to not allow DD to drink squash when I drink it myself?

[Tinkjon]

I only let DD drink water or milk but she has been asking for squash/fizzy drinks lately, as she see lots of other kids have it and, more importantly, she sees me and DH drink it. I've been saying "no, it's only for grown-ups" but is that fair? Can I really expect her to be satisfied with "it isn't good for you" if she sees me drink it too? I have said that it isn't good for anybody but it's worse for little children but I don't know if she's buying that And please no nagging me about how I should be setting an example and not drinking it myself, as I already know I should

I drink Coke and my dcs are not allowed it and eat things they can't have too, they're children and I'm a grown up.
FFS why can't children and adults have different rules that's what wrong with most precocious little brats anyway. I pmsl at one post that said she didn't believe that dcs should do things differently to adults, Jesus Christ?????
Anyway what about carbonated water for you? With a twist iof lemon or lime? Some are pretty cheap too. That's really nice or allow your dc to have squash on weekends?
In all honesty my children have smoothies, usually fresh or water(which they still love). I give my children apple and orangaid which is carbonated water with juice, not from concentrate.
The worst things for teeth are Raisins my MW told me because they're just as bad as sweets we just don;t know it!!!

Not at all unreasonable. I know its extreme, but would you let them smoke a cig if you were having one or drink a glass of vino?

A healthy diet for a child under 5 is different to a healthy diet for an adult anyway. Eg. they need a much higher proportion of fats and lower amount of fibre than an adult.

So those that have to have their children eating exactly the same as them - do you force your child or yourself into the bad eating pattern?

Nothing wrong with having age-related differences in diet for many reasons.

Squash/coke/whatever is a much higher proportion of a young child/toddler's diet where it's a much smaller proportion of your own. Me having a slab of chocolate in the evening when I know I've had my five portions of fruit/veg and had a good balanced diet in the day is nothing. A toddler having the same sized slab of chocolate will mean the "good stuff" in their diet is heavily displaced for that day.

(I do tend to save the "adult" stuff for the evenings though, when they're in bed)

As a family you should be having a healthy diet-not the same proportions but you should be sharing the same meals. You wouldn't give a toddler the same sized piece of chocolate. I just think there is something very unfair in policing your DCs diet rigidly when you find it too difficult to do for yourself. I have said over and over again that there is no difficulty in telling a DC that they can't have wine-there are very good reasons why not.

AbbeyA, and the same for squash right? My dcs don;t have mould ripened cheese or unpasturised stuff when they're young, an adult saying no is a good enough reason. Sometimes 'because I said so' is a good reason too. I really do not agree with treating children like mini adults, they are children and that's a whole different ballgame, where one is not equal to the other. I have met far too many 'special ones' who have Mummy and Daddy treating them en a par with them and they are not the best behaved at parties!!

I give up on this one!! The OP asked if she was unreasonable not to allow DD to drink squash when she drinks it and I think she is. I think the whole family should have a healthy diet-NOT exactly the same. It is easy to police a toddlers diet. It isn't easy later on and restricting a DC to water is going to make the alternatives look very inviting. The worst behaved DCs at parties IMO are those who are not allowed crisps etc at home. I think it is hypocritical to ban chocolate entirely for your DC and then eat it yourself. Everything in moderation.All this bad food, good food idea is setting up problems for later. I am not saying anything else on the subject.

100 ml of pure orange juice has 42 calories -thats not bad is it? And it has vitamins in it...

I don't get the problem with SOME fruit juice..?

Let's just remember that the OP's dd is 5 - so we are saying what she is reasonable to do now. NOt when her dd is 10.

"I'm big and you're small
I'm right and you're wrong"

from the film Matilda. This thread is all a bit dahlesque.

both my kids 1 and 4 have dilute juice and yes sometimes my daughter will drink fizzy pop a little bit wont hurt and plus if im drinking it i dont think its fair that i ban my kids from drinking it.