Nutritious Breakfast Cereals

Ooo .... vegetable egg cupcakes? You have my attention ... what is that and how do you make it?

I don't, sorry. You will probably have to do the legwork yourself by looking at and comparing the nutrition panels of different cereals. It's great that you're looking at the sugar and fiber content! Remember this rule:

One teaspoon of granulated white sugar is equal to 4.2 grams. Many cold cereals can have 14 grams (or more) of sugar in a single serving. That's more than 3 teaspoons of sugar! (14/4.2 = 3.33) Plus, if you weigh your cereal using a digital food scale you'll be amazed at how small a serving really is. Put the measuring cups away, they're deceitful!

Cereals that contain fruit (raisins, etc.) will be higher in sugar due in part to the natural sugars, but the manufacturers totally screw up a good thing by coating the fruit in refined sugars and preservatives, so I personally stay away from these cereals. You can always add your own fresh fruit.

Some lower sugar cereals I've eaten: Kashi Autumn Wheat, Kashi 7 whole grain flakes, Fiber One Original, Total (original). All are delicious without adding any sugar.

You're right ... I guess I was trying to find an easy route and see if anyone else had done the legwork already.
The USDA says that children should have around 21 major vitamins, minerals, and nutrients each day (http://www.iom.edu/Activities/Nutrition/SummaryDRIs/~/media/Files/Activity Files/Nutrition/DRIs/5_Summary Table Tables 1-4.pdf) ........ that can't all come from lunch and dinner, and those gummy bear and flintstones vitamins don't even come close to providing enough. Kids' brains are developing and growing rapidly until about age 25. Complex carbohydrates include the thin layers between the fruit of the grain and the hull, which have numerous nutrients, including trace nutrients which are important, but are too numerous to make it to the comparison charts. Complete proteins and fiber make the difference between feeding them stuff that their body will use for fuel and feeding them stuff their body won't even recognize as food. I know lots of people hate animal protein, but it is complete, and much easier than trying to balance all the artificial proteins or trying to make all the plant proteins usable. Besides, kids actually need much more fat than adults. They are forming the neurons and sheaths around the nerves which help to communicate with one-another. These sheaths are made of fat. After age 25, we have all of these that we are going to have, so we need to decrease our fat intake (except for a few individuals with extreme miracle stories). Eggs with whole-wheat toast and fruit, low-fat cottage cheese and fruit, lean meat, yougart (plain with honey or with fresh fruit - the flavored yougarts have rediculous amounts of sugar) - that seems to be the best way to go. Cereal seems like it should be more of a treat or a side-dish than a meal, and pancakes or waffles with syrup, or pop-tarts are a joke. I know most will have stopped reading this post by now, but I guess that's ok. I hope you got something good out of it.