As I've said before, if your kid is still mad at you ten-fifteen minutes after you've denied them a cookie or other types of crap, then food isn't his biggest problem. Aside from major mental instability, most kids will just get over not having that snack within a few minutes or less. Will they throw a tantrum? Maybe, but is dealing with a screaming kid for a few minutes really the end of the world? If the answer is yes, then why did you have kids in the first place?  Raising a child to expect sweets whenever he or she wants isn't just bad parenting-it's abusive as well. You're doing nothing but setting your child up for failure and a host of preventable, obesity-related health issues, along with an early death.  If you raise your kids to be fat, that to me says you never really loved them in the first place.