Refusing to buy certain cereals for my DC?

[Ricekrispie22]

Does anyone else refuse to buy Coco Pops, Krave, Cookie Crisp and such like for their DC on the principle that 11g of sugar (more than a Freddo) for breakfast is just wrong?

I don't buy sugary cereals at home but occasionally when I stay in hotels or B&Bs, the only cereal they offer is full of sugar. I am not on a sugar-free diet but cannot tolerate this sugar hit first thing in the morning. So I dread to think what it is doing to the kids who have it every day. To those who say it's no one else's business what your kids have for breakfast, I say: talk to their teachers. Sadly kids who eat significant amounts of sugar are often out of control, have poor attention span, and have horrible 'ups and downs' of energy. This becomes a societal problem. Sorry. Something else I've noticed is that kids who eat sugar get very fussy over other food and end up refusing to eat staples unless they are in the form of junk type food.

Confused there are MASSES of sweet sugary cereals available in French supermarkets. In fact you cannot get plain Cheerios here, they only sell the honey ones. I have lived in France for many years and was rather surprised to see this happening.

I have cereals like that for pudding!

Yeah tbh my teens eat a box of sugary cereal in a day. I'm beyond caring.

@cafelatte100
I make Bircher muesli all the time.
It's really easy.
2 cups of oats
One pot of natural yoghurt
Cup of milk
Cup of fruit juice
Tablespoon of honey
Handful of chopped nuts if you like them.
Leave overnight, and then top with fresh fruit.

I also buy crappy cereals too though. Variety is the spice of life and all that....

^ meant to say, this is 6 portions, but it lasts 3/4 days in fridge 😉

I don’t buy any of those. I’m even reluctant to buy Shreddies.

I'm the daughter of teachers and, along with my siblings, grew up on Coco Pops and chocolate spread in the 90s. Anecdotally speaking, the four of us had no issues with attention or performance in school. I still prefer eating sugary crap now but it's not affected me health-wise so far.

Again it's for young children. Many things they like can sound 'disgusting' if combined.

Weetabix and a handful of berries afterwards here usually, occasionally porridge or toast. I have no problem with DCs eating sugar in the form of sweets, biscuits and cakes when they’re treated as one or two small treats per day but I don’t like them eating loads of processed sugar as part of a meal that there is no need to be loaded with it. I buy the little multipack boxes a couple of times a year as a treat around the summer holidays or Christmas but that’s all.

Yes I buy the 'shit in a box' sugary cereal for my kids (this month's hot picks being frosties, crunchy nut cornflakes and Chico balls) and no I do not give a fuck about them eating a bowl full of sugar and carbs.

Because at 0715 I am not slaving away over my cooker making the little darlings bacon and eggs every morning and quite frankly I have enough to do in the mornings without adding food battles to it. And as one of the dc already has hard-core selective eating/ controlling issues food wise the advice we have been given is to NOT start overly policing food choices within the home. Yes, this did come from the NHS as well.

So no, I couldn't care less if they have had coco pops followed by chocolate spread on toast for breakfast because at least they actually have eaten.

It's sugar, not crack

And in case anyone asks.

I do talk to my oldest kids teacher. Quite a lot as it happens but usually by email as I don't want them overhearing what we are talking about. And the teacher feels the same as me, they would rather they came into school having eaten something rather than having eaten nothing

When your dc has food issues that are probably dipping their toes in the waters of a full blown eating disorder then quite frankly fed is best. Their teacher knows what the score is and knows not to comment on their food or to take topics that involve food very carefully instead.

And fwiw the dc in question is a high achiever and isn't out of control in the slightest. And no, they dont exist off a diet of junk food either because they would probably refuse to eat half of it. Whole cobs of corn are the favourite food at the moment.

I'm rarely late and my kids have never been late for school - they're 11 and 8 now. I think it comes down to being able to accurately gauge how long things actually take - not just estimating. Some people think that if they are expected at X venue at Y hour that this means parking their car at that time, or arriving in that city at that time! E.g. not parking... walking... finding the place etc...

I do really careful walk throughs in my head and always allow extra.

All of you people eating cornflakes , porridge, weetabix etc. Do you not put a bit of sugar on them along with the milk? I think they taste horrible without.

Are you joking? On MN! Dear God no! They sprinkle the porridge with a dusting of virtue signalling after soaking it in sanctimony. And just one bowl keeps them going until it's time for a dinner of courgette ribbons with lashings of moral superiority about food. It's comical, really.

I put honey on their porridge. But then I don’t not give cereal because of the sugar content, I just don’t buy it because I don’t like it .

LeftRightCentre I had to laugh at that because I bought courgetti this morning since I’m trying to get the bairns to try new stuff. I’m not hopeful mind, but it’s worth a shot.

I’ll pass on the sanctimoniousness though, gives me terrible heartburn

So we have a working compromise in place:

We have a whole selection of sugary/chocolaty cereals that the dcs are allowed at the weekend.

And an even bigger range of sub 15g sugar / 100g cereals for during the week.

In the same way honey, jam & chocolate spread are for weekends and we have butter, cream cheese, peanut butter and hummus for during the week.

We’ve done this for a few years now and what I like about it is that it’s a way of creating balance for the dcs without labelling things “good” and “bad”

We're going on a caravan holiday in a couple of weeks, YeTalk and I picked up a couple of those multi-packs of cereal today after this thread reminded me of how much fun it was to have those as a child.

LeftRightCentre I do that too! It was exciting when we were wee to get the variety packs, so on holiday I get them as a treat

My pair have inherited my feeble teeth enamel so they have to choose cereal under 10% sugar, they can pick what they like that meets that brief. During holidays we sometimes have higher sugar ones as a treat.

Ha! Wrong thread!!!

Here it's shreddies weetabix porridge with a spoon of choc spread if you're lucky, or egg on toast.

Are you joking? On MN! Dear God no! They sprinkle the porridge with a dusting of virtue signalling after soaking it in sanctimony.

You do realise people have different tastes don't you? I love chocolate ice cream but honestly don't see the point in sugary cereals, they don't fill me up so I don't see them as a meal. I'd much rather eggs, toast, porridge etc. Doesn't mean I don't like sugar

Meh. I buy them occasionally, like Christmas or the summer holidays. Most of the time they have homemade 'porridge bars', Sundays are for pancakes.

kaytee87 that’s not what the poster was talking about though?

They were referring to the “perfect parent” mob who sneer and deride anyone who gives anything they disagree with to their child.

Hence my joke about heartburn.

I don’t buy either. The worst I get is Cheerios but they get shreddies, oatiflakes, weetabix, ready brek, Bear lower sugar cereal.
I used to buy coco pops in holidays but not any more.