It can be a bit of a funny balance I think. You can limit the sheer availability in the house, and monitor portions--but I also think that a lot of kids go through phases and naturally learn how to moderate their intake. So over controlling their intake can interfere with that. I had one of my girls obsessed with cookies. A whole package vanished and I found the box hidden. The hiding bothered me. I sat her down and said that if she wanted to eat the cookies--even all of them--then she should just do that and put the box in the trash bin. She was about 12 then, after that she seemed mush better at just having a little and not always wanting sweets. O)r maybe it was a coincidence and she just grew out of it. Amazing how many things we worry about do just some right with time
