Did I handle this right?

[colditz]

Ds1 started ranting on about sugar being 'bad' the other day - coincidentally after the school nurse gave the Reception class a talk on healthy eating. He went on about how he has to choose healthy things all the time and sweets are 'bad, etc etc

I told him that I don't give him anything that is bad for him, and that if he eats his fruit and vegetables, he will be healthy anyway, and it's not up to Nurse Asquith what I make for dinner and pudding (yes I really did say that last bit to a four year old)

And he appears to have forgotten all about it - so did I handle that ok? Or badly? Do I need to go back and not argue with what the school nurse says?

lol

Thing is, I know ds1. The very next time he sees Nurse Asquith, he will blurt out

"My mummy says that you aren't a dietitian and you don't know about everything I eat in a day and unless you are gonna stop the dinner ladies giving me bread with pasta and potatoes at school dinner you should stop telling us what to eat at home and it's not up to you what she makes for dinner and if Mummy says I can have sugar on my pancake then I can."

(It was pancake day when he was rattling on about this)

Lol (again!)

Yes, dd1 is like that too.

Gives details of our intimate family moments to random strangers.

If your ds1 weighed 8 stone (with no medical probs obviously)and had rotten teeth and lethargic sugar lows maybe she should advise him not to eat sweets and puddings but as hes probably just a regular little boy such advice is unneccesary and id even say dangerous with so much focus on eating disorders........id say really any diet advice should be offered to you as you are the shopper and chef(and when she does please tell me what youre reply is and if it involves flipping pancakes somewhere unmentionable lolol)

Good for him. I'm sure nurse Asquith can take it.

DS told his teacher that he can't write yet because he is only 4 (he overheard me and DH muttering about high expectations for reception kids).

Personally i think kids need puddings (mine are skinny as rakes).

well, to be honest, I wanted any silly ideas about 'bad' food squashed down hard. They did 'handwashing' last week - he's given himself dermatitis.

i thnk i would have said much the same thing'

On his way to OCD and health anxiety then...

Exactly. I do with the silly creatures would think before they speak. This is the same child who, last week, demanded that I take him to the moon on a rocket (in much the same tone he demands to be taken to town on the bus)

It'll be coronary heart disease next week

I don't think there's anything wrong with teaching children about good and bad foods at a young age, obesity is a big problem (no pun intended!!) in this day and age and some parents do actually need schools to teach their children some things about food - obviously you're not one of them, but in the main I wouldn't mind if my child thought sugar was bad, it is anyway, it'll rot your teeth!