The consistency of sugar isn't the problem, many cultures use sugar to balance meals and therefore make them taste better. This is often how those cultures get

The consistency of sugar isn't the problem, many cultures use sugar to balance meals and therefore make them taste better. This is often how those cultures get kids used to eating a variety of veggies that Americans would quite literally throw up at the sight of. The problem is the large quantity in one sitting, especially in the morning. It's juice and french toast and maple syrup. It's cereal and milk. It's pancakes and whipped cream. It's granola bars and juice. Everything standardized as breakfast is too much sugar with not much of anything else, and most parents don't really think twice about it. More parents would quite literally be better off just giving their kids one of those premade protein shakes in the morning. At least they would get some protein with the sugar.