Another new fad

MissAdventure you can't leave it at that.
Thread please!

Jalima I laughed at your post, but I won't be eating it again if it involves candle blowing!

I hate to see teenagers trashing their school shirts on the last day of term. They write messages on them. Such a waste of good clothing.

Not much shocks me these days, but this does. I think it's disgusting in every way. Parents who organise this should be ashamed.

I've not heard about that at all, what a waste of food and it gives the wrong message to children about food.

I immediately thought of children in war zones and very poor families who would so love even a small slice of a cake.

Shaking my head in disbelief at what goes on these days.

There are parents relying on food banks to feed their children and now witness this abuse of food and wonder the mentality of those who find this amusing and what does it teach the children who do this.

There are many children in this world who don't get a birthday cake ?, it's seems a shame to have one and smash it.

This reminds me of the birthday party of DS around forty years ago. One of his friends, a girl he particularly liked, poked holes with a finger all over the cake before it had been cut or candles blown and then proceeded to burst balloons on the rose bushes in the garden. Total catastrophe wrought in a couple of moments by a six year old! I expect it shows my lack of control of the situation....

I think the photograph is pretty horrible, poor child.

Have never heard of "cake smashing" before this post. Totally agree it is an appalling example of gratuitous waste. Cannot imagine why any sane person would think this was a fun, sensible, amusing or good thing for their child and their friends to do at a child's birthday party. Crass stupidity writ very large.

What??? this is disgraceful. What a waste of food - proves my point about all the fads of excess viz. dairy-free, gluten free etc., when not medically required.

Never heard of this, but nothing surprises me or even shocks me too much anymore,

Well obviously MaryEliza grandkids go to lots of parties so therefore she would have expected to hear about this silly strange practice GabriellaG

Sounds wrong to me, people are hungry around the world. What a disgrace. I have heard of trashing the wedding dress. After the wedding has happened I have seen video's of brides wading into the sea and trashing the dress. Such a waste. I hope the bride's parents didn't pay for it.

As the person who makes the birthday cakes in my little family I'd be horrified if my dgc were encouraged to do this!! It's self indulgent and disgusting!!
All for a few likes on social media??
Social media has alot to answer for.....

Is she actually pushing that poor child's face into a cake? If that is a first birthday 'experience' then it is disgusting - poor baby, vile so called mother.

OK if the cake was made using palm oil.

maryeliza54
What has having two GC ages 8 and 4, got to do with having 'at least 2 birthday parties a month'?
In your family? Invites for your GCs to attend other parties? The mind boggles.

I agree, what a complete waste of cake and money, wirds fail me and the mind boggles!

The parents are irresponsible encouraging children to take part in wastefulness.

Never heard of it until now.
Of course some would like to be “in with the latest fad” so they can post how wonderful they are on social media.
Wouldn’t do it even if I was still responsible for the parties.
Opportunity seized upon by local photographers to make money and publicise the chance to be ridiculous and pay for it by the sound of it.
Wrong message about food waste, teaching bad manners, sheer stupidity . . .

Isn’t this a sad reflection of the world we live in. With the haves and have nots. Even parties for older children seem to be who can out do others with how much they spend on them. Someone I know lent the money so that they could hire a bouncing castle for the child’s party.

whether cake smashes or dress trashing it is a wicked wicked waste of an item disgusting and so morally wrong

Never heard of this what a waste of cake and encouraging children to be destructive crazy idea no doubt filmed by parents to put on Facebook like the rest of their lives

SO glad you are against cake smashes as well! Locally photographers advertise this and comments are all positive.
I find it awful that children are encouraged to destroy food for fun in a world eherr people die of starvation