DH thinks rice crispies are a suitable breakfast

[thisismyheart]

That's it really, DH would happily send children (3&6) off to school/childminder on one bowl of rice crispies and a bit of fruit in the morning. I feel very strongly about filling kids tummies properly before school, and while i have no problem with a bowl of rice crispies now and then, that they are ultimately just puffs of air, and the children need something more nutritionally dense.

We argued about it properly this morning, and now he's in a huff about me undermining him. I just want to guage what others think - is a bowl of rice crispies and a bit of fruit enough to keep a child's energy levels up all morning?

It really isn't. We are better off eating our bigger meal for the first meal of the day and a medium lunch and a light dinner.

And about the other point? The fact that you were busy complaining that people weren’t reading that you would only ever serve cereal followed by another meal
when in fact you said in that post that you occasionally follow it with eggs? That means sometimes your child has cereal and fruit. A more sugary cereal than Rice Krispies too. Which means you agree with op’s husband that it is an appropriate breakfast.

And as for eating a bigger meal in the morning - that might be nutritionally best but sometimes I don’t think people actually think realistically and practically. People aren’t likely to be cooking and feeding their kids a full meal at 6.45am before they leave for work/childminder/school. It is more practical (and entirely harmless) for the larger meal of the day to be cooked when there is time to do it. And it is not necessary for kids to have multiple courses and options for breakfast.

Well you've just proved that posters point about you not reading the thread properly, as I'm not that poster.

That sounds like a completely normal breakfast to me! I give my kids a bowl of cereal with milk & some fruit most days.

And I took that posters post to mean that she gave eggs etc after if her dc were still hungry. If they weren't still hungry and asking for more, which is what the OP's children were doing, she left them with just the cereal and fruit.

So, if op's children are asking for more, its not an appropriate breakfast because they are still hungry and won't learn as well in school, which was OP's whole point.

Both of my children had cereal and fruit or toast with spread and a piece of fruit .. cereal is fortified so has vitamins rice crispies have no sugar so not too bad.. mine used to love weetabix or porridge too

My kids normally go after school after eating a bowl of supermarket own brand version of Krave. I would probably get hauled over the coals by people saying it’s not a healthy meal or they should have something more substantial, but its what they enjoy and the own brand stuff is quite cheap. I don’t have enough time first thing in the morning to argue with them over what’s for breakfast if they don’t like something I have in the cupboard. They normally get a chance to have a snack mid morning and then they have lunch at lunchtime. Both children can have a hot meal at lunch as DD7 is in year 2 (so currently gets free school meals) and DS12 is year 8 (He gets £5 a day to spend in the canteen on whatever he wants.)

Ok can we end this debate once and for all - the only 'acceptable' cereals are -

Shreddies (original - not flavoured variations)
Bran Flakes
Porridge
Alpen (again, strictly original not any later variations on theme)
Mayyyybe Granola (at a push)
Mayyyybe Weetabix (again at a push and original only none of these later added chocolate versions)

Anything else is insubstantial, cardboard tasting rubbish that isn't filling in the slightest !!

I'm being (semi) lighthearted

Sugar is literally the 2nd ingredient listed on the box..

Porridge? Porridge???? Are you trying to poison us with your disgusting fatso carby sugary ways? STEEL CUT OATS ONLY

With the fruit as well, it’s fine.

I thought ricicles were the sugary ones?
I remember as a kid we added sugar to rice kripies and cornflakes which was probably sugar overload lol

Just weigh out the 30g/40g recommended portion. It can’t just be air if it weighs something

Processed cereals are one of the worst possible food you can have. No food texture, ultra processed, better to avoid.

Talking about it as a healthy whatsoever is absurd. My MIL constantly wants to feed the children with this "healthy stuff". They get hungry very quickly after their cereal breakfast. In my household we do not have it. But then I am not British neither American.

Some quotations from the article below

"Britain is one of the world's largest consumers of puffed, flaked and sugared breakfast cereals. How did that happen when many were said to contain less nutrition than the boxes they come in"

" Instead of relying on a food culture developed over centuries, we have come to defer top the pseudo-scientific instructions of professionals and marketeers."

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2010/nov/23/food-book-extract-felicity-lawrence

Can someone please explain why @rosewater20 has mentioned that her oats must be steel cut a few times now?

What happens if they’re not steel cut? Does it kill them quicker? Is it inhumane to kill oats using anything other than a steel blade? Poor oats.

Granola is only ok if you make it yourself using steel cut oats and a cubic centimetre of honey from your own hive of bees. Otherwise it’s poison and you deserve to have your children taken away and your house burnt down.

If they felt it wasn’t proper food they wouldn’t give it in the first place. And op’s children are likely asking for more because they are used to being stuffed full of 5 different options.

https://smartlabel.kelloggs.com/Product/Index/00038000200038

because they aren't as processed as flat oats and have are higher in fiber. AND I mentioned it because I was talking about what we eat and that is what we eat.

Well I must be ‘nutritionally illiterate’ because I’ve never even heard of steel cut oats apart from the twenty times rosewater20 mentioned them 😭😫😩😭

Journos been following

Erm sorry to butt in here, but I don’t know any parents who stuff their kids. I know many parents who are prepared with snacks in their bags when their kids are whining about being hungry and actually need to be fed. Snacking is actually healthier than big stodgy meals. For adults too btw. Otherwise you teach them to overeat and be worried about when they can next eat.

Kids who snack on healthy food tend to be much healthier.