Dosing a child up on sugar prior to drop off

[bright sparks]

I have a no outside food policy which goes on to say that a child can not come to my door eating even if they are just finishing. I have had children with allergies in the past so I am extra cautious and don't want the remenants of their breakfast or snack on their hands and face. I also ask that their children are clean before coming to daycare to prevent the risk of allergic reactions.

[kidlove]

Prime example of where the next generation is headed, and it's by the direction of todays parents, no less! Wow. i have had similar situations before and I feel for you, it's really hard to deal with the situation when the parents are the problem, not the child! good for you for calling out this boneheaded Dad, is he eating tree donuts too? perhaps he and son have a secret from Mommy? Maybe you need to drop the info on Mom one of these days! ha ha

[Inspired by Reggio]

Umm yes because the lady at the drive thru MAKES him get a kid a donut

Stories like this just make me shake my head and wonder how anyone can be so out in left field not to see their own 'culpability' in that aka you are just being LAZY and not doing yourself or your kid any favors ... like the lady who could not say 'no' to her toddler who only like McDonalds until the behavior got so out of control the poor thing is now 17 and has a had a diet of ONLY McDonalds for 15 years and is no malnourished with health issues and the mother is trying to blame McDonald's for that cause they brainwashed her kid with advertizing and happy meal toys

I go through the Drive thru on route to playgroups sometimes to get myself some caffeine on those tough days and have had daycare kids say 'can we have timbits' and been able to say NO without them melting down or loosing their noodles ... donuts are a TREAT not something you eat everyday and children are competent and capable enough to understand that ... doesn't stop them from TRYING to get them but they are able to graciously accept the 'no not today'!

[apples and bananas]

We had a birthday here today, so I fed them all cupcakes and sent them home. LOL! There's some payback for ya!

[Momof4]

OtherMummy you are AWESOME! Kudos to you for telling that Dad exactly what you think. I'm so glad I'm not the only one who feels like a tyrant but the reason is that COMMON SENSE tells you not to feed a child 3 chocolate donuts at anytime of the day EVER, especially a hyper child. That Dad deserves a headsmack. Does he honestly think he's doing his son a favour by letting him eat all that sugar? OMG! I too tell the parents the honest truth. I have a child who comes in with a sippy full of chocolate milk a lot and it goes right into my fridge until it's time to send it home at night. Ugh!

[BCchildcare]

OtherMommy, I have to ask... how did dousing the child up with sugar go at the end of the day? Was dad aware that you did this?

[Other Mummy]

OtherMommy, I have to ask... how did dousing the child up with sugar go at the end of the day? Was dad aware that you did this?

I did not dose DCB up with sugar. I could not bring myself to do that to him (DCB...Not DCD..he totally deserves a hyper brat at the end of the day). I feel badly when I give my DCK's watered down juice with snack for goodness sake. Besides...if I pulled out all that sugar crap out, all the other children would have wanted some as well.

I'm hoping that his little tot outing him out did the trick. No more sugar crap at drop off!

[angelina]

THREE! I will be hyper with that amount of donuts too, and I am a full grown adult.

other alternative is whole wheat n honey bagel with cream cheese. That is what i get from the drive through, and split it into 3 with my own kids.

Timbits: a treat, once a month, every payday given along with my usual veggie tray of the day. Timbits are way smaller compared to donuts, and when given before morning playtime, it is all burned out for the day. Plus its plain sugar, so they would come back for the veggie slices after playing hard.