Just been to the local corner shop....

[craft1948]

...for some bread and milk. I'm standing in the queue to pay and a young mother comes in with her child who I'd say was about 4 years old.

Mother - Do you want a hot sausage roll?
Child - No
Mother - Well do you want a cornish pastie or a cheese and onion one?
Child - No I don't want any of those
Mother - Look you have to have something for your DINNER!! ...Oh go on then, just pick some sweets!!

W t f..........

[rinkins]

Ah what a great world we live in. I can't say I am surprised crafty, but it is bad

[Bobbisox]

unbelievable craft !
laziness on the mothers part too

[ummmm]

Shame.

I wouldn't buy those for my kids regardless.

[China Doll]

What The Funicular indeed.... It's lunch time not dinner time! ;oP

I used to see that sort of thing a lot where I lived, (quite a few young mums), I just used to wonder how difficult it was to shove a sarnie and a bit of fruit under the kids nose... The salt intake alone on any of those savoury options is probably on the high side for an adult.

Maybe they should start teaching HE back in schools.

[what..the?]

and it's the Albran eating me that needs to go to the dentists, typical

[Bobbisox]

Do you have Greggs where you live, every time I am out I see kids sitting in their pushchairs with one of their products to feed off
Lazy mothers !

[poodicat]

See young toddlers in their buggies holding on to a giant pastie or a sausage roll because they cant be bothered giving their child a healthy lunch

[mccfluff]

i'v just been into town (bad bad move as its half term) hundres of kids all eating fast food product of some kind

[LoftyLottie]

With a feeding bottle full of tea or coke!!

[craft1948]

I really had to make an effort not to say something 'cos if I had she'd probably have lamped me. The child and mother were not cheaply dressed so I don't think it was down to lack of money.............how can she think that's the right food for a child!!

[B00]

oh stop being so snobby!

Least shes feeding, or attempting to feed her child. Not everyone's a genius in the kitchen and has the time, inclination or money to cook "everything from scratch".

Mines sat eating cheese on toast for her dinner as we speak- I guess that's wrong in some peoples eyes too?

[mccfluff]

its lunch time Boo


(legs it quick)

[LoftyLottie]

Nothing wrong with cheese on toast BOO! But would you consider sweets to be a suitable lunch?

[Bobbisox]

errr No BOO at least you are or have made the effort to make it for them
Bobbi ♥

[mikelarry]

Unfortunately for our quick declining society in ten years time those sweets being offered will be exchanged for alcohol, ciggies or drugs and we will see them in due course on jeremy kyle with the mum throwing up her hands exclaiming :Where did we go wrong"

[craft1948]

yes but you wouldn't give her a packet of sweets for lunch would you Boo. I've not always cooked every meal from scratch but it's quite easy to give your kids a reasonably balance diet.

[mikelarry]

Craft quickly run back to the shop in question dreesed in a white sheet and show them my post whilst eerily saying this post is a taste of things to come and maybe we can save this child from a bad uphill struggle of a life.

[mikelarry]

Craft maybe the sweets were balanced, there may have an equal number of red and black ones!

[B00]

I'm just saying you're all assuming thats all the child is having for lunch. I've done it myself, seen my little darlin' start to build up into a rage for sweeties in the shop and I've caved and bought them. It doesn't necessarily mean she wont have something "proper" when she gets home as well, and it's the same in this instance too.

[Bobbisox]

Ok so the kids are on half term this week and your'e out in town so you buy them a pastie whatever?
but I think craft was meaning how bad it was to offer sweets as an option !