Nursery trip to McDonald’s

[Artisanmom]

Grabbed a quick bite from mcds on the way back from the hospital earlier, in an area far from home and noticed 6 teeny tots with fruit shoots and 3 adults with their own meals happily munching away.

Do you think their parents knew their kids were accompanying the staff for their lunch?
Would it bother you if your kids were out at McDonald’s on a nursery outing?

I mean I had an unhealthy hamburger and apple pie so who am I to judge but I wouldn’t be pleased with my 2 year old eating that or having a fruit shoot.
I just really wonder if their parents had given permission for them to be there.

What do you think?

Shocking 😆 hope they enjoyed it.

I’d not be particularly happy if they didn’t tell me but if it was a one off and generally the nursery food was healthy I wouldn’t be annoyed. It’s a different experience to what they get at home.

I personally wouldn't agree to that.

I don't know if every nursery operates the same way, but we have to approve every single outing before it happens, including where the children go.

Our childminder doesn't tell us though, but we've signed a form saying she should normally get prior approval (although they go out every single day so it wouldn't be very convenient).

I’d feel more annoyed that my child was left with just a drink and no food whilst the adults tucked into a burger!

How much assumption can you get?

Far from home, so it might have been their only time in McDs?
Kids had fruit shoots, so perhaps they had already eaten and it was only the staff eating fast food (like you OP).
It may or may not have been a nursery or just 3 friends who meet up after work after picking their children up, children have already eaten they haven't?

There are absolutely no facts in your post OP, just assumptions.

I wouldn’t be happy if the kids hadn’t been offered anything to eat and the adults were eating, it just feels a bit off. If the kids were eating there it wouldn’t bother me, providing it isn’t everyday, but I don’t ban any food as I want to encourage a healthy relationship with eating and nutrition. My kids have eaten what we are eating from weaning, and if that is a McDonald’s or a takeaway, that’s what they’ve had

I suspect that 3 friends who work together picked up their kid from nursery and met up with the other 2 families.

When you say shoved in the corner, how does that differ to just being put?

Im not sure they’d even have buggies left in a nursery to use?

I don’t know why you’re jumping to the conclusion that their parents don’t know? I would be VERY surprised if a nursery just randomly took only six of their ch to McDonald’s with no parental permission. I would be more than happy for my child to do this on occasion with their nursery, and would give my permission. Just like the parents of the ch you saw today most likely did too.

Probably a childminder, I saw our local one with four children doing her weekly shop in Aldi.

The reaction to kids having a McDonalds is making me smile, thirty years ago when my ds was 3 I'd drop him in to my grandfather who was in his late 80's, take my uncle shopping and my grandfather and ds would walk to the local golf club together, grandad would have his pint of Guinness and a whiskey, ds a cola (which he called his 'baby pint') and I'd collect them after doing the shopping, I didn't find out until recently that the baby pint was actually a glass of cola with a Guinness head!!! You know what, I'm not sorry because the relationship between those two people with over 80 years between them was absolutely wonderful.

I would think they need to sign a pile of consent forms to bring a child off the premises and disclaimers regarding allergens etc, possibly insurance involvement. I dont know that's just what I would assume. I can't imagine staff doing this unbeknownst to the parent.

I wouldn’t mind at all if it was occasional. It’s most likely they were visiting somewhere else and stopped for lunch whilst out,

The MN reaction to McDonald's is just ridiculous.

It's food. Normal human food. It won't do your child any harm whatsoever.

getting out and about in the community doing normal things is one of the advantages of a child minder.

The woman deserves a bloody medal taking four of them shopping though, I'd be getting it delivered

A pub! How times have changed, ofsted would be knocking down the door nowadays 🤣.

It could easily have just been a stop along the way of a larger trip. Not great the staff were eating a full meal while the kids had a crappy fruit shoot though.

Our nursery takes the kids out almost every day - walks around the local farm, to the duck pond, visiting the church in the village etc. we don’t sign any forms for it (they’re ofsted rated). They don’t go to McDonald’s though, but I wouldn’t have an issue so long as it wasn’t daily and the odd fruit shoot won’t kill them.

I'm surprised @Maraudingmarauders but it's nice they can do that. I don't live in UK, but I know we wouldn't be able to do that here without lots of red tape.

The McDonald's trip wouldn't upset me but I wouldn't be too happy about it either.

I wouldn’t mind occasionally.

Has it got a softplay area?

I was in one and a childminder had all her mindee's there using the soft-play. Quite a few children + plus her assistants all in a uniform.

In any nursery or school setting the parents have to give permission for child to be taken anywhere so yes off course the parents would know!!!

So your nursery just take them out everyday with no permission or even making the parents aware of where there going?

I wouldn't be happy with that!

Laughing at the outrage and removal from nursery comments. It's some chicken nuggets. Not ketamine

Why? I trust them to look after my child which means I trust them to make good judgements inside or outside. They’re a forest school and nursery and the outdoor ethos extends down to the baby years. I’d much rather they were rambling in the countryside than stuck in a small room under fluorescent lighting. I love seeing photo updates or hearing at the end of the day the adventures they’ve been on (son is 18months).
Obviously they aren’t going on the train to London, but within the village/local fields I’m perfectly happy.