thinking I should do a cooked breakfast most days for my sons

[JackandDiane]

I have three - one doing a levels in the next couple of weeks, all huge sporty and growing,
i did bacon rolls today as pre exam thing and they all said they would happily eat a proper breakfast every day
I get up early - its no skin off my nose, maybe a bit more prep etc
Do any of you do cooked breakfasts every day? I think I should put more effort in

There is nothing like spoiling unspoilt children.

I LOVE this sentence.
I think it may become my new motto.

Me too steppe!

Aww thanks steppemum!

Mmmmm.... fryups

I did "exam breakfasts" when my boys started their GCSEs.
They worked so hard and I wanted to do something nice for them. I was just a little TLC.
DS1 is currently working 12 hours a day at uni in the midst of exams and I'd love to be able to something nice for him but he's 200 miles away. DS2 doing A levels but nerves mean he struggles to swallow a bite before an exam.

They are both perfectly capable of cooking anything themselves but, other than encouragement there isn't much I can do to smooth the path in exam periods.
I really don't believe a few bacon sandwiches matter. Both of mine are very tall, active and very thin.

I think we should coddle them all while we can, life is short and I want mine to think of home as a place of unconditional love, safety, chats and belly laughs, dry towels and a full fridge

I want to quote this on every single one of those nasty threads where people resent the fact that you still love your children after their 16th birthday. As if they have been counting the days until the cuckoo leaves their nest and all their time and money is their own again.

Well my time and money is theirs if they need it. I'm always conscious of
treading that line between teaching them how to cope with the world as adults and yet still wanting to nurture them. Little gestures of love are easy when they are babies. Not so much when they are 6'4" and 18.

There is nothing like spoiling unspoilt children
I'm going to steal that phrase and use it as well.

I so agree orac
I think there is a lot of they are grown up leave them to it on here
They are your children always
Plus I want them to choose me a nice nursing home

My dh has always brought me tea in bed at the weekends ( he's up before me in the week) and as soon as ds was old enough dh taught him to do the same- the least I can do is grill a bit of bacon every now and again

i miss my kids - I still like cooking for them when they come back. Make the most of it

You sound a lovely mum. My only issue would be that a full English every day isn't brilliant health-wise, but wouldn't do any harm a couple of times a week and there's lots of cooked breakfast ideas suggested here which you could try in between.

We switched to cooked breakfasts when dd1 was sitting her GCSEs and it just sort of carried on.

So by the time dd2 left for uni, I'd been cooking them for 8 years.
I too love the phrase about spoiling unspoilt children.
Both are away at uni now and this thread had made me well up! You naughty lot!

Not wanting to get into the whole processed carb laden box food v meat and eggs debate, I say go for it, I wouldn't do it everyday but when my dds have something special like a trip or have extra work at school I like to make a fuss in the hope that it sets them up for a good day, pampering kids when you know they have a lot on their plates isn't spoiling them imho! 😊

I love mollycoddling mine when they come home - what's the harm? They repay my love and nurturing by the bucketload, they aren't spoilt so they're totally worth it

*I think we should coddle them all while we can, life is short and I want mine to think of home as a place of unconditional love, safety, chats and belly laughs, dry towels and a full fridge.

I want to quote this on every single one of those nasty threads where people resent the fact that you still love your children after their 16th birthday. As if they have been counting the days until the cuckoo leaves their nest and all their time and money is their own again.

Well my time and money is theirs if they need it. I'm always conscious of
treading that line between teaching them how to cope with the world as adults and yet still wanting to nurture them. Little gestures of love are easy when they are babies. Not so much when they are 6'4" and 18.

There is nothing like spoiling unspoilt children
I'm going to steal that phrase and use it as well*

absolutely fabulous post!

I think we should coddle them all while we can, life is short and I want mine to think of home as a place of unconditional love, safety, chats and belly laughs, dry towels and a full fridge

Ahhh, that makes me think of my parents in my childhood home, without a doubt. I'm 36 and live 4000 miles away, but my parents make me feel like this every time I come back for a visit.

I own my own home, have 2 young children of my own, but I still think of my childhood home as my "home".

Derek -

God, in my day it was Cinzano Bianco!

Derek, you do make me laugh. It must be quite something to know you in RL.

Lovely. I don't know where to get one from but I'll do my best... I know where to get speed too!

Slightly off topic, but what exactly would a fry up for three teenagers consist of?

Like, how many eggs each, rashers per person etc. Tins of beans? Just one or two? Mushrooms? A full pack?

My husband happily makes a full cooked breakfast for our DD, 7, every school day. Omelettes, French toast, eggs and soldiers, waffles and fruit, creamy smoked fish, American style pancakes, Japanese salmon and rice, etc etc (he's very inventive - it's something different every day!) We are a team - I get her washed and dressed, while he makes the breakfast. I think it gives her a really good start to her day. On Saturdays do we skip the cooked breakfast, but on Sundays I do everyone a full English.

Toffee - enough to feed about 10 adults ime

I totally get it and junk it's lovely. My mum is like this with me and my brother we are both in our thirties and have long since flown the nest! When she knows we are coming home she stocks the fridge with an enormous amount of food and starts baking like there's no tomorrow. She's the same with any of our friends who visits she even tries to pack them off with goody bags sometimes.

I'm even like this with DP it's not a chore and I like doing it. There's a feeling of happiness knowing I am making him something he really likes, it's just nice to care for someone and show love and food is a big part of that.