AIBU to not want fizzy drinks at my kids party

[Anorthernlass]

So to be clear I'd bought the diet, caffeine free varieties, plus other homemade fizzy stuff just so they're not missing out (yes I know about the sweetners but it's a one-off). So when a parent turns up with 40 cans of sugar loaded drinks and they all run to grab them before I've even noticed or had a chance to offer anything else... its very annoying! Cue spirited, cheeky kids turning into little vandals - tantrums and tummyaches galore... not an exaggeration.

I got massively hyper on coke when I was a kid and my mum.purposely bought it for me because I was "so funny." Maybe the recipe changed.
Anyway since others are so interested... no I'm not an elderflower only person and the kids already knew and were excited about what we had planned. We like sugar a lot, caffeine not so much.
Today I will fix the front door and the flooded floor and pick up all the rocks. Of course I was talking about little rascal vandalism - not graffiti or anything like that.
There were other parents present while I was looking after half the kids. I will inform them that they are also not being reasonable 😂about their kids being up so late

You did not get hyper on coke. Your mum will just have attributed my funny behaviour to it and imagined your behaviour to he worse than it actually was because everyone was conceived sugar made you crazy.

It didnt.

South east affluent commuter town here

Years and years of going to other childrens’ parties

Never ever has there EVER been any fizzy drinks. Ever. And sure as heck not at my children’s

It is not even seen as a “treat”.

It’s not the sugar content from my perspective

its fact that my dentist brother said he would prefer his children smoke rather than drink fizzy drinks

@Intrigueddotcom

OMG so holier than thou. Can’t be having fizzy drinks in your affluent commuter town

They broke the front door and flooded the place? Well you’ve got bigger problems than a few fizzy drinks then.

What would the neighbours think 😯

😂🤣😂
You’ve got to love MN.

Well tbf the only person who had the diet one was my other child who is presxribed a sugar.free diet

@Anorthernlass Surely if your DC is on a prescribed sugar free diet then you know what to avoid etc and that "diet" alternatives are full of artificial sweeteners and many other nasty ingredients.

I say this as a parent of a child who is on a strict, life long "lowest sugar possible" diet, overseen by a consultant and a dietitian and numerous other HCP.

Wait

what the hell?

this was not a birthday party. You just randomly decided to hold a party for your 10 year old??

@Anorthernlass

Why are you trying to blame these childrens terrible behaviour on a few cans of coke? Sugar does not make a child engage in criminal behaviour (which damaging property is). Get a grip on yourself.

They behaved terribly, that is their fault - not the fault of cans of coke. The children and their parents need to take accountability for that, address the behaviour and not try to excuse it with frankly ridiculous excuses.

It’s the truth.

sure kids start to have them as they grow older and I’m sure by teens and own money absolutely

but primary? No.

I can’t get my ahead around this

the op throwing a kids party for no reason at all ie not a beithdah

another parent bringing 40 cans of fizzy drink

the OP’s child being on a sugar free diet but then she gives him diet fizzy drinks

and then how the children behaved with the vandalism

sounds like an episode from Shameless

Hate to tell you but if your kids are unbearable after a can of coke, your kids are just unbearable. Coke doesn't change them in any way.

As for the previous poster who would be annoyed if someone brought sodas because her kids aren't allowed, sorry your kids are so badly behaved that you can't trust them to keep to your rules.

Well if it is a south eastern commuter town, sorry forgot the affluent, surely they will be having a single malt or maybe vintage champagne? There are standards.

But remember you are talking about an affluent south east town, some of us live in Godforsaken places and we wean them on diet coke at 12 weeks.

Oops forgot the commuter bit this time.

North West scabby non-commuter town here

Years and years of going to other childrens’ parties

Always there has been Coke, Irn-bru, Vimto, Vodka, Gin, Lemonade. Always. Sure as heck also at my children’s

It is not even seen as a “treat’ - because they have it everyday and have done since they were babies, in their bottles.

It’s threads like this are why I love mumsnet

makes you understand some of the newspaper stories a bit better that you think must be exaggerated!

Yes lol. Probably shouldn't have called it a party. It was a playdate in the garden and a few activities.

Yep, that’s what I imagine on the basis of this thread!😂

So it wasn’t a party

it was a few friends over

and the parent bought 40 cans….. why? For a small play date?!

Can't get over how many replies. Hopefully won't make it into the Daily Mail 😉

10 children over for no reason just a play date

it is this detail that has left my head spinning

Not sure that Supernanny counts as peer reviewed evidence, tbh.

I can't see how sugar, which raises blood glucose and gives you extra energy, doesn't also give children a sugar rush.

If anyone can point to proper studies on this, I'd be interested to read them.

I did get a bit loud on meth amphetamine, though.