To think KFC is fine for an 11 year old?

I imagine it’s all sorted now as it was 15 months ago

KFC is fine as a one off, and if the 11 year old never ate it she would not know what it was.

But, cut your friend some slack, hospitals are not nice places to spend time, she was probably worried, tired, and maybe planning to have chicken for tea.

I’m sure she has sorted it out in the last 15 months…

A kid’s meal? For an 11 year old? Give me strength!

You looked after her child and bought her food that was appropriate for her.

What the fuck is wrong with people. Thank you is the only thing she should have said.

I think KFC can be fine for an 11-year-old in moderation. Their kids’ meals are actually designed for smaller appetites, with options like popcorn chicken or a mini fillet, plus a side, drink, and even fruit. It’s not something for every day, but as an occasional treat, the KFC Kids Menu seems pretty reasonable.

I have to say I do think that these “No fast food here” parents are more likely to be setting their kids up with a one way ticket to an eating disorder than the parents who just let it go a bit

probably a fair few. it's cheaper than a Dyson Airwrap, and people were tempted into buying one of those.
even I kind of fancy a KFC, and I've not had it in the best part of 15-20 years now.

Maybe it's a sneaky advertisement 🤣🤣

11 pages on...

I really wonder if anyone has caved into a KFC craving as a result of this thread?😝

OP in case you are still doubting yourself, YANBU.

At 11? I wouldn't. They will soon be old enough to start making their own food choices, asking mummy like they are 2 is embarrassing. Especially over a rare KFC.

Good grief I've seen the light! Your absolutely baseless claims have won me over, consider me persuaded.

Bloody hell, if it wasn't for your post, I'd never have known that "fast food isn't good for you"!!

What a 'revelation' 🙄

No harm in the occasional fast food. If you're this anal with your children, god help you when they are able to get food for themselves without your input!

Thank you for dissecting my post so comprehensively! If I may return the 'compliment'...

"The poster before my post said it was normal, not me".

You complained about a 'one off' KFC and you did say, "it shouldn't be part of a normal diet". I didn't see anyone said kids should eat it regularly?? I certainly don't see it as part of a normal diet!

"How you behave is up to you".

Indeed it is, and thank you for pointing out the blindingly obvious. You trust your child to me in an emergency, you accept how I deal with said child.

"So you won't eat it, but you're pretending to be all manner of confused that someone else doesn't want their kid to eat it? Gotcha".

I don't eat it because I personally don't like it. Other people do. I am not sure why this is a surprise to you? Most of us don't eat food we don't like surely? I don't have some deep-seated irrational disapproval of it lol!

The child obviously did like it, and ate it. I wouldn't be churlish enough to complain to the 'friend' who did me a favour in an emergency situation! I'm not "all manner of confused that someone else doesn't want their kid to eat it?" and I have no idea how you jumped to that conclusion!!

I would have been grateful that someone was willing to mind my child when I needed it, and wouldn't have split hairs over what they ate, so long as they didn't eat something they were allergic to. Moreover, the OP even paid for it!!

🙄

No food is ‘bad for you’. To absolutely shun KFC, McDonalds etc is a strong sign of an ignorant person.

Science and society are both against you.

Scaremongering? By pointing out that fast food isn't good for you? Well... it isn't. I'm sorry if you don't want to hear it but it's hardly frightening. Or new information.

By all means eat it if you want to, you're free to make your own choices. But have a little common sense to admit that it's not a great choice - just saying this is OK this is OK this is OK progressively louder and more stubbornly doesn't make it true.

Why do you persist in this food scaremongering?

Does it validate you in some way?

There’s really nothing wrong or unhealthy in eating KFC.

What does a 'one off' have to do with "part of a normal diet"?

The poster before my post said it was normal, not me

I wouldn't have been asking permission when I was treating the child whose mother I was doing a big favour!

How you behave is up to you.

I don't eat it because it's greasy and yuck but in this situation, it would have been fine!

So you won't eat it, but you're pretending to be all manner of confused that someone else doesn't want their kid to eat it? Gotcha.

What is your point?

Are you saying that mothers should not give a KFC meal to children?

If not, why not?

(Pease don’t blather on about toxins or bad fats or UPFs: that’s all junk science and junk child care.)

What does a 'one off' have to do with "part of a normal diet"?

I wouldn't have been asking permission when I was treating the child whose mother I was doing a big favour!

I don't eat it because it's greasy and yuck but in this situation, it would have been fine!

I wouldn't take anyone's kid to any fast food place without asking the parents first. And that includes when there's been a change in plans.

KFC isn't good food, you can tell yourself it isn't all you like but it's not true. And it shouldn't be part of a normal diet. People like it and want to say things like oh once in a while won't hurt because it's lazy, it's cheap and it's delicious. So eat it if you want to (I do!), and feed it to your kids if you want to - but at least have the self-awareness to admit that it's junk.

Oooh, why don't you add in something about laying the table and providing silver service to make it even more ridiculously extreme?

All in moderation. 🤷

I would be very grateful for the last minute care and feeding my child. She is BU and ungrateful. Xx

Cheeky fucker. You're not her servant.