"I remember as a kid I was obsessed with Halloween candy. It was the one day of the year where I could get as much candy, eat as much candy as I could. I had a one-track mind. I didn't find joy with Halloween because of the costumes or hanging out with friends. I'd just get a pillowcase and fill it up with as much candy as I wanted."
"She puts a large, full candy bowl in her foyer starting on October 1, and lets her kids graze on it all month long. The candy bowl only comes with two expectations: they have to throw the wrappers away (and not leave them everywhere), and they have to "listen to their bellies" when deciding how much candy to eat."
"I remember fighting with my mom about the Halloween candy, worried that she was going to take it, which made me eat more candy,"
"They get really excited when I first put it out, of course they do. But they tend to eat only maybe one to three [pieces] throughout the day. The longer it sits here, the more they forget about it."
A mom places a large, full candy bowl in her foyer starting October 1 and allows her children to graze on it throughout the month. The bowl carries two expectations: clean up wrappers and listen to internal hunger cues when deciding how much candy to eat. The practice aims to counteract diet-culture–scarred responses and reduce Halloween-focused bingeing and fighting over candy. Children initially react with excitement but generally eat one to three pieces daily and increasingly forget about the bowl. The presence of available candy reduces urgency and fosters self-regulation.
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