To have given DS1 pizza for breakfast?

[AdventureBe]

DS1 (14yo) loves his food. He's not so keen on school work. We have had lots of "issues" over revision for the y/e exams.

Anyway during one of our -fights discussions he picked up a take-away menu that had come through he door and said if I work hard and do well in maths (where he struggles) can we have a pizza delivered?

This is something we do very rarely and seemed like a great idea if it would get him to work, so I agreed and he did work really hard (compared to previous efforts, anyway) and got a good result, for him.

We gave him free reign to order what he wanted last night and naturally, he ordered too much. I hate food waste, so he had the leftovers for breakfast.

That's not terrible, is it?

It is a healthy start

It's bread, tomatoes, cheese - if it had been a cheese and tomato sandwich for breakfast no one would raise an eyebrow

Pizza is a healthy food for people not on diets

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How old are your children?

Personally I don't agree with bribing/rewarding kids for academic achievement,

I am bribed every day for my acheivment, i wouldn't be here if they didn't pay me at work

He's 14, he had breakfast...that's one up on my teenagers today.

Adventure - well, it's a takeaway

I mean - it isn't unreasonable as such but I do find it a bit 'curling up the nose'-ish!

Perfectly fine.
I don't know what dd had, I was still fast asleep.

"Eggs, bacon, black pudding, toms, mushrooms and toast (or fried bread shock ) is probably still one of the best breakfasts about"

Yes, if you do hard physical work, if you are a builder, work down a mine, or a farmer, I suppose?

No, Quint, for everyone. Provided they're not consuming too many calories in the course of the day. Fried bread might push it over the edge, but a standard cooked breakfast isn't that high actually, less than 1/3 of the calories most people need in a day and from real food rather than refined sugar and carbs.

depends if you are frying or grilling it, people think of that breakfast and the inch of fat that is often used to fry everything in.

I don't buy boxed cereal and breakfast is usually eggs, porridge or fish and fruit and yogurt. Cheese or sardines on toast

I find the concept of fish for breakfast far worse than pizza. Boke

Really, Royal? Kippers, Smoked haddock, kedgeree? All traditional breakfasts, regularly on (posh) hotel menus.

Even if not to your taste, far better for you (anyone) than boxed cereal. This is what a previous poster meant about such narrow foods being acceptable breakfasts. We've been indoctrinated to believe a revolting (bit strong perhaps!) box of processed and refined sugar and carbs with artificial vitamins added is preferable to most actual meals made from fresh food at breakfast.

Cold pizza with a cup of tea is my favourite breakfast ever. I always save a couple of slices when we have pizza for the next morning, all my family do! Totally fine in my book.

I spent a large number of student mornings eating leftover take away for breakfast - doesn't seem to have affected me!

Think the idea of pizza for breakfast might work well for motivating my own ds actually!!

It's a pretty good breakfast food. Better than crappy cereals and more protein than toast.

Your problem is that he had left over pizza for breast fast? Wow!

There is nothing wrong with that. Probably he looked forward to having the pizza so much that he could not wait to have it in the morning. Let him enjoy his one off.

Sounds like he May junk on it once he goes to university. Don't make it too special. Sounds like you as a parent denies it for him. It could back fire in the future when you can't control what he eats anymore.

Am not saying he should have it every month or week. Just don't make it seem like it's out of reach.

LOL debbriana. Did you miss the bit about his approach to study? If he gets to Uni, he can eat whatever he likes

True, with that point. Hopefully more pizza for him to get in there. If not it will give him enough energy for manual labour.

My 10yo had domino's for breakfast. YANBU.

Why are you calling it 'boxed cereal'?? as opposed to what, 'still growing the field cereal'?

Pizza for breakfast is the best
If he had asked for cheese on toast with ketchup nobody would bat an eyelid and it's pretty much the same thing

Bloody hell debbriana! a tad Judgemental eh?

not going to Uni does not equal a life blighted, only able to secure manual labour.

Exorbitant private schooling/Going to Uni doesn't automatically guarantee anyone of success either. That's before you look at how success is defined.

Nobody, things like rice and oats are cereal. Boxed cereal is the nasty processed stuff the manufacturers would have us believe is a good breakfast.

Yum!

I love fish for breakfast too. From a kipper/kedgeree to salmon pate, to Japanese breakfasts of miso soup with crustacean claws in it and tiny tiny fish with teeny black eyes. [weirdo]

debbriana, chill out.

Am sorry my joke came out wrong. It probably sounded too serious and judgemental. I apologise. I just thought the op took the pizza for breakfast too seriously like it was the end of the world.

sounds lush