in thinking that breakfast clubs are for working parents

[nametaken]

and not for non-working parents who can't be bothered to organise breakfast for their dcs.

Nametaken, I was shocked to see such a ridiculous OP.
But you are actaully cross at your brother , right ?

but if you can afford to pay for a breakfast club then you can afford to pay for breakfast at home, surely?

I cannot comprehend how anyone can take their child out of the house without breakfast, working or otherwise, I really can't. It takes 5 minutes to eat a bowl of cereal/slice of toast/piece of fruit.

My sister used to send her children to nursery in time for breakfast so she didn't have to make it. it wasn't that she didn't have the time, her attitude was "well the nursery provide it so why should I?"

Wannabe, because it's so much more relaxed for DS to eat there rather than at home (now that I've made sure he is eating there...)

Mornings are fairly rushed here. Yes, I can nag and pester him to get some food down his neck, OR he can sit down with his friends over a bowl of cereals and take his time.

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Some children just won't eat breakfast; My dd leaves home at 6.15am for school and can't face breakfast then. There is a breakfast club at school for the boarders which day pupils can use but the food is rubbish. Otherwise, dd would use it. If a breakfast club helps them eat, that's all to the good, imo.

At my dc's school breakfast club is provided free for yr 6 children at SATS. It gives the children time to get into school and ensures they have had something to eat.

Both dc's are at the same school but my youngest has severe special needs. If my eldest dd wants the independence of walking to school without me I would see going early with friends to breakfast club as a good start.

my kids just enjoy it. its like saying why send them to swimming lessons when you can take them to the pool yourself. loads of kids go to afterschool club when they dont have to because its fun. can you be arsed to make them a nutritious lunch or are you a lazy parent who uses the school dinners unecessarily?

I make a packed lunches for 3 dcs every day and always have done.

No school dinners in my school, no breakfast club either

People who use school dinners aren't lazy milknosugar. They are purchasing a product.

People who are not working but send their kids to a free breakfast club are having their cake and eating it because the government income they receive is to cover the dcs breakfast, which they are then receiving free of charge.

Many breakfast clubs charge a small fee so people using them are also buying a product.

i use school dinners

i have always had to pay for breakfast clubs so dont see how it is any different from school dinners. you cant stop non working people using things just because working people might also want them. the reward of working is the pay packet, not the right to send your kid to school clubs

I would much rather DD had a hot school dinner than a packed lunch - that's not lazy is it?

no its isnt mcdreamy, no more so than wanting your child to eat breakfast with their friends for a huge number of reasons

Not lazy at all McDreamy - I'd rather dcs had a hot school dinner too. For some reason my school doesn't do them.

No we don't have that facility either as DD is home by 12.30 (very early start and early finish here) but when I return to the UK and need to choose a school for her I was thinking the availability of the provision of a hot school diner was positive for her and not me being lazy

I don't know what these breakfast clubs are but it sounds like a great concept. DS gets breakfast at home before nursery but they also get a school breakfast there before they start the day, and he loves it, especially if he can manage to out-eat his friends! Competitive Sociable eating is the way forward if you as me.

Sounds like there are different versions of the breakfast clubs in different parts of the UK, if this thread is anything to go by, but whether it is free or not, it hardly merits getting so het up about it, does it?

DS attends breakfast club on the 3 days I work but eats before he goes as I only need half the session time in order to get to work on time. If I have an early meeting he can choose to eat at home or with his friends but its not occured yet.

Who cares if the mum works or not, I pay for the service (its not free as its a private business that just uses the school premises)and dont care who else pays to use it. Granted most are working mums but some use the before/afterschool club on the odd occasion so they can do the shopping etc.

As for school dinners, I'd rather DS had a hot meal than a sandwich daily. Sandwiches can get a little boring everyday. He still eats a hot meal at night so doesnt miss out on the family meal. It also encourages him to try things with his friends that he may not try at home. Never heard having school dinners makes the mum lazy before

They for anyone who wants to use them aren't they?

Why anyone would want to use them if they don't have to is just beyond me. The thought fills me with sadness.

YABU. They are for all.

war, famine,exploitation all make me sad.someone else using a breakfast club no biggie

there was a great programme once showing how the attendance and concentration at a school had improved since the kids had breakfast club. In that area many just weren't having any breakfast and their work was suffering.

For those kids it is good for all to be invited along so they feel entirely normal

Wannabe that is a totally different thig, and is actually the norm.
At nursery, you pay, including paying for breakfast, plus lunch , tea and all snacks. Plus, all the children sit down and it a very sociable event. Ds and I get up at 6.30am, we leave the house at 7.30 and he is at nursery for 8am. In that hour I we both shower and get dressed. Sometimes we have a slice of toast, often not. That is the norm. You sister is taking advantage of something that is th enorm, plus she is entitled because she is paying for it.
Plus someone said it takes 5 minutes to have cereal ?
Really, my 4 year old takes ages, and can spill milk on his pyjamas, so would need to get changed. 5 minutes ? More like 20.

When I go back to work, and ds goes to nursery he will be having breakfast at nursery, purely because i will not have time to bf him and give him additional breakfast and deal with resultant mess and be able to drop him off at 7.30 so I can get into work by 8.30.
But you are probably not referring to cases like this.
FWIW breakfast clubs shouldn't be just for working parents, there are plenty of other reasons to use them. But it sounds like nametaken's brother is taking the piss.
I would be pissed off though if there wasn't a place for my ds because the place was taken up by someone who didn't really need it. But maybe it doesn't work that way? Still, got a few years before I need to worry about that

For god sake, why can't people make decisions for their children without being judged?

What I think is bad, is everybody passing commet on people when it just isn't needed. If they were doing something to harm their children then I would understand, but they are not, they are doing what they can for their children.