I love opinions and you guys have brought up some great points. I need to clarify exactly when we are feeding them, as breakfast, not as a snack. I split one for the kids and then add a fruit - this morning was the usual honey yogurt peanut bar plus cantelope. I have been fearful of giving a whole to them since I thought they were hard to digest. I hate all other breakfast options out there... simple carbs, simple carbs, simple carbs. I make pancakes and muffins with protein powder in them but they don't get as much protein that way.
I totally agree about needing to offer a variety and how it can lead to think they are eating a candy bar. I feel like juice does the same thing, our kids think it is a treat like drinking a soda since we rarely offer either. I much prefer to give them an orange or an apple instead of juice.
The concern over a child's diet is mainly for my daughter who won't eat any veggies and only processed chicken or fried fish sticks for meat. Our son is a great eater and won't always eat vitamins or medicine since it tastes like sugar!
Oh, more importantly my daughter has requested a protien bar many times but is only allowed to eat one once a day, rarely a whole one.
Regarding Bryan's disclaimer about not being a parent etc. - I find the view still helpful since sometimes fellow parents will relax a view, compromising good habits and health, simply because they know how much we sometimes need the easy way out.
Thanx for any and all input!
Erika, JP's wife
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