To take DD 5 to McDonald's every other weekend?

I dont think YOU understand what you are saying!

You are saying that only those with the means to provide contingencies such as insurance etc should have kids. So within 2 generations you have a society where no one is emptying the bins or stacking the shelves or cleaning your perfectly prepared kids loos. So society collapses.

Then society resets and all the parents who paid a fortune for their kids education will see their grandkids as car park attendants or carers because a degree and a masters has no meaning when there is no one to do the grunt work. There is no money to invest in the City, as no one has any. The country is bankrupt with no exports, as there are not enough factory workers.

You can be as self congratulatory as you want, but the simple fact is your life is supported by all of those below you. Without them, you wouldnt be able to live the life you do.

i'd go further and say that making her choose between sauce or a drink or ice cream seems a bit harsh. I would have allowed my daughter all three of these. She'll twelve now and eats an extremely healthy diet.

I don't think there is any evidence that massively repressive parenting breeds adult who make good choices. In fact I think the opposite tends to be true. This genuinely is no problem OP - your friend sounds unpleasantly judgemental.

Honestly, the lack of reading comprehension among the British public is concerning.

Do you really not see the difference between people who could qualify for life insurance but can’t YET afford it, and therefore should postpone procreation, vs people who through no fault of their own will never qualify and therefore should postpone until they find some other way to secure their child’s future should they die? Be it an appointed guardian or substantial savings or other means.

The point is that no one should be producing human beings without significant contingency planning. Yet sadly, so many irresponsible people do, and then (while expecting the taxpayers to support them) claim they are victims of fate rather than of their own poor choices.

The adults in the room understand exactly what I mean.

Yeah their tagline should be "Our food is crap but you wont be worried if your friends see you here!"

So did i

I read that as McPoncy 😂

Yes, they are bonkers. You asked if it was OK to have chips and ice cream once a fortnight, not whether you're a bad parent. Which you are not. Her usual diet looks fine.

So what are you going to do when your children are teenagers and you lose control of what they eat then?

I have worked in hospitality, mainly food led pubs, for years. Manager for many of them.

Inspired by this comment I had a look and actually McD's burgers and nuggets are far better quality than the ones we sell! In a chain pub that most McD haters would recognise and cheerfully take their kids to. Their burgers are all meat, ours are not. Their nuggets are all chicken, ours are not. My friend/colleague (chef) and I suspected this after many conversations about the falling quality of the food, but have never bothered to check before.

fI I had to eat out then I would pick McD's over a chain "family food pub" every day of the week. McDs food being good quality and all british is one of their big advertising points.

Oh I think she can.....and I am sure is the "gift" that is in the charity shop by boxing day that keeps on giving.

“Parents should always carry enough life insurance to sustain their families if they die. Can't afford the rates, can't afford the family.”

This is what you said. Anyone who can’t afford life insurance can’t afford children. You never said people who can’t afford life insurance will need to find another way to secure their children’s future, you said if they can’t afford life insurance they shouldn’t have children.

You must absolutely loathe those who get pregnant in war zones and impoverished countries.

Reason it out, we wouldn't have enough tax payers if people waited to be in the position you advocate.

@Stephenra research the main non cancerous reason for stomas. Gastro disorders are far from made up.

This. It’s the regularness of it that would bother me.

although I wouldn’t comment if my friends did it, there are far worse things.

Dont some people suck all the joy out of parenting

Agree. Or food in general as a “reward.”

I don't have any issue with the snack itself, for me it's that McD is selling absolute shite and I don't want my kids to think this is "food"

the chicken nuggets are just chicken 💯 British chicken they have reduced the salt from them as well

much nicer than the nuggets your get in a pub meal

utter hysterical nonsense! frothing at the mouth over chips or whatever, go every week and bloody relax and enjoy yourself

I wouldn’t want my child to get a taste for that type of processed food. It’s junk.

lol, you're probably right! I don't know anyone IRL who claims to eat the way people do on here. I'm sure a lot of posters have orthorexia or some form of disordered eating.

And I suspect they'd be shocked about how many people on MN actually live, lol. Most of the food threads on here are always filled with the same people - they're not remotely representative of how the majority eat.