Mum gives kids a ‘£5 treat budget’ for half term that bans them from the kitchen
DURING term time, it's all too easy to keep the cupboards brimming with our children's favourite snacks... but when half term hits, that goes right out the window.
That said, one mum has revealed how she takes back control of her children's eating habits during their week off - and we're gutted we never thought of it ourselves.
Mum Deborah Hitchins shared her genius "Half Term Treat Budget" idea on her blog .
In order to teach her children about budgeting (and maintain her sanity), Deborah told them that they were banned from rummaging through the kitchen cupboards for snacks.
She wrote: "Are you guilty of slogans such as... 'there's nothing to eat' or 'you need to go shopping!'
"Here's your chance to take control and avoid all of the above! The budget is now in your hands."
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One replied: "I might try something like this with the kids... Fed up of the moaning already."
Another added: "I need to do that! My 14-year-old son is always in the fridge hunting for rubbish."
However, a third wrote: "My toddlers (1, 3 and 4) would eat their way through this in a day. The one year old demolished an entire punnet of blueberries as a casual post breakfast snack..."
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And this clever mum hid chocolate in a frozen berries packet so her son doesn't "gorge himself silly" - and parents love the idea.