Being at risk I try and stay away from sweets myself. I have a child who is not diabetic but we have no problem keeping her away from sweets. In fact she would much rather have Baked Lays than a cupcake. Don't ask me how I did it but she doesn't really care for sweet things. She also has never had pop(soda) either. In my opinion once kids are exposed to the sweet things you can never really keep them away from it. She does eat a little ice cream we don't deprive her of sweets. If she wants to try them we let her but we are the parents and she is only 2 so we control what she eats. By teaching her early we are hoping to instill in her good healthy eating habits for later in life.