to take 3yo dd to McDonalds?

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We were out, in a hurry and with few options available. It was the first time she has ever eaten McDonalds. She wasn't even all that impressed, eating less than half her burger and just one of her fries!

But dh is acting as though I've fed her class A drugs.

I might understand his pov if he was some kind of health freak, but you should see the shut he puts into his own body on a daily basis. Including McDonalds and KFC.

AIBU? Do you give your dc the occasional McDonalds?

It really shocks me, parents today. Honestly, a McDs at THREE????!?

Ho ho - of course it's fine on occasion. My DD has had the occasional McDs since about 18 months. Your DH is being way too uptight!

Hiss I think you're on a wind up, if you're not your child will end up billy no mates as you detest the majority of their parents. Far more damaging than a cardboard nugget and chips.

Backward I never even asked about E numbers, sugar content, nothing, I just didn't care so long as they were quiet and stuffing their faces.

They're only 14, still developing. Perhaps I should call SS on myself and confess to two of the children's parents.

I just can't live with myself. I can't, I can't!

Shocking.

Hiss - do you have any idea how damaging it is to a child to know you have to take food with you everytime you leave the house.

mitmoo, all ive said is three is too young to eat mcdonalds and i think you're lazy if you feed that to them. don't come on here and start saying my baby won't have any friends just because i care about what he eats.
i've made no personal comment to you so i suggest you sod off and you're even worse parent who acts immature like that than for feeding your kids junk.

God, is this Hiss character for real?

i've made no personal comment to you so i suggest you sod off and you're even worse parent who acts immature like that than for feeding your kids junk

ROTFL

hiss what would you do if your child got to school and the whole class aged 4 was invited to a birthday party at..........

wait for it............

MacDonalds.

What would you do?

I have my suspicions who hiss42 is

Hiss, you are the one who started with the whole lazy parenting despise parents taking kids to McDs etc.

If you cant take it then perhaps dont dish it out eh? unless youre dishing out Big Macs mmmm

come on fess up ,who is Hissy?

Oh, she's only 21 or something. She'll grow up sometime.

Mitmoo the ice cream van doing the rounds near where I work deals in more than the odd Mr Whippy.

Be afraid, be very afraid

Ohhhhhh

At 21 I thought I knew it all aswell, bless.

Bea Jeez (not BeeJees ) I wondered why they were climbing the ceilings, I put it down to the E numbers, not the E's.

I fully believe everything in moderation. If you deny someone something it can make them desire it more. So refusing to go to fast food outlets may encourage a child to later want to go all the time. If its no big deal and an occasional treat I believe that sends a healthier message.

I have seen children of dentists who have never been allowed sweets go wild with the sweets at parties. They can't shove enough down their throats. Mine will sometimes pass me a half eaten choclate bar because they have had enough. That makes me very happy.

Hiss must be a troll!!

Either that or some perfect parent who always has a supply of food in a mary poppins bag!

Our of curiosity Hiss, I went out for a meal last week and got 22 month DS chicken nuggets, chips and peas. Does that make me as lazy as if I had ordered it from McDonalds?

I love these threads - its just pure snobbery. My friends who look aghast at my occasional McDs wit hthe dcs are quite happy to feed their dcs oven chips and fishfingers etc - and as children we lived on a diet of findus crispy pancakes.

The only real problem I have with McDs is the salt content - my dcs are deprived of the use of a car and so have to walk a long way everyday - this is much more of a health issue for todays dc than an occasional meal high in fat.

:O

I love them too! MacDonalds always gets singled out-and yet every pub meal on the children's menu is the same. (I don't think it should be but that is another matter). It is fairly easy to avoid if it is your first. When mine was 3 yrs he had an 11yr old brother-which isn't so easy. However I think they are much better when you relax-I was my mother's PFB and my brothers were much better off IMO.

exoticfruits You talk a lot about everything in moderation - I asked a question whether drugs in moderation is also ok? Can I have an answer, posts often stray of the subject

No not rattled - in answer to your question though I did find your post patronising - oh you must have young dc, attitute and the oh if I had a quid for every strict parent - it comes across as patronising imo

dont think your dh is a hypocrite I eat and drink lots of stuff i woulkdnt give to dd.

however i also feed dd lots of thigs i woukd eat, mcDs included.

many drugs in moderation are ok imho.

I answered the question if you look back.