To think KFC is fine for an 11 year old?

She was rude.

Bella Italia isn’t exactly Al la carte. She should be grateful

I am so grateful to anyone who looks after my kids. I do tend to have to feed my daughter again sometimes if someone gives her something new as she's ND and struggles with food in general but I would never have any opinion on what people do when my kids are in their care - either I trust them or I don't. (Minus allergies etc)

Your friend sounds very entitled. Fancy making you feel rubbish over one aspect of the 'free' childcare you provided at short notice which helped her out of a hole.

I wouldn't bother offering to look after her child again after that, and if she ever asks just be blunt and say 'I didn't appreciate last time the rubbish way you made me feel after treating your child to a KFC, I thought you were most ungrateful' - though chances are she won't ask again, she will probably try to collar someone else who will take her precious child to a Gordan Ramsey restaurant or somewhere of that ilk.

Gosh, I really want a KFC now 😅

I’m sure one meal of kfc is fine…

A KFC meal will not do any harm at all. It’s not ‘bad’ food, as if it’s poisonous.

Stop trying to scare and shame people who are eating perfectly normally.

@Nonitor

so what do you think OP should have done then?? Go to a supermarket, buy all organic food, come home and spend ages preparing and cooking a lovely homemade meal?

You were kind to have her daughter and she was rude to react like that.

Not wanting your kids to have KFC isn't a 'weird food fad', stop trying to sensationalise it so you can more easily belittle those who quite rightly point out it's not a good thing to put into your body.

Bloody hell, she’s lucky you looked after her daughter and not only fed her but paid for it too. Why are people so entitled today? She could have just said Thankyou so much! Next time I’d say no when she needs a sitter!

Light laugh... "Oh we don't usually either! But with Bella Italia having SHUTDOWN...It was really KFC or STARVE. So WE just HAD to!"

No apology necessary. I'm sure her child will not die. (Although if it were my local KFC, I don't put odds in her favour. It has a Zero hygiene rating).

I think it's fine in moderation in the absence of dietary issues.

@Bogginsthe3rd

even if that were the case, so what?? It’s one meal! The OP was doing this kids mum a massive favour.

Your friend was probably not thinking much,harassed after her appointment and I doubt she meant much by it.Once things have settled maybe ask her why she doesn’t like kfc?

Can't abide KFC really but child safe, entertained, fed and all for free, mother needs to practice her grateful face.

Amd Bella Italia is also junk food. Absolutely ridiculous to think it's not. Unless you were just ordering a salad with no dressing.
But they cover everything in oil. It's actually going to be up there with KFC in terms of calories and saturated fats.
Probably a KFC is slightly unhealthier due to salt and batter... but there won't be much in it. Not enough difference to be making comments like 'we don't let our child eat fast food' to someone offering free childcare who you told Bella Pasta was fine.
It's like getting cross if you said it was OK to take your kid to pizzahut but but they got taken to macdonalds instead. For free.. in an emergency!!

Free emergency childcare!! You could feed my kids hotdog sausages inside doughnuts and I'd be happy. What an entitled person she is!!

It's personal choice is what it is. It's likely fried chicken and fried chips in KFC are much worse in terms of saturated fat and processing than most freshly cooked food and particularly most pasta dishes. Sad you can't see that.

Is this really how people carry on these days? You do a person a favour, and she acts like a total dickhead? Surely if the child had an allergy to. particular food, that would have been stated by her mother and would be all that mattered, but 'I don't like her having fast food' is just taking the piss.

I would have thought most people would think food thats all pre made, high in upf and heated up at an end point is junk/fast food. Or are there some people out there who are under the impression that Bella Italia sell freshly prepared food?

’Junk’ food is food. A KFC dinner is no worse than poulet frites in a ‘bijou’ French restaurant, or a chicken dinner cooked at home.

It’s all snobbery or faddism, or both.

Then they should warn people.

The child in question is 11, not a baby. Most people are going to assume that a child in high school can have a KFC.

KFC is fine for an 11 year old. If you were saying she had to eat it every meal for the rest of time then it would be problematic, but one meal in an unusual, emergency situation if very kind of you.

Yes of course. But it's junk food and some parents don't give any to their children (rightly or wrongly). I personally wasn't allowed a McDonalds till I was a teenager.