Nobody said they couldn't.
OP, YANBU. It particularly annoys me when someone posts something like that, and another poster ends up having a lengthy and bitter argument with them about it, completely ignoring what the thread is actually about. Eg:
OP: Looking for some advice here. My 12-year-old had a really bad day at school, he is having a few issues with a couple of bullies in his year and he also lost his place on the football team so he was in a really bad mood. He was eating his after school snack just now and his little sister was winding him up and calling him names. He completely lost it called her a cunt and threw his slice of cake at her. Obviously this isn't OK and we've sent him to his room and taken away his phone but the chocolate icing has made a mark on the wall and DH thinks DS should have to pay for it to be cleaned. I said that's too harsh, especially as DD was also at fault. DH has now started divorce proceedings and set fire to our shed in anger and to make matters worse, I've just found out I'm pregnant with quadruplets. Thinking of ending it all at this point, Please help.
Reply1: Off topic but chocolate cake is a really bad after school snack. Try something like hummus and veggie sticks instead of ultra-processed crap full of sugar
Reply2: Chocolate cake is perfectly fine in moderation, I make a really lovely one that's all organic. No kid wants to eat veggie sticks
Reply1: It's not fine, you are literally poisoning your child if you feed them refined sugar, there is research to prove this. It's only because people stuff their kids full of crap from birth that they don't like vegetables, my child prefers celery to a Twix
Reply2: My child ALSO likes celery but he also enjoys a treat and I don't think there's anything wrong with an occasional slice of homemade cake, you're batshit if you think it's poison
Reply1: I would actually say that feeding children sugar is a safeguarding issue
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