kids sneaking sweets.

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

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.

We call a dummy a pacifier on this side of the Atlantic.

And that's another can of worms too. There are some parents who don't let their kids use pacifiers because use of them can become a crutch for kids and prolonged use will cause crooked teeth. Balance that against the comfort they provide the kid and who knows what the right answer is?