She ate all the biscuits

Maybe my kids did at that age too.
They are teens now and certainly don't.
Sometimes we fret about very litlte things that seem very silly in hindsight.

I agree, the issue is that the OP's Dd knew the rest of the biscuits were meant for another day and were for everyone in the family, but she decided to search for them and eat them all anyway. It doesn't matter whether the food in question was a dessert or fruit or milk or bread, it's the fact that she did what she wanted and ignored what she had been told. Would everyone here think it ok if your dc had finished every bit of milk or bread or cereal, leaving nothing for family breakfast the next day? I doubt it.

Oh for goodness sake! Just be pleased she enjoyed them?

No, my child would never help herself to shite food unless she asked and was given permission

They are called shite food In our house never treats, treats sounds interesting and forbidden rather than giving them the correct name pure processed shite

The fact you had to hide it in the first place is a problem but the fact you are hiding it from a 7 year old show s there is a big problem

This thread’s quite the dripfeed. There’s a big difference between a kid eating a whole packet of biscuits once, and a kid who is, apparently, doing this all the time.

I think it’s odd that your 7-year-old child, according to your follow up posts, frequently has the opportunity to go through cupboards looking for biscuits and cakes and eats the entire packet in one go.

You sound really passive about this, like it’s just a thing that happens and you can’t do anything about it. She’s seven. Surely you notice if she wanders off into the kitchen and starts ransacking cupboards and then sits there eating a whole box of cakes?!

Golly gosh! Say it again why don’t you??! Let me take some heat off of the poor OP (even thought it’s ALL HER FAULT right?) and tell you we never have biscuits in the house 😱

Awful huh?

Honestly, one thing I have learned is that we are not all the same, us adults or children, how we behave, what food we really really like or whatever. I don't think it's odd at all. She's just 7, she is possibly just one of the cheeky ones with a really really strong sweet tooth. I wouldn't label any of this behavioural issues or parental issues like folk are doing, she's a kid, she's still learning.

7 is old enough to remember they were treat for everyone and she should have shared.

I imagine that poster isn’t 6.

My 6 yr old asks if she can eat fruit - generally the answer is yes, but sometimes it’s no because dinner is 2 mins away, or there’s only one apple left and I need it to send in with her packed lunch so she’ll have to have something else now instead.

It’s more that it is excessive and a bit selfish, good to teach against that at a young age no?

It moves it away from bad foods too - Let’s all share the biscuits and save some for tomorrow.

She's 7 and the OP presumably left her reading, playing, watching tv for twenty minutes.

I find it quite strange if a seven year old couldn't be left in a different room without being fully supervised at all times in her own home!

She literally just bought them for her to have some today 😂

Yes she needs telling of for being greedy and not sharing. She is not the only person in the house

"It’s the fact she rooted around for them" then up your game Mum.

You can surely outwit a wee 7 year old lassie with a sweet tooth @Imissmusic

eta; if it really, seriously bothers you

Mine would too (he told me what he had at a party recently and it was an obscene amount of sugar) except he knows he isn’t allowed to just eat sweet treats like that at home. It’s been a long while of enforcing that since babies - sounds draconian but he can grab fruit, or crackers etc anytime and does. Sweet treats is a one or two a day when offered kind of scenario. It works.

My DD would never help herself to a treat, she knows she has to ask first. It shows a general lack of respect if your child has been told that the day’s treat has been had and the rest are being saved but then they just help themselves anyway. Also how is a 7 year old left unsupervised to the point they are rummaging around finding hidden biscuits.

Yes I have possibly misread it! I still think it's odd that she's gone hunting for them though.

The fact that you need to hide food would indicate that there is a problem around food issus in your house.

It's true.... Otherwise why else would a 7 year old determinedly look absolutely everywhere just to get a biscuit? A biscuit !

There's something wrong there.... And it will be the fault of the OP

It's so hard to know what the best approach is. My family had nothing in the house growing up, no snacks, and so as soon as I had a little pocket money I binged and got an eating disorder. So with my DC I had lots of crisps and snacks around in addition to providing healthy meals and teaching/living good habits on food and exercise. As teens my DD is buying junk with pocket money just like I did, even though snacks are in the house too! I myself for years could never leave a pack of biscuits uneaten, I'd finish everything. Now I have no problem ignoring delicious things and never eat to be full. So who knows, but don't be cross with her.

I grew up with no restrictions, no hidden food and ate a broad diet but became overweight because I'm a natural ganet - pure and simple.
Still am, but now good sense and willpower keep me on the straight and narrow - mostly. We had fruit, veg, yoghurt etc which I happily ate but I also liked biscuits and crisps too much and left to my own devices, I ate too many. Lots, but not all, kids are like that and it's more about their nature than their environment.

I wouldn't be annoyed but would focus on the fact they were for everyone.

This. She's 7, she doesn't know whats best for her, she should be asking you if she can have snacks, drinks, watch TV, play on computer, go outside etc. If you don't provide some boundaries, you're likely to have a very difficult time when she's a teenager.

No biscuits in the house usually? Hiding biscuits? What sort of weird controlling household is this?! Poor kid. You need the telling off not her.

OP What is your own relationship with food like?
Do you restrict? Do you calorie count?