Oooh, this is a great thread! I'm interested in hearing what everybody else does.

Well, I usually have dinner on the table between 5:30 and 6:00pm. Alan unfortunately hasn't been home to have dinner with us the past 3 weeks (NOT impressed). My kids have a strict bedtime of NO later than 7:30. If they are mega tired & grumpy, it's 7pm, but most nights it's in bed at 7pm & story time until 7:20 or so - so eating at 6pm is good, because they go straight from the dinner table to the bath to bed.

I don't FORCE them to eat dinner - sometimes we are just not hungry & given that I have battled with losing weight, I don't want them to feel they have to be full everytime they sit down to a meal. But, if they don't eat any dinner, they are not allowed ANYTHING afterwards. No fruit, no treats, nothing. If they do eat their dinner, they are usually allowed some fruit, rarely I make dessert (but last night I did). I generally find, they don't ask for anything after dinner. Yes, I do make them sit at the table, even if they are not eating. They are 4 & 6 years old though, no longer toddlers

I make both my girls take their plates & cutlery from the table to the sink afterwards & push their chairs in.

Um, what else..... the TV goes off. No more TV until the following day for the girls.

I don't really find snacking a problem after school. They get a big American buffet style cafeteria lunch & they have afternoon snack at 3pm, so snacking after school is pretty much non-existent for us.

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