The constant feeding / snacking of children

[Lordofthebantams]

At swimming lessons tonight I've sat next to two children chomping their way through a packet of crisps and a packet of chocolate biscuits at 4pm. ( No eating on the poolside but never mind that, the little darlings need some salty junk).

We had a day out with friends on Tuesday at a farm park and kids are being handed food every 5 minutes.

You go down the street and everywhere you look the toddlers in buggies have their little hands stuffed in packets of puffs or gripping a biscuit.

It's no wonder we have such chubby children everywhere.

Having read quite a few of your posts on this site, I'd hazard a guess that a snack or two might have helped.

My niece and nephew hve been over fed with sweets, crisps, chocolate and adult portion size meals since they could eat. Both are so fat now and my nephew isn't 10 yet and has a huge spare tyre on the back of his neck.

both of their mothers have had treatment for their own obesity but continue to fatten up the kids.

It's not a problem because at least they have never felt the indescribable pain of being slightly hungry.

I also see it as a time waster when kids are at programs. Five minutes to give out snacks, five minutes to eat snacks, and five minutes to ‘clean up’ snacks = 15 minutes I paid for an arts/crafts, what have you lesson for a .10 snack instead of the true lesson. Boils my blood.

Surely if you're not allowed to dance, you can't park run either..?? 🤔

It’s to do with a specific set of muscles in his arms/upper back. But he can still run, he can’t “dance” unless it’s just using his legs.

No snacks

We still had ice creams and trips to the shop for sweets, fizzy drinks and crisps.

So, snacks then?

Unless you know everything a child eats you shouldn't judge, that could be their only 'unhealthy' food of the week, they could eat perfectly well other than than 1 treat.

Her "meal" of tea is also a snack. She says it was fruit, or biscuits, or similar. 😂😂😂

Quite. But why would you not feed your hungry child an apple or whatever when dinner is 3 hours away?

It's a weird power play to deny a hungry person food when you're perfectly able to help them out.

Imagine if our DHs did that to us
Wife: darling, will you chuck an apple over please, I'm a bit peckish
Husband: no, you can wait until dinner, power through your hunger and you'll enjoy your dinner more.

You'd be fucking furious.

Thing is, I think she probably is.

Huh?

🤣 I love these replies!

We are firmly NO SNACKS in this house, my children just have six meals a day instead- the three usual ones plus elevenses, afternoon dinner and supper but they just consist of a piece of fruit or a crumpet/biscuit. Can’t stand lazy parents who give their children snacks 😤

😂😂😂

What, no fours??? 😱

😂😂 also the funny thing to me is it's the grandparent generation that seems obsessed with giving the kids snacks. My MIL is great but she's given my toddler a whole cracker right before I was due to give him dinner. He was really fussing at her house so I'd gone to give him 1/4 of a grape (sue me) about 10 mins before dinner was due, she'd asked to give him a bit of cracker and I thought fine, mumsnet is always saying to unclench about these things. Then she kept giving bits even after I'd said okay enough now, I had to put my foot down and he still didn't want dinner, had to be given it again later. Luckily he's a good eater (16 months and no, not overweight).

Yet she'll also talk a lot about not overfeeding him eg stopping him eating some of a banana when she thinks he's had enough. But she'll give him potato smileys when at home it's all annoying homemade, balanced etc. My niece and nephew are very fussy and turn down food a lot so their parents are rightly very strict about snacks. I've seen them have to fend off aunties offering the kids a second big muffin or my MIL feeding my 1yo nephew her entire slice of cake when the parents weren't looking. It's just funny hearing this holier than thou attitude on here!

Exactly