My younger son and his wife have 2 lovely boys of 4 and 2. Now my 2 own sons were fussy eaters when young but I always kept trying with veg but this young couple seem to have given up. The boys eat pasta and rice with ham and cheese mixed in but no veg at all. They don't get pudding and certainly won't eat fruit but instead ask for treats (sweets) and are then allowed a small yog and a squeezy fruit thing. The sweets are what I worry about, no food value, bad for their teeth and a completely accepted part of their meal routine twice a day when they are at home. I overheard a young mother say in a shop the other day 'you have had your sweet allowance for this week so can't have any more' but this concept doesn't seem to register at all with these lovely-otherwise parents. The boys spend 4 out of 7 days at home so this is substantial number of sweets each week. They also watch far too many cartoon DVDs, even the 2 year old, and I don't like it. Again there doesn't seem to be any awareness with these two parents that they should limit the amount of box watching each day. My son accused me of moralising because I said I would rather, instead of watching a DVD as the 4 year old asked, that we go outside, read a book or play a game. I love playing with them both but the older grandson is becoming resistant to my suggestions for fun things to do. I cope by saying nothing but I know my son knows I don't admire the way they allow these things to happen
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