I was in the Post Office today and in front of me were two mothers with children in buggies. The girl in question was about 2 and a half (old enough not to be in a buggy in my opinion) was bugging her mother. You know what it's like, "Mum? Mum. Mum? Mum!" After ignoring her for 5 irritating minutes while she chatted to her friend, the mother didn't engage in conversation with her daughter, or try to distract her - she launched straight into, "What is it? Do you want some crispies?" Well if the girl hadn't, she did now. While her friend watched her place, she went and bought
a packet of Wotsits
Ingredients:
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Maize, vegetable oil, cheese flavour [cheese powder (7%) lactose (from milk), flavour enhancer (disodium 5’-ribonucleotide), colour (paprika extract), natural flavouring], salt, potassium chloride .
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and a bottle of Robinson's Fruit Shoot (can't find a link, but it comes in a bottle with Not Suitable for Under 36 Months, and I know it contains Aspartame)
Both just opened and handed over.
It was about 11.25, which makes me wonder whether this would end up being her daughter's lunch. Surely a 21g packet of crisps isn't a suitable "snack" at that time of day?
I'm not suggesting this is the case in this thread! It is just hard to watch parents who use food as an alternative to a dummy (comforter?) to shut their children up and stop them being a nuisance.