| Any parent can tell you that kids barley get | | | | her brother's. As soon as trick-or-treating is done, |
| through all the extra candy they get for one | | | | stockings are emptied, valentines are opened or |
| holiday before they are collecting it for another. | | | | the Easter bunny has left, the candy goes right |
| The candy calendar goes from Halloween to | | | | into that plastic container. |
| Christmas to Valentine's Day to Easter to | | | | - Let your kids know that you're watching. Clear |
| end-of-school-year parties-all of which come with | | | | plastic containers with lids make it easy for you |
| lots and lots of candy. | | | | to know whether the level of candy is going |
| Instead of letting that candy sit in your best | | | | down faster than it should. You might allow your |
| mixing bowl or your crowded refrigerator, try | | | | child 2 pieces of candy a day, but if the candy's |
| getting plastic containers with lids for all your | | | | disappearing at a faster rate, you'll know. Also, |
| children. That way each child knows how much | | | | those lids make it harder to sneak illegal candy; it |
| they have left, and you can monitor how much | | | | simply takes longer and makes more noise to |
| each child is eating. | | | | remove a lid, take candy and replace the lid. That |
| Here are a few tips for using convenient plastic | | | | increases the chance that you'll catch your little |
| containers with lids for your kids' holiday candy. | | | | culprit in the act. |
| - Let your kids help you pick out the containers. | | | | - Remind your kids that the goal is a healthy |
| It's fun to cruise websites and discuss the pros | | | | body. It's easy for kids to think you're just being |
| and cons of each container. Your kids will probably | | | | mean when you put their candy in plastic |
| have some good insights into which ones will work | | | | containers with lids they can't easily open. But as |
| best for everyone. It's probably a good idea to | | | | adults, we know that too much of a good thing |
| get each child the same kind of container. | | | | (and candy is definitely a good thing) can harm |
| - Let your kids decorate their containers. Paint | | | | your body. Make it clear that you love them |
| pens or stickers make excellent decorations. If | | | | enough to want them to be their healthiest, and |
| each child has the same kind of plastic container | | | | that's the only reason their candy consumption is |
| with a lid, they can make them unique by | | | | restricted. If your candy sits in a drawer in a |
| decorating. | | | | refrigerator or in a mixing bowl that you need for |
| - Get the candy in there immediately. If you have | | | | other things, buying your kids clear plastic |
| more than one child, you know it isn't long before | | | | containers with lids might be the perfect solution |
| the candy starts to get mixed together, or one | | | | to keeping both children and parents happy about |
| child eats all her own chocolate and starts to eye | | | | holiday candy. |