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Nope. My parents fed me a lot of junk so I've gone the opposite way with mine to make sure they are healthier.

No, not really. Growing up we ate traditional Chinese all the time. I never ate anything else until high school. But I do make Chinese about once a week.

DH grew up eating a lot of semi homemade meals. Betty Crocker mashed potatoes, banquet chicken, fish sticks etc. We don't eat any of that and cook primarily from scratch.

We also feed a lot more variety and cuisines to our kids than we did as kids.

Oh god no. Lots of soda/junk/processed everything at home. Lots of fast food. I never had roasted broccoli (or any veg, really) until i was a grown adult. We eat a lot cleaner and simpler.

Anybody else remember the loaf of white bread and the butter spread served with dinner? heh.

My mom hates cooking and I really enjoy it, so my son definitely eats differently. I use her recipe for spaghetti sauce though, and serve spaghetti and meatballs weekly which was a tradition in my house growing up.

In high school I had a soda and a Tastycake for lunch every day, which I find so astounding now. I had to pack my own lunch, so that really has nothing to do with my parents and everything to do with my own teenage self.

We had a mix of traditional from scratch Korean food (so very healthy and varied and nutritious) but complete junk for snacks and whatever American food we ate after school when we were home alone. We had what we cereal we wanted, my mom left white bread, bologna, and Kraft singles or PB and jam for sandwiches, a jug of punch since it was cheaper than juice, and a bunch of fruit snacks, cookies, chips, etc. Candy galore.

So DS gets a fair amount of Korean food but he also gets pretty balanced American food. I'm not super strict on sweets and juice however. He gets watered down OJ when he's sick and he gets a few Teddy Grahams and mini marshmallows as a dessert after dinner and stuff like that and I don't think it's a big deal.

Pretty different. I cook cleaner meals with lean meats, veggies, and they're typically not carb heavy meals. I also don't use butter. My mom made heavy dinners but wouldn't allow snacking throughout the day so we were always really hungry by dinner time! I'm lenient on snacking. Carrot sticks, yogurt, cheese sticks, applesauce are always available for the kids.

My parents never ate out, made desserts and never bought fast food or snacks while we were out. I'm not like that at all. If I make clean meals all week, I don't see the problem in indulging here and there. The LOs have a treat probably twice a week. I hope to teach my kids that healthy balance is the way to go.

No. I was told that I was a picky kid (I remember being picky), but in retrospect, I realize now that my parents were also very picky. So there were very few things that we ate, mostly "american" or chinese food, lots of white rice or white potatoes and meat. We also ate alot of frozen or boxed stuff. DH and I try to avoid processed foods, and we eat more veggies than I did as a kid, plus we tend to order ethnic foods when we eat out. LO loves thai, indian, and mexican food. I didn't try those until I got to college because my parents didn't like them (and to be fair, they were much less available back then).

Pretty similar, but so far fewer delicious things that take time, like pancakes and stews... we don't have as much help as my parents did so I have to cook quickly. The kids have fresh fruits and veggies all year, which I didn't, but on the flip side when we had them in season they were much better than anything you can buy in a store in NYC.

The only similarities are that my mom always used whole ingredients and didn't believe in "diet" anything.

But we're vegetarians (leaning on the vegan side of things with very limited dairy).

Growing up my parents both worked and my mom cooked a lot of from box foods. After college I completely changed my eating habits and my boys eat mostly homemade from scratch foods. I find healthy ways to make my old favorites for my boys. Both of my boys are gluten, egg, dairy free so it complicates things a bit. I love cooking so it works for me. My mum loves when I visit because I love cooking at her house too.

@lamariniere: Oh yeah, country crock! But hey, REAL BUTTER WILL MAKE YOU FAT lol.

I would say she eats way better... I was super picky growing up so my parents are amazed that my DD eats avocados, salad, lobster... Pretty much anything.

No mine won't! Growing up all of our veggies came from a can except for onions and during holidays when the fridge looked like the produce section of the grocery store. Growing up I had just about every Little Debbie treat imaginable at my disposable. Depending on who cooked, mom or dad, we ate potatoes or rice with most meals. We also ate a lot of pork for both breakfast and dinner.

The one thing that will probably remain exactly the same is the amount of meals not prepared in our kitchen. Growing up we went to restaurants often, but now we just do takeout.