a-lot-of-sweets-growing-up#post-167587 Thu, 24 May 2012 12:18:38 +0000 Red 167587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Money was tight so we rarely had junk food around the house but my mom would make Asian desserts at home so we did have plenty of sweets. :) Sammyfab on "Did your parents let you eat a lot of junk food growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-let-you-eat-a-lot-of-sweets-growing-up#post-167558 Thu, 24 May 2012 12:04:07 +0000 Sammyfab 167558@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes! We ate every 'bad' food under the sun! My friends loved coming over to pig out at our house! It's a wonder how my sisters and I aren't overweight as adults and have generally healthy eating habits now! autumnlove on "Did your parents let you eat a lot of junk food growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-let-you-eat-a-lot-of-sweets-growing-up#post-167475 Thu, 24 May 2012 11:08:25 +0000 autumnlove 167475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We were allowed to splurge occasionally! MusicaV on "Did your parents let you eat a lot of junk food growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-let-you-eat-a-lot-of-sweets-growing-up#post-167470 Thu, 24 May 2012 11:01:33 +0000 MusicaV 167470@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We rarely had chips, soda, or fast food. They were special treats. We couldn't have cereal with more than 3g of sugar per serving. We occasionally had cookies or sweets, but they were always kept on the highest shelf. As we got older, my parents relaxed a bit. Ideally, LO won't eat a lot of that stuff either. The challenge will be for DH and me, who are used to giving into our cravings and indulgences. Mrs. Pen on "Did your parents let you eat a lot of junk food growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-let-you-eat-a-lot-of-sweets-growing-up#post-167403 Thu, 24 May 2012 10:25:34 +0000 Mrs. Pen 167403@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I feel that there was a pretty good balance. My family wasn't too healthy growing up, we ate frozen chicken potpies a lot but for the most part dinner was homecooked every night. We never ordered out/in since a family of 8 is expensive to eat out/in. Our sweets were definitely limited, until we were teenagers, then we did what we wanted lol I am definitely going to be more stringent with LO. We are cutting out the majority of sugar in our house and DH has surprisingly been very supportive and encouraging. We sweeten everything with honey or pure maple syrup instead. We don't even have an ounce of sugar in our house at this moment, and I don't plan on really letting LO have any. I've been finding more and more recipes that are healthier versions of bad foods - like chocolate chip cookies made with almond flour and sucanat instead of traditional flour and sugar. So LO can have that stuff :) littlebug on "Did your parents let you eat a lot of junk food growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-let-you-eat-a-lot-of-sweets-growing-up#post-167377 Thu, 24 May 2012 10:16:42 +0000 littlebug 167377@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Growing up in Hershey, there was never a lack of chocolate in the house! And we also always had ice cream in the house. But we never snacked like crazy. We were allowed one snack, after dinner. PBandBaseball on "Did your parents let you eat a lot of junk food growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-let-you-eat-a-lot-of-sweets-growing-up#post-167362 Thu, 24 May 2012 10:08:47 +0000 PBandBaseball 167362@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I actually wish that my parents had been more strict with swwets & junk food. We always had soda in the house & ate dessert every night. We also went to McDonalds and other fast food places fairly frequently (1-2 x per week). I have friends who never had sodas and fast food & they have a much easier time avoiding it now than I do! Mrs. Pickle on "Did your parents let you eat a lot of junk food growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-let-you-eat-a-lot-of-sweets-growing-up#post-167354 Thu, 24 May 2012 10:05:02 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 167354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My parents didn't keep a lot of junk food in the house. There was usually some ice cream or cookies but we couldn't have any without their permission and they would portion it for us. Sophia on "Did your parents let you eat a lot of junk food growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-let-you-eat-a-lot-of-sweets-growing-up#post-167348 Thu, 24 May 2012 09:58:58 +0000 Sophia 167348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I don't think they really restricted much of anything. We always ate dinners together (homemade) and my mom always made us our lunches when we were in school. Breakfasts were usually oatmeal or toast and juice. Thinking back, we almost always had pop (soda) in the house, but I think we were restricted to 1 a day and it was usually caffeine free (Sprite or 7up). We almost always had snacks...my dad loves sweets, so Little Debbie type things were always around, and I think we probably had chips most of the time, too. One thing that was never allowed in our house was Kool Aid. I think the ONE TIME my mom allowed it, a babysitter spilled it on brand new carpet. That was the end of that! I was (am?) a pretty picky eater, so unfortunately I was kind of a pain in the butt I think. I don't think they ever really made a huge deal out of food/snacks, besides always eating dinner together as a family. I somehow still ended up with a messed up relationship with food, but I'm a lot better now than I used to be! ninja on "Did your parents let you eat a lot of junk food growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-let-you-eat-a-lot-of-sweets-growing-up#post-167340 Thu, 24 May 2012 09:56:06 +0000 ninja 167340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We were on sugar lockdown growing up! My mom would let us have kool-aid sometimes, but she would only use half the amount of sugar. And cookies were few and far between. I won't be as strict with our kids, but won't just let them eat junk all the time either! yoursilverlining on "Did your parents let you eat a lot of junk food growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-let-you-eat-a-lot-of-sweets-growing-up#post-167272 Thu, 24 May 2012 09:02:57 +0000 yoursilverlining 167272@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes, definitely junk foods were restricted. And my mom made dinner from scratch every night, so that was usually pretty healthy too. We rarely kept soda or chips in the house, those were “treats”. We did drink a lot of juice growing up – so that’s probably where we got the most sugar. At least it was real juice though, not Kool-Aid, etc. With cookies, the only kind my mom bought were fig newtons which everyone but her hated. Blech. But she would make us cookies sometimes. We didn’t get to have sugary cereals growing up either, except on vacations or when we stayed over with friends/relatives. I think it worked, as now I don’t keep soda, cookies, sugary cereals in my home either. lavender on "Did your parents let you eat a lot of junk food growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-let-you-eat-a-lot-of-sweets-growing-up#post-167247 Thu, 24 May 2012 08:53:59 +0000 lavender 167247@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We always had soda and chips around the house but not until we were middle/hs I believe. Alivoo01 on "Did your parents let you eat a lot of junk food growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-let-you-eat-a-lot-of-sweets-growing-up#post-167245 Thu, 24 May 2012 08:53:06 +0000 Alivoo01 167245@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We never had junk food in the house, but at my aunt's place. oh man! It was like the snack aisle at a grocery store! She had 4-5 types of cereal, 4-5 types of cookies, etc. oliviaoblivia on "Did your parents let you eat a lot of junk food growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-let-you-eat-a-lot-of-sweets-growing-up#post-167236 Thu, 24 May 2012 08:50:43 +0000 oliviaoblivia 167236@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We never had junk food around. My friend's mom used to buy pop tarts just for me to have at her house cause I wasn't allowed to eat them at home. Minnie_Girl on "Did your parents let you eat a lot of junk food growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-let-you-eat-a-lot-of-sweets-growing-up#post-167231 Thu, 24 May 2012 08:49:06 +0000 Minnie_Girl 167231@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We weren't restricted on sweets. We almost never had soda, chips, or candy; those were considered party foods. Instead we'd have a lot of chocolate, cookies, and ice cream. Surprise surprise, we were terrible eaters. I'm hoping that LO won't realize the existence of sugar for at least two years... LuLu Mom on "Did your parents let you eat a lot of junk food growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-let-you-eat-a-lot-of-sweets-growing-up#post-167186 Thu, 24 May 2012 08:17:50 +0000 LuLu Mom 167186@https://boards.hellobee.com/ It depended on if my mom was on a diet! haha then we would have only healthy food in the house, but if she was not then we had some junk food. We never had pop in the house, but I remember chips, ice cream, and snacky foods at times! Especially on summer vacations since we were on our own (once my older sister was old enough to babysit us.) mrsjyw on "Did your parents let you eat a lot of junk food growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-let-you-eat-a-lot-of-sweets-growing-up#post-167095 Thu, 24 May 2012 06:49:42 +0000 mrsjyw 167095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I don't remember my parents ever restricting junk food, but I also don't remember eating a ton of it either. We regularly had potato chips and ice cream and a bottle of soda, etc -- but I think my parents just lucked that my brother and I ate well for the most part without too many restrictions they had to put on us. We also didn't feel the need to go overboard, because we never thought we couldn't have it at all. Rubies on "Did your parents let you eat a lot of junk food growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-let-you-eat-a-lot-of-sweets-growing-up#post-167087 Thu, 24 May 2012 06:39:34 +0000 Rubies 167087@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My parents both love sweets so there was always something in the house...Ice cream, chips, candy. But I will be a bit more strict with LO. Andrea on "Did your parents let you eat a lot of junk food growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-let-you-eat-a-lot-of-sweets-growing-up#post-167084 Thu, 24 May 2012 06:29:30 +0000 Andrea 167084@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My parents were so lax. They fed me tons of junk and I ended up with a weight problem - shocker! I am going to be strict with my LO for sure. mediagirl on "Did your parents let you eat a lot of junk food growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-let-you-eat-a-lot-of-sweets-growing-up#post-167065 Thu, 24 May 2012 04:28:57 +0000 mediagirl 167065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yeah, we weren't allowed a lot of sweets. We got dessert after dinner but that was it. We didn't have an ice cream truck and never were allowed to get treats at gas stations. We had rice krispies or cheerios for cereal. If I want my kids to come up the same way, I'm going to have to change my was big time! SleepyMonkey on "Did your parents let you eat a lot of junk food growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-let-you-eat-a-lot-of-sweets-growing-up#post-166803 Wed, 23 May 2012 19:46:48 +0000 SleepyMonkey 166803@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My parents were pretty lax about it...we were allowed to have chips (doritos were my fave), soda, candy...sometimes i would take a spoon and just eat a spoonful of sugar straight. haha. The only thing my mom restricted was cereal with marshmallows. So i never had lucky charms or count chocula cereal until i was in college. We all turned out a-ok! So I don't think I'll be limiting our kids intake of junk food, but my husband says he'll be more strict. banana on "Did your parents let you eat a lot of junk food growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-let-you-eat-a-lot-of-sweets-growing-up#post-166780 Wed, 23 May 2012 19:39:03 +0000 banana 166780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My mom didn't really limit our intake of sweets but my MIL didn't let my husband have hardly any sweets/junk food. I guess it worked because even to this day, he's really not into sugary/sweet treats. I'll let our LO have a treat once in a while but we're gonna try to limit it as much as possible. mrs. wagon on "Did your parents let you eat a lot of junk food growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-let-you-eat-a-lot-of-sweets-growing-up#post-166777 Wed, 23 May 2012 19:38:02 +0000 mrs. wagon 166777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My parents always packed a can of Sprite in my lunch bag during middle school and all my friends were jealous, and I didn't understand why! I think my parents let me drink soda (as long as it didn't have caffeine) because I drank plenty of milk too. We also always had ice cream in the house. My favorite was Chippedy Chocolatey by Hood. Yum. chopsuey on "Did your parents let you eat a lot of junk food growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-let-you-eat-a-lot-of-sweets-growing-up#post-166774 Wed, 23 May 2012 19:36:32 +0000 chopsuey 166774@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We didn't have many sweets growing up. Mostly because money was tight and parents couldn't afford extra sweets. Man. LO and I shared a mini Magnum today. :P I ate all the chocolate and let her have some of the ice cream. :P I also gave her a couple of bites of gelato. eek! I'll limit her sweets, but won't deprive her of them. :) heffalump on "Did your parents let you eat a lot of junk food growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-let-you-eat-a-lot-of-sweets-growing-up#post-166773 Wed, 23 May 2012 19:36:09 +0000 heffalump 166773@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes and no. We never had soda or sugared cereal in the house. But when we got old enough to put stuff in the grocery cart.... we'd put all sorts of crap in there. My mom has 3 kids so it was hard to keep a good eye on us while we were shopping, so she'd always be surprised at checkout but she'd still buy it. Mrs. Bee on "Did your parents let you eat a lot of junk food growing up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-let-you-eat-a-lot-of-sweets-growing-up#post-166768 Wed, 23 May 2012 19:34:17 +0000 Mrs. Bee 166768@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My parents never really restricted sweets, but we did have healthy meals 3x a day. We bought a lot of candy/chocolate/ice cream from 7-11 and the ice cream truck, as well as sugary cereal and junk food like chips. I'm hoping to be a little stricter with Charlie and Olive. Did your parents limit your sweets intake? Will you limit your lo's?