Do you buy sugary cereals for your kids?

Cereal maker General Mills recently announced they're going to reduce the sugar in cereal marketed to kids. Do you buy those cereals for you kids? Vote and share your thoughts.

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Total of 123 votes - click on the "Display Comments" bar below to sort comments

20.3%
Yes. They're OK for them to eat within reason.
25 votes
31.7%
No. They're pure junk and a bad way to start my child's day.
39 votes
48%
Sometimes. I try to give them a variety of breakfast options and sweetened cereals can be fun on occasion.
59 votes
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No. They're pure junk and a bad way to start my child's day.

I won't give my children food I know to be unhealthy. Naturally sweetened cereals are an occasional treat but they must be organic.

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 - 12:04 pm EST on Thu Dec 10, 2009
No. They're pure junk and a bad way to start my child's day.

My childen don't really eat cereal that much... A boil egg and toast are our staple in the morning!

     - 2:16 pm EST on Fri Dec 11, 2009
    Sometimes. I try to give them a variety of breakfast options and sweetened cereals can be fun on occasion.

    My daughter actually likes oatmeal so most mornings she gets that and fruit but on weekends she eats cereal with her daddy.

       - 7:54 am EDT on Sat Mar 26, 2011

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      I think it's great that a major company is trying to be health conscious regarding children's foods. I've purchased sweet cereal before; I like it myself every once in a while. It's not a major part of our daily intake however :-)

        Reply#1 - Fri Dec 11, 2009 12:23 PM EST

        I think that as parents we are restricting our children from too many things. I know as a child there was never any soda in our home and as I moved out to go to college, I became a soda addict and to this day over a decade later I still am. My child on the other hand has soda readily available to him and he would much rather have the milk, water and fruit juice in the fridge at any given point in time.

        The more we take away from them now, the more they are going to sneak and abuse the stuff later.

          Reply#2 - Mon Dec 21, 2009 12:59 PM EST

          Dude really now sugary cereals arent we getting a little PSYCHO!!!!!! Let the dayum kids eat cereal

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          Reply#3 - Wed Dec 23, 2009 11:15 AM EST

          One of the great milestones in parenting is when your kid is old enough to get himself a bowl of cereal and turn on some cartoons on a Saturday morning! And what fun would this be for a kid if the cereal were some healthy wood chip and barley concoction? Cap'n Crunch rocks!

            Reply#4 - Wed Dec 23, 2009 1:00 PM EST
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