AIBU Diet Coke at a party?

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DD (7) has just got back from a party. The only drinks put out for the kids were Diet Coke! She did get some water in the end, but the drink provided for each child was a mini can of Diet Coke!

AIBU to think this is a bit weird/uneccesary for a birthday party of 7-8 yr olds?

Not all opinions are equal.

Your case, and your opinion, is irrelevant. The studies date back longer than 25 years, and you haven;t read any of them. Your opinion is unqualified and meaningless.

sciencebasedmedicine.org/aspartame-truth-vs-fiction/

FDA said recently that aspartame was "one of the most thoroughly tested and studied food additives the agency has ever approved" and its safety is "clear cut."
acsh.org/aspartame
www.nytimes.com/2015/07/28/upshot/the-evidence-supports-artificial-sweeteners-over-sugar.html?_r=1

Try a little light reading.

Are you still going? You are very presumptuous Narky. And being rather rude now. So much anger. Maybe you have shares in the stuff.

No need for the light reading for me, thanks anyway.

Like I said, my case is rested and happy. No more time need wasting on this one, I'm off 😘

No anger (please don't believe you can read the emotions of people from text like this, its very silly, and you've been silly enough!)

Ah, you don't intend on reading any actual information. Good to know your "opinion" is so well grounded in....no facts at all.

Bye.

'No need to be a scientist.'

Well clearly dear...

Alternative facts and alternative science.

I'm just going to leave this here...
aspartame.mercola.com/

good night all

We were doing so well with hardly an aspartme is evil posts

Oh yes because mercola is a very credible source

I'm just going to leave this here...aspartame.mercola.com

From the well known quack med site of "Alt-Health" proponent Joseph Mercola, who has been ordered by the FDA to stop making illegal claims , and is being prosecuted by the FDC? The same man who advises women not to get MAMMOGRAMS as they will cause cancer?

Hmm, folks, do we think this is a good source of facts?

BTW, Mercola stated that MILK can cause autism, but don't worry too much, because he also says that homeopathy can CURE autism, so its all fine.

Come the fuck on.

id be a bit pissed off because my child would probably be awake all night from the caffiene but tbf the sugar in cake and sweets would probably add to that... its all much of a muchness isnt it!? Guess you just have to put up with it from time to time at kids parties! I certainly would be grateful if he ever goes to one that is a super healthy outdoor vegan event ahaha but i dont know if he would enjoy it that much. I certainly wouldnt have at that age, i loved marshmallows and Dr Pepper!

Ok- so I'm that certain type of parent then!
Far too young for caffeine added drinks never mind the aspartame debate!
In my opinion too young for fizzy drinks too. Just when second teeth are all coming in. I've reached 37 with no fillings and I'm sure limiting childhood fizzy intake helped

Foxes The 'debunking the sugar myth' research all use aspartame as the placebo..... all that shows is that there is no difference in the behaviour of children whether they have taken sugar or aspartame.

I believe that it's weird. I don't drink fizzy drinks and neither do my kids. We don't like them. We had a similar issue at a party DS went to at age 5. It was not diet coke but there only drink available was fizzy. It was an organized "disco" and not somewhere where I could nip into the kitchen for water. DS was so unhappy that we ended up leaving early and I had to send an apology for non attendance to the child who had invited him to another party in the same week because he flatly refused to go to another party after that one.

Indeed another it was in response to a poster who said that their child got 'high' on sugar.
The ingredients are completely different.

Yuck! Yanbu.

So some of us haven't given our kids fizzy drinks and that means "we think we're perfect parents"??

No, that's exactly what hasn't been said.
Many of us are saying that although we don't give them, we would not be so rude as to call someone a 'poor parent' for offering one, nor would we think that it's a massive deal.

There are posters on here who on other threads are giving their dc sweets every day yet fainting at the thought of a mini Diet Coke can. Or giving the dc daily cups of milky tea with far more caffeine in it.

It's the judgement against the mother that I have an issue with.

I don't give my kids fizzy drinks. I still think this hysteria over a mini can of coke is idiotic though.
And thats before we get onto the anti-scientific bullshit being spouted about aspartame and caffiene.

They are getting more caffeine from the chocolate there in the cakes and biscuits

There should be an alternative. My DC are weird and don't like fizzy drinks. Flat Diet Coke however, would be acceptable!

4 for £1 in asda. I buy them as drinks mixers, the small cans are just the right size to get a good ratio to the alcohol in my glasses.

Best thing about this post - I'm off to Asda (and I'm going to let the kids have one)

I am outraged to hear that only Diet Coke was offered - it really is not OK for kids to just be offered Diet Coke. Really not even adults should be drinking it as it has no nutritional value whatsoever, being just a mix of water, chemicals, colouring and caffeine. It is actually detrimental to the health , even just a mini can, as the artificial sugars negatively impact gut bacteria which is part of the immune and digestive system. Also once a child is introduced to something like this they will inevitably want more. It probably isn't just a one off either as kids go to loads of parties and will be offered sodas and juices. All nutrition is important and thinking that it isn't is why there is now so many obese kids and also a lot more with Type 2 diabetes. Adults influence what kids eat so we should all take responsibility and lead by healthy example.

I am outraged
You are crazy!

Outraged, really? Get a life!

And do you have any proof for any of you assertions?

I am outraged

When I saw the thread title and the number of posts my heart sank thinking of lots of outrage and links to internet 'research' by pseudoscientific alternative health practitioners but the opposite is true! I am happy beyond belief and credit to such sensible posters such as narky. Science hasn't died after all!