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?

We don’t eat cereal at all. It’s actually pretty horrible tasting to me, not a treat

Yeah, I think that’s why it would never occur to me to buy it for the children, as a treat or otherwise. I don’t particularly like it and when I’ve had it I’ve been hungry by midday. So I don’t buy it. I don’t see it as depriving the children as they don’t know it exists!

I wouldn't think of cereal as a meal.

We have weetabix, toast & yoghurt in the week.

Any cereal, yoghurt, croissants, pancakes, homemade smoothies with spinach & oat/soya/coconut/almond milk, bananas, blueberries, strawberries etc.

Anything really.

I probably eat too much cheese a week. Too much salt again.

I'm not overweight, DD isn't overweight. We brush our teeth twice a day. We are active all day. Im on my feet from 07.00-22.00. Apart from sitting down to eat.

There is sugar & salt in milk.

Then the sugar & salt in peanut butter, marmalade, marmite etc. I cant find the time to work it all out for my RDA.

Its not like I sit on my arse all day, getting through 2 litres of coke, crisps, chocolate & eating ready meals for dinner, but I know I could improve & should.

Why does this always turn into a competition, people thinking they're better parents for not giving kids a certain food

It's fucking food anyway, just let them eat it, as long as you don't give them way too much everyday they'll be fine trust me balanced diet means a bit of everything, who cares if they have a couple of bowls of cereal a week. That could be their only sugar intake. And if not who cares, a balanced diet is the way to go not 'none of that!!!'

I think they’re probbaly insecure in their parenting generally because food is an extremely simplistic and easy thing to do well, so they hold onto that and shout it from the rooftops to make Themselves feel better

DD has weetabix/shreddies/toast or porridge most of the time, she sometimes has crunchy nut cornflakes or a variety pack box of something. She eats pretty healthily, brushes her teeth and is super active so i can't get worked up about it in the slightest.

Doreset cereals only here!

I think it’s primal Bigmy.
Tapping into very basic instincts of survival.

Why does this always turn into a competition, people thinking they're better parents for not giving kids a certain food hmm

Because people love to feel morally superior. All food threads go the same way on here.

Food isn't 'only' food though is it?

A poor diet leads to ill health and in extreme case illness. As a parent you need to keep your children safe from harm and not cause harm. A bowl of sugary cereal isn't the end of the world but it can be bad for a child's health when combined with fizzy drinks and too many sweets.

An occasional bowl of coco pops is fine but parents who say "it's only" may well be saying "it's only" in relation to other sugary food choices as well.

I don’t think I’m a better parent at all but yes, I think I’m giving a better breakfast than cereal. That’s why I do it, same as people who are happier giving cereal for whatever reasons do that. Because it’s quicker, or their kids don’t like the alternatives etc. Fine. I don’t think it’s a competition or it makes me superior as a parent or a person.

Meh! We buy a variety. Sometimes they will chose porridge or cornflakes, some days they will have coco pops or weetos. Everything in moderation. Sometimes my two will have chocolate spread on toast.... gasp!!

Sometimes my two will have chocolate spread on toast.... gasp!!

OH MY GOD! Surely they will keel over by Christmas from all those carbs and sugar. You are failing in your job to keep them safe from the harm that is Nutella. Long live the porridge!

I grew up eating sugary cereal every day of my childhood (and have always been thin and still have zero fillings, all my teeth, etc.) but as an adult I switched to oats (hot or cold) and it was like a miracle. Suddenly I wasn't starving at 11am any more.

So I haven't eaten cereal in years and just never had any in the house for our kids. Oats are waaaaay cheaper too, so there's also that positive.

I don’t think I’m a better parent at all but yes, I think I’m giving a better breakfast than cereal. That’s why I do it, same as people who are happier giving cereal for whatever reasons do that

Exactly this.

CheeseAndBeans - Hoorah, at last, someone else who fesses up to eating Nutella, I knew I couldn't be the only one, although on MN, I seem to be the weirdo.

Porridge? You do realise porridge is made with milk. Which contains sugars. And Sugar Is Evil.
My kids queue for gruel from a saucepan. Made with rainwater from the water butt which has been strained through last night's socks.
Actually it's cornflakes, fruit and fibre or Kravez here. Or brown toast.

Who knew that porridge could be so threatening? 😀 It’s not even posh FFS.

Who said porridge was threatening? you’d have to have extreme low self esteem to feel threatened by what a stranger eats for breakfast

Indeed. See above.

Micromanaged - most of the poses on this thread are concerned about the sugar content in cereal. Im simply pointing out that a glass of orange juice has more than three times the sugar of a small bowl of sugar puffs

Fruit juice has been blamed for much of the current concern with dental decay in children

LeftRightCentre

OlderThanAverageForMN
You are no weirdo. Nutella is the food of goods! I have been known to eat it straight off the spoon while waiting for the toast to finish

We have 5 boxes of cereal on the go at the minute - Krave, Shreddies, Cheerios, Mini Shredded Wheat and Weetabix. Also have the option of porridge or toast with eggs, marmite or marmalade. Everything in moderation I say. This morning, we had eggy bread with bacon and mushrooms. Sometimes we have pancakes, bacon and maple syrup, sometimes pancakes with bananas and blueberries. I might put my foot down if all ds wanted to eat was sugary cereals, but most of the time he chooses something else so I’m not too worried.

Instead of depriving your kids sugary commercial branded cereals (which they will then most likely binge on later in life because they're forbidden fruit) why don't you just give them tiny portions on top of porridge or something? Or for example 'you can have coco pops or a nice treat later, your choice'

If you teach your kids to make choices earlier in life then you won't need to forbid any food to them.

It's not really 'forbidding' food if children have no interest in it and it's never in the house, though is it?

My DS (4) doesn't know coco pops/Frosties/Krave exist. I'm not enlightening him. He has fruit/honey/syrup on top of porridge. He has a variety of sweet treats in moderation. Why on earth would I start buying cereal? It's very expensive for one thing.