Chicken Dippers for breakfast AIBU

They're both unhealthy breakfasts.

Cornflakes have almost zero nutrition in them. Chicken dippers for breakfast is unusual, but they’re no worse for kids at breakfast time than they are at any other time. Protein as part of breakfast is a really good idea because it keeps you full and energised until lunch.

My mum (who didn’t grow up in this country) used to feed us fish fingers for breakfast sometimes, using the same logic as your DH, and I always enjoyed them until I learned from school friends that fish fingers are a really weird thing to eat for breakfast.

It's the exact same food at 7am as at 7pm...

Cornflakes aren’t UPF and Chicken Dippers are. Look at the ingredients. Yes they’re processed as have some extra ingredients but they’re not UPF

Cornflakes are fortified with important vitamins

Cornflakes are usually eaten with milk which is good for bones

Although 75% of the votes and the majority of the comments are saying it's fine to!!

OP I'm with you, UPF such as chicken dippers are not a great choice at any time and in their defence cornflakes these days are supplemented with added vitamins/minerals and the sugar and salt content has been much reduced from the old days. The milk you'd serve them with also supplies protein and calcium, throw some fresh fruit on there as well and for my money you have a breakfast that;s far superior to chicken dippers.

Now that is BU 😂

Cornflakes are also "processed crap" though, surely? Why are they any better?

It makes no difference if they have chicken dippers for breakfast and cornflakes for supper 🤷‍♀️

I have been known to have curry or pizza for breakfast and then breakfast type foods for dinner so definitely see no issue with this

tbf they are both terrible in terms of upf. but chicken dippers better as at least has some protein.

across the world people have all sorts of dishes for breakfast... in south Asia, people might have paratha or roti with various curries, some people have rice and curry even. so there really is no set rule for breakfast

One of them dropped dead from eating a roast at breakfast time and you don't think that's a big deal? 😂

It's not a good breakfast- it's processed shite, but as a one off- meh. Couldnt get that het up. Unless you have a massive drip feed coming.

If you're anti UPF, then surely you wouldn't have them in the house. Why are they ok for lunch or tea but not breakfast?

We don't all feed our kids chicken dippers, tbf!

However if he wants to do dinner foods for breakfast right, then it really should have been fishfinger sandwiches. I love a fishfinger sandwich for breakfast.

I really can't see the issue. Most of Europe has meat/cheese for breakfast everyday.

I agree with the majority of posters here, it's no different from having sausage, egg and bacon or something equivalent, it just sounds "wrong" because it's not the norm.

He has a point about the nutritional value, cereal isn't exactly fantastic either but it's widely accepted as a perfectly normal breakfast choice.

Did the kids eat it all? If so, I'd let this one drop!

I will sometimes have fruit and fibre cereal with some added fresh fruit in the evening if I'm not particularly hungry, no food it designated as breakfast, lunch, dinner other than by usual practice.

I wish more chikdren had chicken dippers for breakfast occasionally. Many go to school having had a few spoons of of cereal or half a slice of toast to last them until lunch.

It’s the summer holidays, mine have had anything from homemade buttermilk pancakes with blueberries and greek yoghurt to ice pops to chocolate brownies 😅

Mostly they are at least having the grace to have some porridge or toast first, but I’m not too fussed; judging by my food shopping bill they’re getting enough bloody food down them 😕

When I was growing up, one of my friends parents was fully of the 'breakfast is the most important meal of the day' mindset, and they had their meals completely upside down, so breakfast would be meat and 2 veg style full meals, dinner would be toast and egg or cereal.

She grew up just fine, one of them dropped dead from having unusual breakfast foods so I'd have to say it's probably not a big deal.

Wish this could be my problems in life 😂 most cereal is ultra processed and full of sugar. Sure not amazing but Frosties or some other easy kid breakfast may not of been. Pick your battles it’s funny if anything.

It's odd he's said they're better than cornflakes because those are ultra processed - aren't chicken dippers also not great if that's what you're judging on?

But sausages and bacon are seen as very normal breakfast foods so logically chicken dippers shouldn't be that different.

Having no breakfast is a bad breakfast, I remember once giving DD cold cocktail sausages in a bowel as we were really late for an appointment and had no milk for her Weetabix!

I agree. I'm currently reading Chris van Tulleken's book, "Ultra-processed People." It's fascinating and alarming in equal measure.

Cereals are full of sugar and UPF. They pretend to be healthy, but they're not. I would say they're not great but there are worst breakfasts too!

My DC like them unfortunately. I mainly just buy Weetabix being one of the lowest sugar ones (along with shredded wheat.) But they have a box of Coco pops now and again too!