Breakfast before school

Nutella on toast plus whatever is in the fruit bowl. So only a marginal step above the chocolate bar 🤣 But it’s quick and they make it themselves.

Low sugar cereals, chia overnight bowls, boiled eggs, porridge, brown bread with cheese, jam or ham, vegetables and bananas are the options here.

Some suggestions based on my understanding of nutrition;

Recommendations state you shouldn’t have more than one portion of processed meat a week (bacon is a processed meat, as is sausage) so maybe avoid her having that too much.

Good breakfasts include oatmeal (add quinoa for protein) made with fortified plant milks and fruit.

Wholemeal toast with eggs or avocado or almond butter.

Scrambled eggs or omelettes with vegetables (tomato and spinach is good).

Egg muffins again with mixed veg inside.

Avoid too much saturated fat like butter or free sugars like jam.

As a secondary school age child I used to have an ice cream to eat at the bus stop … my mum was very concerned but the GP reassured her that something was better than nothing so she went with it . This was 35+ years ago so no doubt would be considered child abuse these days , but it done me no harm lol .
When we were growing up food was never a battle, although it has made both me and my siblings very fussy eaters .

Hope you “mentioned” that your child makes her own scrambled eggs…!

My 15yo has lots of food in the mornings. He has ASD/ADHD so takes meds which curb his appetite so I really load him up first thing as he doesn't usually eat any lunch.

Most days he'll have a couple of eggs, 2 crumpets, fresh fruit, and a bowl of walnuts/almonds. I may throw in some cucumber or celery as well.

Yes indeed … rather distasteful

We do actually have boiled egg and toast most mornings. DS likes marmalade on his toast as well (thanks, Paddington.)

Eldest teen always has weetabix and water. Sometimes toast and juice and tea.

Younger teen struggles. Over the years we've gone through the very worst sugary crap cereal choc spread on toast, espresso, latte, croissants, smoothies, bagels. She does have water though.

I've seen many kids eating chocolate for breakfast. Live near a corner shop and seen parents buy them on the way to primary school. One couple did it all the time even though they worked in our sainsburys. It was a bit mad. I judged them.

I don't think you are that curious you sound a bit bored, high and mighty and would like to feel good about yourself.

Mine have cereal or toast, sometimes a croissant, occasionally eggs. But for me it is more important they have some time to relax and chat to me at breakfast.

If you really believe that the parents that give their kids chocolate bars are actually on mumsnet and actually willing to admit to it then honestly I do worry for your children having a parent a bit out of touch with reality.

Pain au chocolates or cereal, not great but it means they eat

Fab opportunity to shame other parents right here! I so want to say mine had a bag of crisps and a crunchie every day….

MyDS didn't have breakfast before leaving the house. He used to buy it at school at out 10,30am ( usually chicken)
He still doesn't eat first thing in the morning, but then again nor do I

cereal

If dhe doesn't mention any names its just general chat ffs

Some kids just don’t feel like eating breakfast (I was one). I’d sometimes have a bit of toast before school to appease parents, but didn’t feel better for it.

Weetabix or porridge on a weekday. Eggs at the weekend. I wouldn’t give chocolate for breakfast (unless it’s a treat on holiday like a chocolatine). I grew up on the continent where sugary/chocolate breakfast are very common for children, way more so than here. All our cereal is about 50% sugar! I wouldn’t give bacon though, there has been a lot of studies looking at carcinogen content in bacon.

Porridge, cereal or toast/croissant, sometimes eggs.

My DS 7 goes to breakfast club at school every day and has jam on toast and orange juice. Every day.

cereal or porridge then usually a piece of fruit.

My 13 year old has to leave at 7.40 for the school bus, so it's just toast with peanut butter every single morning that he makes himself.

He hates cereal, yoghurt and all other toast toppings except beans but he can't be bothered at that time in the morning 🤷🏻‍♀️

When my step kids are here they make porridge/toast/yoghurt as they wish.

We don't keep sweets in the house much and they certainly wouldn't be allowed them for breakfast.

Porridge followed by toast. Or weetabix followed by toast if we are in a rush or the weather is hot

Cereal usually as we need to leave at 7.45 and my kids are not early risers! Sometimes toast. Very occasionally porridge and I will admit to when we have been in a huge rush, shoving a pain au chocolat in their hands as we race out the door to eat on the way!!!

Teacher shouldn't be gossiping about other kids really should they? If they have concerns about how kids are being parented that should be addressed privately with those parents not gossiped about with other people.
I expect most kids do indeed have a reasonably healthy breakfast. Mine did at that age and so did pretty much every other kid I knew.

Weetabix (well, fake supermarket “wheat biscuits”).