Sweets at cubs and beavers

[Ellbell84]

Do your kids get sweets at cubs and beavers as a reward for good behaviour? My sons always come back wired and it takes hours for them to go to bed. Don’t know if I’m old fashioned and it’s a thing now but would rather they weren’t having sweets at 7pm midweek. AIBU?

I took donuts to a brownies meeting once and they acted like I was trying to kill them 😩

DD often gets sweets at brownies. Total non issue IMO. It’s far more likely that your DS is wired from the activity itself than a few haribo.

Not usually no. We do a party at end of each term where they get some sweet treats, but not every week. 7pm is also a late finish for Beavers, some of whom will only be 6. Our Beavers is 5-6pm. This might be the issue - they are getting excited when would naturally be winding down for bed, so adrenaline kicks in and makes them wired

I think this is more likely. Mine didn’t have sweets but were still more wired and harder to get to bed.

isn't it more likely to be the buzz of the group rather than the sugar? I thought the whole sugar = hyperactivity had been disproven for the majority of children in scientific studies.

This is true.

Mine didn't at beavers/ cubs, but I did find that it was too late for him as he got really over stimulated and struggled to regulate his behaviour, despite being really well behaved at school. Cubs didn't finish until 8 and it was just too late for him- but he's an early bird. But it did look a bit like a sugar high/ giddiness

I’d be absolutely fine with that but it’s EVERY week.

Offer to help out then you can make changes. I help out at Cubs and it’s a huge thankless job for the leader.

Mine did at Rainbows, in fact it was so much that DH and I used to think it was funny as many of the parents couldn't believe the months worth of sweets in one night! However, Rainbows was really so it didn't impact sleep.

My husband helps out and thinks the sweets add to the craziness 😂

Then stop him going if it’s such an issue

Every week is a bit much I agree. Is it just one or two haribo? Like out of a big tub or those wee packets? The former would be okay, latter not so much.

But as a former rainbow and brownie guider I know that being a volunteer leader is a thankless task so I wouldn’t complain.

Overtired and wired from going nuts with the other kids. Sweets themselves wouldn't do it, but the combination of the above might add to it, like a PP says though I thought that hadn't got any evidence behind it?

Can he hunt politely that it's a bit much. Perhaps they don't realise.

They shouldn’t be getting sweets every week. It’s wrong. The parent knows how much sugar the child has already had during the day and it should be the parent’s decision whether the child should have more sugary ‘treats’ at 7pm on a regular week day.
I haven’t seen any research saying there’s probably no connection between hyperactivity and sugar consumption, but surely the connection to teeth decay, obesity, diabetes is undeniably there.

Hyperactivity from sugar isn’t a thing

Mine only has sweets if they are roasting marshmallows which isn’t every time or that often at all really.

No, we have a drink and a biscuit at half time but only have sweets when it’s a party night

It's a long time ago now but mine used to come home wired from the excitement no sweets involved.
I always had a beef with how late it was. Normally in bed by 7 but beavers not even finished until 7.30.

He will still be just as hyper after he finishes the session without the sweets.

If you don't want him eating them they surely your DH who is physically in the room can tell him to put them into his bag and he can have them another time. Although it seems pointless as it won't make any difference to the hyperactivity.

I bribe my scouts with haribo. Sometimes its the only way they listen!

If it works it works but we took the what happens at cubs stays at cubs line if we didn't know it didnt happen

But the excitement at bed time was because of all the action happening from memory I don't remember sweets mentioned much

Mine don't at squirrels and cubs. They get squash and cubs get a biscuit (but squirrels don't).

Is that you Michelle?
this is so familiar…oreogate?