Jonathan has been eating too much lately. There’s a difference between not letting a kid have food, and recognizing when they need to stop eating. At almost every meal he’ll be asking for seconds and thirds, and I’ll remind him that the medicine is messing with his appetite, and he needs to know when to stop. He’s old enough to understand that just because he’s hungry doesn’t mean he needs to eat something. A smalled child wouldn’t understand that, and that’s where the parent has to monitor the food intake and keep it reasonable.