Sweet obsession

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My five and nearly eight year old are completely obsessed with sweets. I rarely buy them but they seem to get so many from parties and school fairs and things. It’s their main topic of conversation and my youngest likes to throw temper tantrums when she is told she can’t have them for breakfast and has to wait until she gets home from school. Any idea how to break this obsession?

Not negotiable boundaries at breakfast. Sweets well away from where they can see. Introduce something new to get their attention so they are not thinking about sweets all
the time..gardening, olympics, craft project. etc. Buy those teeth disclosing tablets to teach them about healthy teeth.

Could it be a case of, because you don't buy them and they are only given and associated with super fun things, they are seen as the most amazing thing? If they became a bit more boring and allowed at home maybe it wouldn't be such a big thing?

If you do want to try this, I would recommend the m&s branded sweets as they are made with real fruit juice and no harmful additives. The fizzy piggy tails are delicious.

I would still talk to them about teeth health and about how if they want some it should be after a main meal rather than randomly throughout the day.

We do all these things but thank you

maybe but they get so many I don’t know how they’d have time to eat more if I did buy them!

my eldest is pretty good and she will ration them herself and only eat after meals but she still goes on and on about them which winds her sister up!

Apart from the teeth tablets, will look into this thank you

Honestly I think it's pretty normal for kids to love sweets, just continue with the boundaries and the practical reasoning for when they are allowed