I fully agree with you, in that moderation is important. More precisely, teaching how to approach the "junk" stuff is IMO necessary, and better done when parental advice is well received, instead of waiting for the latest possible time.
We teach kids to not moderate junk food intake at the earlier age, they get to taste it but also learn about it in a friendly environment.
Forbidding it until they're on their own and discover it the wildest way is a recipe for disaster, the same way discovering alcohol for the first time in college during wild parties is one of the worst experience we can imagine.
We teach kids to not moderate junk food intake at the earlier age, they get to taste it but also learn about it in a friendly environment. Forbidding it until they're on their own and discover it the wildest way is a recipe for disaster, the same way discovering alcohol for the first time in college during wild parties is one of the worst experience we can imagine.