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AIBU Diet Coke at a party?

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early30smum · 28/01/2017 18:50

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?

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TheEagle · 28/01/2017 20:43

Yep, all fizzy drinks are bad for your teeth - be they diet ones or full sugar ones.

I think it's the citric acid rather than the sugar that damages your teeth (although the sugar doesn't help in that deprtment)

PurpleDaisies · 28/01/2017 20:44

I'm confused by a poster saying that diet fizzy drinks ruin your teeth, so the full fat versions are fine to teeth then?

It wasn't me but I used to drink Diet Coke partly because it wasn't as bad for teeth but the carbonation is still awful for enamel. Fruit juice is also terrible for teeth.

extrabiotin · 28/01/2017 20:44

I love the kids going ape shit and having a ball.

They are looking forward to it a few times a year.

What is the problem here? Oh yes I forgot, it's the command and control that is told from the Telegraph or the Mail, depending on your preference.

Kids need fun.

NarkyMcDinkyChops · 28/01/2017 20:45

Kids birthday parties are unnecessary, cake is unnecessary, sweets are unnecessary, balloons are unnecessary, bouncy castles are unnecessary. It's all "unnecessary". A bit of Diet Coke amongst all that other unnecessary stuff is fine

Exactly this! It's a mini can, ffs, its 2 mouthfulls!

TheEagle · 28/01/2017 20:45

What is kombacha?

I used the because I thought it was quite a smug and snooty comment.

NavyandWhite · 28/01/2017 20:46

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kali110 · 28/01/2017 20:48

TheEagle same! My dentist said ALL fizzy drinks are damaging to teeth, along with fruit juice and eating a lot of citrus fruits had to give up my daily fruit!

extrabiotin · 28/01/2017 20:50

Parents can drink alcohol, but kids cannot drink cola at a party for kids.

228agreenend · 28/01/2017 20:50

When I grew up, the only time you had fizzy drinks was at parties.

Talith · 28/01/2017 20:50

The party was probably what? 2 hours or so. I imagine the kids haa a few gulps only and it is not exactly gin. Not worth worrying about. Hopefully kids had a fun time.

PurpleDaisies · 28/01/2017 20:50

kali did you get the stern telling off? I was talking about this with a poster on another thread. I felt like a small naughty child. My coffee habit was a big no no as well.

tigertorch · 28/01/2017 20:52

Water and juice are the party standard here. Mini cans of coke would have been a massive hit amongst the kids but a bit unusual, especially if there was no other choice.

Making a mental note to check out mini cans for the next birthday party we host...

KatieScarlett · 28/01/2017 20:55

My only post-party question to the DC were "Did you have fun?" Not, "What EXACTLY did they feed you?"

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early30smum · 28/01/2017 20:57

I didn't ask DD. She came back and happened to mention that there was only Diet Coke to drink, so she'd asked for some water...

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Highalert · 28/01/2017 20:58

My question wpuld be. Any cake you dont want in the party bag?

kali110 · 28/01/2017 20:58

purple yes a little! I was really shocked that fruit could cause damage yes i know. Then i realised how much i was eating a day.
I have a new dentist now though who doesn't tell me off lol i take more notice of this one!

SomewhatIdiosyncratic · 28/01/2017 20:59

I'd say it's more like offering only an alcohol free wine

It is odd to only have one drink avaliable, and diet coke isn't the best choice for being the only option, most logically on grounds of it being quite a divisive taste.

In my other random thoughts on the matter, I'm not a fan of artificial sweeteners anyway. They're pretty difficult to avoid without imposing water or milk only, but where diet coke is less suitable than other drinks like lemonade or squash (including fruit shoots) is the use of the word "diet" around young children. It's a party, they're burning energy anyway and by the time they're done with all the cake, biscuits, haribo etc, more input of sugar will make little difference anyway. We know an excess of sugar isn't healthy, (parties are are occasional enough to not worry over that and let children be) but where I'm suspicious over diet and reduced sugar drinks (generally speaking) is that they decieve people into thinking that they're healthy when they're just as acidic, still encourage a sweet tooth, and possibly have similar effects on metabolism to sugar anyway. (Plus they give me thumping headaches and intensify my thirst so are a pointless exercise in offending my tastebuds )

NoCapes · 28/01/2017 21:01

Why do people think that if you try to give your child a mostly healthy diet that you're 'depriving them' and they'll automatically become obese and have no self control when they're older??
My kids only have lemonade at Xmas and on holiday, but they're not deprived they don't beg for it every day and I say no and laugh while they cry, they just don't ask for it, because it isn't a habit - surely creating good habits when they're young is a positive thing???

I find this way of thinking very very odd

PurpleDaisies · 28/01/2017 21:01

kali

It didn't help that my dentist looked at least five years younger than me. I've switched to more vegetables rather than fruit and cut my coffee and fizzy drinks right down. It was pretty hard though. I haven't liked seeing fruit juice as a "healthy" option instead of fizzy drinks ever since.

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early30smum · 28/01/2017 21:02

Somewhatidiosyncratic- totally agreee with all you said.

I'm not anti parties, party food or fizzy drinks as an ocassional treat, and I would never say to my kids you are not allowed to eat/drink x or y at a party. I just think offering only Diet Coke is a bit odd. I've said this about ten times now

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early30smum · 28/01/2017 21:03

NoCapes, yes, what you said. Totally.

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KatieScarlett · 28/01/2017 21:05

Right.
And you were so confused by this you started a thread on MN...
Highalert
All party bag cake was a gift for mummy, at least that's what I told them. Goes well with Diet Coke too.

extrabiotin · 28/01/2017 21:08

Sounds like a lot of you smugsnetters are drinking wine or whatever.

Hypocrites.

TheFairyCaravan · 28/01/2017 21:08

Why do people think that if you try to give your child a mostly healthy diet that you're 'depriving them' and they'll automatically become obese and have no self control when they're older??

Tne same thing has been said to those of us who are relaxed about what our kids eat at parties, and are allowed treats alongside their healthy diets without us getting our knickers in a knot.

MummyToThree479 · 28/01/2017 21:08

Meh I can't get worked up about cola at a party!

My dc are only given cola on weddings/parties/Christmas so certainly not everyday but if they ever came home from anywhere and said oh I had a cola I wouldn't be disgusted like some people on this thread said they would be- Mumsnet Hysteria at its best

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