Re my kids and food?

[rogersmellyonthetelly]

Bought mc d's on the way home from a day out, dished up, left kids (5 and 7) in the kitchen eating, I went to sort some stuff out in laundry. Kids come in 10 minutes later big smiles saying they had eaten all their tea. Immediately suspicious as the dog was hanging around and it normally takes them forever to eat, I asked if they had given it to the dog. Dd (5 and has form for lying) says no, ds who is generally more honest said yes. Turns out they ate about half a burger and a bag of chips between them.
I am fuming, not only at the wasted food (i could so have eaten the burger) but at the lie from dd. to make things worse while giving kids a good bollocking about wasting food I said the happy meals cost £2.99 each, to which ds said £2.99, that's nothing. I have therefore made him take £2.99 out of his money box, likewise for dd. I have also sent dd to bed half an hour early for lying.
I have also not allowed them to have anything else to eat, if they are hungry perhaps they will start to value the food that's dished up to them!

why all the Mc D haterz? i love em

Dishing up in my house involves placing food on plates, nothing to do with cooking, and if they eat McDonalds at home that's what I do, although I do let them use their fingers.

so wasting food & lying is not an issue unless you have slaved over the cooker for several hours

You don't ever cook?

I hate McD's. Morally, politically and aesthetically I despise them. I've had one of their milkshakes at some point in the last thirty years and thought it was pretty gross. I still think it's a bit crap to have a go at a pregnant woman with morning sickness for not cooking from scratch every day, especially after a long day away from home. YANBU to punish lying and the '£2.99's nothing' comment. Couldn't you give the dog his/her own food at the same time, though, to avoid begging at the table?

I disagree, thehouseonthecorner

You can be hacked off if they actually asked for it and you spent money (earned in job so still slaved over) on it. Fair enough, if they'd been begging for mum's home made lasagne and mum instead forcefed them evil chicken nuggets, but that's not the case here

Anyway, op, I entirely understand you getting a takeaway after a long day and having morning sickness too. Sounds perfectly normal holiday treat and I would also fully expect my kids at that age to behave without me there to watch them.

She didn't say that in her Op - and no one has had a go at her for not cooking from scratch every night? .

but really...it was hardly s though you'd slaved over a fresh meal for them!

sorry hit post too soon!

direct quote from thehouseonthecorner.......which is the reason for my post

My DS will share everything with the dog if I don't watch him - he will let the dog lick his yoghurt-covered spoon then happily dip the same spoon back into the pot and use it again . I'd say it was bloody annoying at the end of the day when you are tired and hungry yourself and would have savage the burger) but I think you may have over-reacted a bit......

But honestly...hasn't ANYONE here EVER felt "meh" about some food once they'd bought or cooked it??? It's totally human! And in my opinion it's very unhealthy to relate food to reward or punishment...it's FOOD...if the OP chose to spend whatever on junk food then it's up to HER....kids are fickle...they change their minds, lose their appetites...

You told her she ought plan in advance sensual.

Proper smug that! Come on just admit it!!

Wow some of you lot are utterly revolting. How sanctimonious and self righteous can you get. It is NONE of your business who and how often people choose to eat at a fast food place.

The OP wasn't asking for your permission to feed her kids a happy meal, she was asking about a different matter but you just couldn't resist being a bitch

Who the hell doesn't plan in advance? That's not smug it's bloody common sense?

I have 3 DC's and work full time - I have no choice (am a single parent).

If we go out for the day on a weekend I will at least plan in the morning what we are going to eat.

I addressed the behavioural issue in another post actually but kids eating McDonald's a few times a month will have behavioural issues IMO.

I think calling somone a bitch is rude.

One McDonald's a month give you behavioural problems?

Suppose you have evidence? Or Ronald will be suing you!!!!!

Good point TheHouseOnTheCorner

Obviously we can't all be as perfect as Sensuallettuce obviously is! There again I would love to have a life so easy to organise that I could always plan exactly what would be eaten and when.

Op had already said she has morning sickness and after a long day out couldn't face cooking. I know the bloody feeling

I think judging people on how they raise their kids is rude and bitchy

I have in the past felt annyed about waste...I remember buyng some beautifully decorated cakes once...because the DDs liked the look of them. They nibbled a tiny bit and then played with them!

I kicked myself for the waste....but I wouldnt tell them off or make them pay for them....it was MY folly as a parent...not theirs...they're small and sometimes junk food isn't as appealing once they actually taste it.

Moomin yes...so fine...she bought McDs and they never ate it...they ate SOME and gave the dog some...it's hardly a massive crime. Id the OP wanted a burger she should have got one. Also if the dog is SOMETIMES fed scraps then they can't always tell what's ok to give and what's not.

I think Maccy Ds is the Food of Satan. It doesn't stop me being hypocritical enough to have a very, very occasional Big Mac, mind!

I know just where you are coming from, OP so far as wanting something quick and easy to give your dcs too. I think your mistake was probably not sitting with them given the likely chance that they'd not eat properly. Also, it's probably worth reminding them that anything left uneaten goes to humans, not dogs.

YANBU to take issue with the lying and cheek though.

This is AIBU not Netmums - by posting here you get judged as I have been many many times. By saying I think Mcdonslds is shit is not judging how someone raises their kids - its saying Mcdonalds is shit.

It's not a few times a month. It's twice at most. I would class less
Than once a month as rarely, once a month as occasionally, once a week as regularly and more than once a week quite often. That's generally how they class it on surveys. As I said I don't really give a rats ass about whether anyone thinks mc ds is ok or akin to feeding arsenic, I make decisions about my kids diet as I'm a grown up. If id asked whether giving my kids mcds a couple of times a month was unreasonable your responses would have been relevant. As it was I only mentioned that it was a mcds as it was regarding the value of the meal.

Well I think you were tbh. You saw the word mcd and got straight on that high horse.

And saying about behavioural problems??? Is that not saying op is damaging their health????

And it's ridiculous too by the way. If your going to be judgemental at least get the facts right.

No behavioural problems involve behaviour health problems involve health?