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 only give my child organic, fair trade, dolphin-friendly cereal with no sugar at all. Oh, and it must come in a box with no plastic insert. I plant a tree to offset the cardboard.

Yep, sugary cereals are a no here except for when we go camping or if in a hotel or something. My eldest hates any cereal that isn’t coco pops so she will have something like a bagel thin with butter and marmite for breakfast or whole meal toast with an egg which is very very quick to do. Youngest does like cereal, so he will usually have either weetabix, shredded wheat or the less than 5% sugar Cheerios with a banana sliced on top. Sometimes he will have the egg/toast option instead or if particularly hungry, as well.

Peanut Butter Crunchy Nut Clusters are only 6% sugar.

Isn't it 12%? (see attached)

Still, better than Frosties (37%) - that's over 7 teaspoons in a 100g serving!

Why do people buy stuff that's loaded with sugar for their children's breakfast? Sugar is massively addictive and its well known it is harmful to health. For parents to worry constantly about child safety and hygiene but they let them scoff on a meal full of sugar every day is weird.

Yes I refuse to buy coco pops, frosties, krave and the like for the DC! Cereal in this house is porridge, weetabix and shredded wheat!

YANBU.

We refused to buy all those cereals ago 20 years ago. At the time it was Frosties but by the time DS2 was about 9 there was all the coco pop type cereals. We just called it shit- in - a- box.
Although the emphasis is on obesity rates these days my concern back then was damage to their teeth.

DS2 is still bitter about us not buying and every know and again he will put on an.award winning performance about how deprived he was as a child and we also didn't buy him Kristie Kreme! We just roll our eyes and tell him if he wants them that ad now he know where Tesco Express is and can buy them himself!

We don't buy them except on our Camping holiday.

Pebbles 😂
Mine could have Cocoa Pops etc in the holidays. Box of their choice each.Once it was gone that was it.
In the end they just couldnt be bothered with it .

I am not that strict about what my dcs eat, but I refuse to buy sugary cereals or sugary drinks.
So no Frosties, coco pops etc

DS Thinks coco pops are only available on holiday. And Pringles are Christmas crisps. Nearly 7 so don't know how much longer we will get away with this.

Pebblespony

Treat for the holidays as well. I agree with nothing being forbidden but also not teaching that chocolate is a decent every day breakfast!

I hate to burst all your healthy bubbles but the new recipe coco pops have less than 20g sugar - 17g per 100g or 5g in a bowl

when younger yes it was generally cornflakes and branflakes sometimes krispies and shreddies.and the others were Friday shopping "treats" but this was to teach them the balance.
as they got older they new what balance was so could have the others every day and still get the diet they need from all other meals and we ate healthily at other times.
and they never suffered from having it every day.ran marathons.ones is a fitness coach.manages the clubs fitness at a football team.nope not died as fat blobs becase of the cereal.being allowed it has made them better food planners if anything.

Well we currently have Cheerios and coco pops in the cupboard and I’ve just looked st the boxes and the coco pops actually have a bit less sugar than the Cheerios, 17g and 18g respectively per 100g. I personally love crunchy nut, but they have 38g!!!

Thankfully cereal is not a daily occurrence in our house and they will also eat rice crispies, shreddies and weetabix too.

I hate to burst all your healthy bubbles but the new recipe coco pops have less than 20g sugar - 17g per 100g or 5g in a bowl

Doesn't burst any bubble, it's still a lot of sugar when you don't have to serve up sugar to a child.
Kids don't need sugar...parents start supplying it and then wonder why their kids don't want stuff that doesn't have it.

Me. I’m relaxed about most things except fizzy Drinks and chocolate cereals.

No cereal at all here. Toast with scrambled eggs or porridge for breakfast with some fruit.

Not allowed normally, but are allowed on holiday.
Going to choose the holiday cereal is now a fun family tradition.
Even though the DC are 21 and 18!

Meh I tend to find banning anything makes it more desirable.

Everything in moderation is the rule in our house. Food wise obviously, I’m not talking about drugs or anything ridiculous.

I think most cereal is too sweet. However, we have weetabix, porridge and muesli in all the time. Sometimes I cut up fruit and put it ready in bowls, it's more likely to get eaten. Sometimes they have toast, with jam or avocado or yogurt with toasted nuts and honey. At the weekends it's eggs and a whole variety of other things (meats, smoked salmon, lovely breads etc), so more like a brunch.

I want to learn how to make a tasty and delicious Bircher muesli though. They can be really delicious and you can make them the night before.

Usually they have porridge with blueberries for breakfast. Or spinach pancakes,

What do your children/you have for breakfast if they don’t have cereal?

Overnight oats or a bowl of porridge.

Sometimes just yoghurt and a piece of fruit or two.

My kids get a pack of Frosties for Xmas (small multipack job). It's bran flakes or weetabix / Cheerios the rest of the time .

I'm the worst- my husband only eats crunchy nut, and kids only eat shreddies/cheerios/cookie crisp or nesquik!
I think its because the abovementioned don't go soggy. None of them drink the milk, none will eat it if it gets soggy. Ugh. I know.....