To wonder who is buying chocolate cereal

[Blueyseviltwin]

Who om each is buying Lion bar and Oreo cereal? See also lucky charms, nesquick and coco pops
These aren't breakfast foods (or any sort of food). I literally cannot imagine anyone thinking it is a reasonable way of feeding children?

My autistic son eats Oreo cereal every day, he has a very restricted diet and I’m so happy to be getting iron, vitamins and folic acid in him every day!

not got a clue and never give it a thought. Having said that and expended a bit of mental energy it could be anyone. Maybe adults buy them for themselves, maybe parents get them for their kids for the occasional treat , maybe some parents think they are a reasonable food stuff, who knows...

I think the problem is when children get fed them everyday (I know some will have their specific reasons but many don’t apart from ease).

Me! Mostly because it was banned when I was a child. Usually for dinner when I don’t want to cook.

My children do! Sometimes they choose cocopops, sometimes weetabix and sometimes choose toast instead. They also have fruit and yogurt as part of their breakfast.
This will really horrify you.....at the weekend they sometimes have ring donuts for breakfast!!!
You say no food is seen as good or bad and that they can choose what they want but you don't give them the opportunity.
I have friends who's childrens diets are better than mine and friends who's chikdrens are worse. I do not judge. I think that's the thing how obnoxious you come across about it.

How long can you make a roast chicken last OP?
Do you love a massive salad?

We didn't have Coco Pops when I was a child on grounds of affordability. The same with Rice Krispies, Sugar Puffs, Sugar Frosties, or best of all, Ricicles, which for a while had Magic Roundabout characters on its packaging. Now how cool was that? My parents must have had nerves of steel to keep saying no. 😁

Most of the time, we had porridge, toast cornflakes or Weetabix. There weren't as many big supermarkets around in the 1970s, which meant fewer own brands at lower prices. Having said that, the branding was often the point, so if it wasn't Kelloggs, you weren't going to see Dougal gazing at you while you ate your Ricicles. Nowadays, it wouldn't matter if Dougal, Ermintrude and the rest tangoed round the kitchen, the thought of sugary cereals makes my teeth hurt. But then? Gimme.

Me, for me. I really like it with Greek yoghurt

I'm interested to know how long she can make a duck last. I've seen them in the park, some of them are a bit scrawny.

Me, and I give no fucks. Nothing wrong with the occasional bowl of coco pops.

I’ve had cereal for breakfast for 41 years and my fair share of junk food growing up and I’m still wearing my size 6 jeans as we speak with a full set of pearly whites. There’s a lot more than cereal that defines an adult.
I wonder if you’ve heard of puppy fat?

I sincerely hope you’re not actually a GP, as I fervently hope a GP understands neurodiverse children often do not eat food that some may deem ‘better’ for them just because those people deem them ‘better’….

Not me op - terrible start to the day imo!

Might try and shove pulled pork and wedges into DS in the 10 minutes I have to feed him before he goes to school on Wednesday morning.
Neither of my DC have ever been keen on breakfast, they rarely eat before 10/11am so if my DS agrees to eat something before school he can have it.
He actually doesn't really like any cereal these days but I can sometimes get him to eat Rice Crispies

All that duck, venison, pork and steak, doesn't sound good for the bowels

I agree with you but we are in the minority in MN and in the UK. Only recently there was a post where most people agreed that going to McDonald’s with the kids once a week is completely normal and acceptable.

My kids chose some for a birthday treat! They’ve had Kit Kat cereal on holiday as well

I would never judge people in that way, I do not have the time, the energy or the inclination. I do sometimes wonder how on earth parents are managing to afford a healthy diet for their kids given the ever rising cost of food. I was piss poor when my child was little and often skipped or reduced my meals so that I could feed them. it must be even more difficult these days and it is easier to fill them up with cheap stuff when you are struggling to pay all the bills.

Size 6 fatties like me.

We had Count Chocula back in the day. 😍

Op I actually agree with you - it's a horrible way to start a child's day (esp if done every day...) I think there a lot of defensive comments here. I'm all for natural muesli with no added sugar, or German rye bread with almond butter, for my LB

I can't stand them, but it's more to do with the chocolate milk than anything else. I love chocolate and milk/ice cream/cream but chocolate flavoured anything is 🤢.

For that reason they aren't in our house, DH can barely stomach breakfast so he doesn't care what we have in, and therefore DD will, by default, not get them til she can get them herself. Which is basically how it worked when I was a kid and I still dislike them, so fingers crossed.

But, people like them, they get kids fed of a morning. They aren't evil.

I let my kids eat what they want, in moderation, admittedly, but no food is off-limits.

They have a varied diet and eat all different things for breakfast. Until recently, they were opting for Lion cereal but my eldest has moved onto granola which probably has far more sugar in it!

Me. For me. 42 years of eating coco-pops.
The children can have their weetabix crispy minis, that we’ve convinced them is just for children because they’re called minis…