To think that if you give your DC a McDonalds...

[Pondliife]

You may as well go the whole hog and let them have a fruitshoot with it too?

AIBU?

[booyhoo]

ock fgs

[milkycuntalinasgone]

Yes yabu. I've nothing against the odd burger etc from Maccies, but my dd goes NUTS on anything sweetened etc.

[FAQinglovely]

oh hell yes of course - DS's always have a fruitshoot with their McD

[monkeyfacegrace]

whats wrong with a fruitshoot? Am I missing something?!

[rookiemater]

What's your point OP ? We take DS to Macdonalds very very occasionally and tbh I can't quite see what the difference is between him eating chicken nuggets and chips there, than at our local restaurant.

He does however like fruit juice so he gets that or water rather than the Fruitshoot.

I'm not getting the point of this thread tbh.

[BoysAreLikeDawgs]

What is ock booyhoo?

[borinbugger]

well i always order them tropicana cos its a bit healthier then least i feel ive done good mum bit
fruit shoot no way on earth they go loopy
then im not a good mum cos i have to tie them up and put them in the boot

[foxyiscuttingALLherhairoff]

fruit shoots = water, food colouring, artificial sweeteners, artificial flavours and pictures of fruits on the label.

[EdwardBitMe]

Why not just give them a nice greggs sausage roll instead of a MD's?!

[FlappyTheBat]

if you don't want to feed you dc's mc'ds, then don't.

aibu to be getting ever so fed up of threads which are indirectly accusing parents of poor parenting skills because their children eat mcd's?

[JesuslovesCatholicSchools]

fruit shoots is just to far. why waste the money whenthey can lick free ketchup?

[serenity]

Mine don't react to Fruit Shoots (I think they're foul personally, a lot stronger than they'd drink at home - oh crap, shoot me now, we have squash) so yes, they have them. Can't be any worse than the Coke I drink when we have one. I really can't be bothered to get wound up over something they have maybe once every two months or so.

[Pondliife]

Hmm, this was meant to ba a joke thread.

I feed DS the occasional MD but only give him a FS if they don't have the tropicana, And I always wonder why (and always think of MN whilst i'm doing it)

[SerendipitousHarlot]

JesuslovesCatholicSchools

[monkeyfacegrace]

looks horrified because my daughter drinks, albeit very weak, squash daily and didnt realise this was a no no

[Northernlurker]

Flappy - trouble is there are some mothers out there who really do think they are doing a better job because their children have never set foot in a McDonalds. There was a thread on here once from some woman who was on the verge of giving her excellent nanny notice over 1 visit to Macdonalds....

[LaurieFairyCake]

"Fruit Shoot 100% is 100% pure juice with no artificial colours, flavours, sweeteners or preservatives. It is one of their recommended '5 portions of fruit and veg a day' making it perfect for lunch boxes."

From their website. People go too far, it's only fruit juice (which should be watered down for younger children).

It's NOT the same as Coke. Tis fruit juice with no artificial sweeteners.

[SerendipitousHarlot]

monkeyfacegrace take no notice! Do what you like!

[FlappyTheBat]

have just started an aibu on this very subject

[chisigirl]

MacDonalds - yum. no problem there as long as in moderation.

Fruitshoots - full of aspartame. bleurgh. horrible things.

If you're after a nice, junky beverage to go with a Happy Meal, it's got to be a serving of MacDonalds still orange.

[serin]

The posh picnic lunch at Sandringham is a sandwich, crisps, chocolate and a bloody frootshoot for £16 (for 2). For as crap as McD's is it has got to be better value than this!!

[SomeGuy]

Fruitshoots taste disgusting and there is no excuse for them ever. Might as well just give them Fanta.

McDonalds OTOH taste quite nice and can form part of a balanced diet.

[SomeGuy]

By that I mean my ds (7) is allowed a sip of Fanta occasionally, it's no better/worse than Fruitshoot, but at least it doesn't taste unutterably foul.

[proverbial]

Get your facts straight though before complaining, its Fruitshoots juice in a happy meal, which is 100% fruit juice and nothing else. At least know what you are complaining about....