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I am a nanny. At their house, if it's something they can't eat, it's not in the house. Their parents only buy organic, healthy food. It's really NOT a pain in the butt to put together a snack for them--there are usually plenty of things to choose from, from cheese and crackers to sliced apples to grapes to G's favorite, bananas. They do not have any soda or sugary drinks in the house except for juice, and that was their ONE dietary request--the kids are to have juice that is half juice, half water so as to cut the sugar.
I think some parents do take it overboard, especially regarding perceived food allergies. The fact of the matter is that we do need to be concerned with feeding children healthy foods, but if parents get too neurotic about what their child is eating, they need to take responsibility for it, or pay their employee more to take care of it.
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