What kind of candy do you allow your kids?

[Deleted]

I think I'm too uptight. L had an Easter egg hunt at school today and I don't want her to eat 90% of the candy. It was all provided by parents, so maybe I'm too uptight.

She's 4.5, fwiw.

[usuallylurking]

What do you mean? I allow just about everything, but what I do regulate is how much and when.

I do discourage suckers. Otherwise I really can't think of much?

[bugandbibs]

They can have whatever kind of candy they want. I only regulate the amount and time of day.

[Deleted]

Nothing traditional usually because GMOs. I buy candy from Whole Foods and Trader Joes and basically cross my fingers that it's non-GMO.

I will allow traditional candy on Halloween and after some birthday parties.

[lilafowler]

Any candy I don't like?

[Alyssa]

My son just turned 4. I don't want him eating small hard things like Jolly Ranchers.

[oliviapope]

I'm pretty uptight about candy. I only let him have one two pieces and then I take the rest to work. Luckily, he isn't too big one candy anyway.

[sarahbear]

I regulate quantity, not type.

[thebreakfastclub]

My son has eaten at least half of his treat bags already. I figure we don't have candy normally, so it's no big deal.

[marcyiam]

Like others, I usually just limit quantity. I have taken out ball-shaped items before, like gumballs, jawbreakers, etc... due to chocking hazard, though.

[karinothing]

Hard candy other than lollipops. Nothing before 2.5. He had a few jelly beans on easter. It all went downhill after 3

[lilafowler]

I gave her the most important Easter candy lesson today-"Give all black jelly beans to mommy."

[lilac05]

As of right now, I prefer no hard candy & no gum. The rest is OK, but I monitor how much they eat & when they eat it.

[whitemerlot]

No choking hazards and no sugar gum.

[jsillyfun]

All mom choking hazards but I limit quantity

[underwaterrhymes]

All candy, pretty much.

We keep an eye on him and limit how much, but we are pretty flexible.

Oh wait. No gum.

[shamrockshake]

I prefer nothing chewy because of their teeth and I hate lollipops because, sticky. But even then I'm pretty lax. They were just chomping jelly beans from the daycare egg hunt, but I won't buy it and try to take it away if I can before they get to it

[lilac05]

Mar 25, 2016 18:23:47 GMT -5 lilafowler said:

I gave her the most important Easter candy lesson today-"Give all black jelly beans to mommy."

My 5 year old has decided that the black ones are his favorite.  What the heck, kid?  5 year olds aren't supposed to like black jelly beans!  I want them!

[Jalapeñomel]

I'm uptight about sugar, so we don't do candy.

[Deleted]

It's more choking stuff or really hard/sticky things, because I worry about her teeth. Laffy Taffy, Starburst, Lemonheads, Airheads and Gobstoppers are all things she got today that I don't want her to have. I'm ok with the jelly beans, M&M's and Cadbury eggs.

[underwaterrhymes]

Mar 25, 2016 18:23:47 GMT -5 lilafowler said:

I gave her the most important Easter candy lesson today-"Give all black jelly beans to mommy."

This is a very good rule.

[Deleted]

Mar 25, 2016 18:26:54 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

I'm uptight about sugar, so we don't do candy.

At all? Ever?

[lilafowler]

[callalily]

We've eliminated all food dyes so they really only get chocolate.

[marcyiam]

Mar 25, 2016 18:23:47 GMT -5 lilafowler said:

I gave her the most important Easter candy lessonS today-"Give all black jelly beans AND REESE'S EGGS to mommy."

[cbwm1]

We don't let him have anything with Red 40. Everything else is fair game.

[Deleted]

This is something is give no shits about. Eat all the candy, kids!

Eta: for Easter, I mean. I don't let them go wild all year long, lol.

[lilafowler]

Mar 25, 2016 18:29:02 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

Black jelly beans are the worst! You guys are gross.

[lilafowler]

Mar 25, 2016 18:32:57 GMT -5 @ygmg said:

This is something is give no shits about. Eat all the candy, kids!

Eta: for Easter, I mean. I don't let them go wild all year long, lol.

[lilafowler]

Honestly I don't know how to feel about people who don't like black licorice.
Red "licorice" on the other hand-VOMIT