AIBU to think this children’s party was a bit over the top?

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I'm an allergy mum so these events can be a bit shit as you spend the entire time saying "ah no, not that, you can have the cucumber stick" but thankfully my dc are very distractible and get bored very easily around food. They would say they'd want a candyfloss, take one bite an run off to do something else, leaving me to eat it (oh what an awful life)

I was a neglected child and I do have issues around hoarding food. My cupboards and freezer are always stocked up with months worth of food. I get very anxious about my stocks running low, so I do understand your fears.

That said, my DCs don’t have the same issues and have been raised on very healthy, home cooked diets. They would still go mad and overeat on sugar when they were young, given half a chance! Most children do. I don’t think it does them any harm as an odd treat. They are perfectly healthy adults now. Try not to worry about it.

This is why I hate entertaining people. Someone always has to comment that something is 'too much' or 'not enough'.

Makes me so tense anytime I invite people around to mine for holidays etc.

Why can't people just be grateful and move on? I will never understand it!

Sounds like a normal party where I live now and I grew up in different beginnings ! I’m always grateful when my children get to go to things like this - makes my inner child happy .

sounds like a fun party.

If you don’t like it then don’t take your child in future. No one has to change their plans to fit with your thinking. I think you are rude

I’d have provided a bit more savoury food but otherwise seems typical for a kids party 🎉

Except this isn’t ‘normal’. It’s a party. Your children might get invited to four or five a year. You obviously don’t have to accept the invitations, either, if you’re that perturbed by the likely food offerings. Outside of those times, it’s up to you what your young children are fed.

My kid wouldn’t touch the sandwiches!

I agree. It's too much. We normalise eating crazy amounts of sugar and other crap and then wonder about obesity and cancer rates! Everyone thinks it's normal and just a "party" but the kids just learn it's okay to ingest sugar at an alarming rate.
It's very hard to limit your kids intake during a party as well as you don't want to stop them from eating what their friends are eating.

You surely understood the poster meant for the birthday child. Even if it was every child in the class which it never is, that's at most 29 parties which won't be attended by everyone and realistically it lasts for a few years.

It’s not once a year. It’s sometimes every other weekend

I would think most children can only eat a certain amount before they are full and stop so there is no need to curtail anything at all party. No child can eat 7 hot dogs surely you are being over the top. Personally I am grateful when my children are invited to lovely parties where there is plenty of entertainment and food laid on.

It’s a kid’s birthday party that happens once a year for that birthday kid. I hope your kids had a fun time there. It was two hours of fun and sugar then when you leave, back to normal eating.

Agreed, I hate boiled sweets generally- majorly give me the heebies.

I think the party sounds great.

Drip feeds are a worst - strange they always come out when the responses aren’t going the OPs way… and OP you sound fun at parties 🥴 - sounds like a great party and you sound really ungrateful.

I didn't have a particular sugar policy either way, and now that DS is fourteen, he's obsessed with football, trains all the time and often refuses sweet stuff saying 'I'm an athlete.'

I used to be rather uptight about sugar and E numbers etc when mine were small .... fast forward to 11/12 years old and they're making their way to and from school with friends and went completely mad about sugar. The friends whose parents were more chilled were generally not like that.

But 'basic happiness' has nothing to do with a birthday party. All rules are off. It's once a year. It's fun, silly non-nutritious junk in amounts not seen in day to day life. It's not exactly a day to day thing.

Kids don’t need everything for basic happiness. You don’t need popcorn and chocolate and fruition and cake and squash and candy floss and cupcake to be happy. Thats bonkers

Gosh, why stop at cake and squash? How sad. I'm sure your children would have been happy with a glass of tapwater and half a party ring. 🙄

You don’t think many children would be happy with cake and squash? How sad

And that’s fine but I don’t think there are many children who would be satisfied with cake and squash.

In any case what’s wrong with catering for everyone? I am sure it was obvious that it was going to be a bit of an event, and I presume attendance wasn’t compulsory.

i get you OP I would be a bit UGH inside. Cake and squash would be enough of a treat for my kids. And a candy floss. They don’t need sweets and popcorn and cupcakes and chocolate and fruit shoots as well. It’s almost ruins what could be a nice normal treat