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No? Before my parents got divorced we ate a lot of spaghetti and beans and rice, because it was what they could afford.

After my father remarried a typical meal was Hamburger Helper, green beans and buttered white bread.

When I was a teenager I often ate dinner with my boyfriend's family, though. I wouldn't say they helped instill good eating habits, but at least they had more variety, lol.

Yes, for the most part. We always ate dinner as a family and getting things like McDonald's was done as a rare treat. My mom's a great cook and cooked most of our meals except for takeout like pizza or Chinese food on a Saturday night. I wasn't deprived of snacks though - everything in moderation.

Nope. My parents are both chronic food addicts and overeaters

Ummm, no. My friends came to our house for chips and candy. We had an endless supply! There were no food restrictions and we ate fast food and frozen meals often. At the same time we also had a lot of home-cooked meals. I'm not sure if they really contributed to my relationship with food today?

For the most part we are quite healthy. We eat lots of meat and veggies but we enjoy our treats too. I will try absolutely anything once - unless it's smothered in onions. You know the competitions on Survivor or Fear Factor where you have to eat gross things? My husband always says that I'd do awesome in them!

Sort of! Most nights, we ate together as a family for dinner. We mostly ate healthy foods but occasionally, we'd have sugary candy/snacks or junky food. Since it wasn't forbidden, it wasn't a big deal. If we had pop, a single can was shared between FOUR people so it wasn't very much! We didn't have a ton of variety though. My parents love Chinese food so we ate Chinese 99% of the time. Occasionally, we'd have American food. I never experienced other cuisines until I was an adult and would eat out with friends.

Mine were pretty strict, chocolate was only for a special treat, and I wasn't allowed fizzy drinks or any junk food. They were a lot more relaxed with my younger sisters, and interestingly I was the only one who had a binging phase as a teenager with daily McDonald's and a small fortune spent at the school vending machine! I'm pretty good now though so I think it was just a classic teenage rebellion phase

I think my mom modeled healthier eating/cooking habits then I replicate as an adult.

I'd say it was a mixed bag, but mostly positive. Dinners were always great; we ate together as a family, and everyone ate the same thing (there were no exceptions!). There was always a veggie or two with the meat. My parents always had people tell them how well we all ate, because we weren't picky about veggies and that sort of thing. We packed lunches for school, and they were generally 80% healthy with a yummy snack in there, too.

That being said, processed food (snacks, side dishes) made a regular appearance, but at that time people didn't really think twice about it. I also blame my mother for my potato chip addiction

No, we ate lots of processed foods. My mom never really learned to cook (but if you mention that she will be insulted...) so my dad cooked but it was hard for him to do every day after cooking long hours. When he did cook we had great meals and I still cook similar things now but if my mom was on duty for dinner or he just had to throw something together it was usually Hamburger Helper or macaroni and cheese with hotdogs etc so that type of thing were staples. Lunches were almost always pbj and a couple of junky snacks, rarely fresh fruits or veggies and if they packed those fruit cups I just threw them out.

It took me a long time to get better about food but perhaps it means more since it was my own journey? That being said, it is still hard to eat with my mom because she could happily live off of frozen dinners.

Sort of? My mom was big on home cooked meals and made from scratch treats. (no McDonalds for us, and I don't think I realized you could buy cookies from a store until I was 10) We always had to eat our veggies/fruits we before we could have treats.

I did gain an appreciation for non-processed food that has stuck with me today.

Yes. We ate dinner together every night and it was normally home cooked. We had healthy cereals in the house for breakfast before school (or oatmeal) and our lunches were packed for us. We only ate at school if we used our allowance money.

No. They put me on Atkins at age 13, were fans of "eat less, not healthier", food shaming, everything was frozen/processed, "finish your plate", "be very hungry when you eat so it tastes better", loads of butter and bread, a fair amount of soda and little debbie cakes and fried pies, but we had a lot of home cooked meals before my mom started to work. I remember a lot of fast food and restaurants and Stouffers in high school. I never had roasted broccoli until I was in my 20's. Lots of "dietetic" meals, as my dad liked to put it. Even now, he will say he's having a "dietetic" dinner of shrimp and butter. Wut. We had tons of candy and cookies and sweets now. And now, i'm pretty sure my mom has some sort of eating disorder in her 50's.

They did instill "family eats together", which I appreciate and am doing with my family.

Good god no!

Not really. We grew up with a lot of junk food, pop, sugary cereal, frozen food and convenience food. None of us are overweight though, which is kind of weird when you think about it.

ETA: I eat well now, I moved out at 19 and I have always been concious of what I eat.

I think so. We ate what they ate so we weren't allowed to be picky, or to waste food. And we always sat together as a family to have dinner w/o TV or other distractions. We had a live-in nanny/house keeper when we were young, and even she ate together with us.

Yes! My mom always made us well-rounded meals and we ate dinner together every night. My mom was a great cook and made sure we were exposed to a variety of foods.

Nope. There were lots of home cooked meals but it was stuff like fried chicken and mac n cheese.

One summer when I was a kid my mom got on a kick with taking us to Burger King every day for lunch during the week so we could collect the packs of Lion King movie trading cards .. Anyone else remember those? >D

Yes. Mainly healthy food, and an everything in moderation attitude. We didn't have to clean our plates, but took smaller portions instead. I have a lot of friends who have a tough time not overeating b/c they were members of the "clean plate club" growing up.

When I was younger, yes. We mainly at at home and ate pretty healthy.

By middle school, I think all of that went out the window. My mom was working two jobs and fast food just became more convenient I guess.