Ok, so I need some feedback. I have a son who will be 7 in a few weeks. He is a very sweet boy and we have a really solid relationship. My husband and I have noticed that he has an excessive sweet tooth. He is a slim boy but would eat sugar until the cows come home if we would let him. Even though I haven't voiced it to my son I sometimes get worried that he will eventually develop a weight problem like I have. Both my husband and I have been very truthful with our son about food and nutrition. We educate him on the dangers of sugar and the importance of protein, however, we aren't nazis about it either. He is allowed to eat sugary foods, has treats in his lunch box, etc.. And the only time we flat out say "no, you cannot have that" is when we know he has had too much in the day (for example: he has a huge piece of cake at a birthday party then wants desert at dinner that night) or if its too late in the day and we feel it will interfere with his sleeping. Neither scenario happens often. So, tonight I noticed something under his chest of drawers. When I bent down to take a look he freaked out and ran out of the room. I noticed there were a bunch of Hershey kiss wrappers under the chest of drawers. I called my son over and actually laughed at the situation. With a big smile on my face (I actually thought it was very funny) I asked if he had been eating candy in his room and hiding it from me. He easily confessed and I said something along the line of "you silly goose, you don't need to hide candy from me! Tell me when you want something and ill more than likely eat some with you!" The tension in the room dissipated immediately. As I was putting him to bed I went over again with him why we try to limit his sugar intake. My mother died of diabetes and we have seen how affected he becomes with sugar and he has had enough experience with gorging on sugar to know he feels sick when he does. We also talked about the importance of not hiding things from us, his parents. He knows that he has an open dialog with us and we rarely get angry at him. He took it all well and actually felt relief that I knew about The secret stash. But now I am sitting up late on the couch feeling weird about is. I did a google search and supposedly my son is addicted to food! Lol. The online diagnosis was a little extreme. The kid likes sugar and wanted to eat more than we were allowing him. However, I feel like somehow I have failed on a very basic level as a parent that my child would need to hide this and store the wrappers in a hiding place. Anyway, I thought I would reach out to other moms and not Internet psychiatrists. Any feedback would be great.