Another new fad

No I've never heard of this and I am appalled and horrified. Whatever next? I can't bear to think about it.

Not heard of it. Perhaps I am lucky where I live I don't know. What an awful message to give to children. Helping those with less than they have, like Food Banks is the message to send.

Utterly vile! Never heard of it!
Big yuk ?

this is typical of younger generation parents sending all the wrong messages.
program the other day stated how many youngsters are suffering with depression any wonder phones, bad behavior on tv, facebook where is all the humor had plenty when we were younger good old days

Its not so new though - it has been going on for years. It is a waste I agree, and to encourage children to be destructive and wasteful. It is of course though whatever seems to sell these days. If photographers or videographers offer cake smash photoshoot packages to families or if parents as for them - then it is an opportunity to make money.

How is this funny ? What is it teaching the child ? What a waste. I bet the parents would not think it acceptable if the child did it at home to food carefully prepared for a meal. Totally ridiculous.

How wasteful giving wrong messages to children some people have more money than sense !

*this is typical of younger generation parents sending all the wrong messages.
program the other day stated how many youngsters are suffering with depression any wonder phones, bad behavior on tv, facebook where is all the humor had plenty when we were younger good old days*

I don't agree with this. I'm a younger generation parent and hate this, my parents were trying to encourage me to do this as they wanted the photos to show to people. I didn't as I hated the idea of the waste.

And I don't think you can blame the amount of teens experiencing depression on current parenting either. There have always been people who have been depressed, there just seems more now as it's discussed out in the open. The same way that child abuse, cancer and autism all are more 'prevalent' these days. We talk more about depression and abuse and it's acceptable to talk about it, rather than sweep it under the rug. We can diagnose cancer and autism earlier, therefore they seem more prevalent.

There have always been parents in every generation who have poorly parented, whether currently sticking kids in front of TVs or older 'children must be seen and not heard' attitudes. However I do think this trend is very reflective of the wasteful society we live in now. I donate all DDs old items to my local baby bank, but so many others I know just bin them. Cheaper prices these days seem to have created this wasteful attitude.

I'm trying to post this empty to convey that I am speechless. Horrified. Grief-stricken even! I daren't say more I might offend.

Not heard of it, I think its absolutely disgusting, nobody did badly after blowing out candles I dont think, but hey it might happen.

Mankind (and I make no apologies for making it gender specific) is rapidly going down the pan, indeed, we're 2/3rds there.

I guess someone's baby grabbed their 1st birthday cake and dived in. Everyone laughed, the photo/video went on Facebook and got lots of Likes. Those unable to think for themselves copied it and photographers and cake makers saw an opportunity to cash in. And so it became 'a thing'. How sad and pointless.
That photo of the mother (?) shoving her baby's face into a cake that the unaware little one was possibly admiring is horrible. I have an unworthy urge to shove the woman's face into something.

Never heard of this. Utterly appalling.

All this stuff makes me feel physically sick.

It’s such a horrible idea and so wasteful.

Hideous idea. Any parent encourages this must be pretty thick and stupid. Whet an awful message to give to children.

What a waste.make sure its clear that there will be NO cake smash.you are in charge not your child

Hitting a toy paper donkey (panata) with sticks to make toys come out once it has disintegrated is also a vile fashion. Don't the stupid parents realise it just teaches children that it's ok to hit animals?

I don't think so!
Piñatas have been around for centuries, they're not a new fad.

Yes I am in England and this sort of destruction is creeping in everywhere. What happened to love and thanks!!

If you follow the link to the article about 'wedding dress trashing' you can see that one poor woman was killed following this distasteful trend - went into a river, her (presumably) already heavy gown got soaked and she was swept away

I agree, a total waste of good food. I went to a photo shoot last year where my friend had booked a cake smash theme for her one-year old daughter. First, baby was given a wooden spoon, and encouraged to tuck in. She obviously didn't think it looked like food plus it was quite hard, so she was reluctant. She was then encouraged to smash with her hands, but she was totally confused and didn't want to play with it so started to cry. The photos turned out lovely though and at least mum got to take the giant cupcake home to eat normally.

The cakes can cost £100 as well!

Its so contrived.
I really dislike anything like this.
I look around me and the world has gone mad!

I look around me and the world has gone mad!

MissA All the world is mad but me and thee and I think I had better not finish the quotation