Fairly sure I'm not. KFC in nursery school

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Namechanged as talking about my employer and is identifiable.

We live abroad, I work in a school. DD is 3 and goes to the nursery school in my school.

Every week or two there is some kind of celebration - most parents are loaded, and whenever it is a birthday or something, they bring in treats. Often cakes, and buffet-type stuff. Usually party bags filled with sweets. A few times they have had a pizza or KFC delivery.

We've been relaxed about it - not ideal but I know the teacher isn't overly impressed either, tricky for her to say anything.

Today was her birthday, and the TA organised KFC and sweets in party bags as a surprise 'treat'. I think it's one thing parents doing this, but the school ordering KFC for 3 and 4 year olds when their parents have prepared lunch is not quite right.

What does Mumsnet think?

I like eating KFC with my fingers then I can lick them afterwards.
It's finger lickin good

Think this thread has gone off at a bit of a tangent. The OP is objecting to the food content of a KFC. It's now turned into an argument about how people eat .

By the way YANBU - they should at least give parents prior warning so they can make a choice of whether they wish their child to have it. After all everyone has different opinions.

And there was me kicking up a fuss when my PFB was given a lolipop at school when it was a child's birthday.

To be serious, OP, I think you need to speak to the head about this, and voice your objections because YANBU.

I'm from england and I'm insulted but the civilised comment

Maybe worth pointing out again. Arsenic = poison; KFC = food. Sometimes gets a bit muddled on here.

BoerWarKids - yes, the pieces in the well mentioned "bargain bucket" are real chicken as far as I have seen!

theinets Wed 12-Sep-12 16:09:27
I agree eating out of a bucket with my fingers is the last thing I'd ever do. Some people's standards and class are non existent.

GreenD Wed 12-Sep-12 18:05:30
Civilized people eat using cutlery, from plates, at a table.

theinets and GreenD - oh dear - so narrow minded - by the way don't think ppl eat out of the actual bucket - we place the pieces on a plate - should be pretty obvious? It's like fish'n'chips in a polystyrene box - noo - better in the traditional paper wrapping, which adds flavour

Class does not come from only what we eat but also from the types of thing we say in public...it is defined by the thoughts going on around our head - "civilised" people who eat at a table can also go around beating their wives or children or starting illegal wars.....

squeakytoy and LadyBeagleEyes - hehehe

yanbu - my dd is 3 and hs never eaten fast food. i go would be raging if she was given it a nursery

KFC - shock horror, food of the devil

This is why I don't like the idea of fast food in my child's nursery, as we don't have a great record for hygiene at outlets over here!

www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/one-dead-and-15-ill-in-uae-from-food-poisoning

Anyone can copy and paste a newspaper article about one incident, it isn't exactly scientific. One bout of food poisoning in an area is utterly irrelevent. Even the perfect UK has a high incidence of illness from fast food. Instead of an english second language newspaper citing one incident, why not do some research and present some proper statistics.

YANBU in that you say the nursery school is expensive / parents are rich and yet they're feeding their kids KFC. That's plain weird. Why would these 'rich' parents choose to feed their kids the kind of stuff that is marketed to low-wage parents trying to treat their kids on the cheap*?

Doesn't make sense to me... surely super-rich parents 'treat' their kids to lactose-free manchego cheese on organic kale and seaweed crackers with some hand-plucked goji berries as a snack, washed down with delicately flavoured elderflower cordial (sugar-free!)?

*Not saying only low-wage parents use KFC as a treat, just that it's marketed by KFC as a cheap treat for parents who can't afford much

I would be livid if DS were given this rubbish by anyone, let alone his school.
For one thing, we're strict vegetarians, and for another, I've seen KFC and it looks vile, greasy and salty.
I can't believe that people on this thread are being shouted down for objecting to eating out of a bucket. A bloody BUCKET for heaven's sake!

theodorakis I posted the article as it appeared in the paper and we had been discussing this on here!

It isn't a matter of one incident actually, there have been quite a few instances of food poisoning reported here, which have led to deaths.

Why the hell should I research it all, I know what is reported in the papers and I know I don't want my child being fed fast food at nursery.

Would it make any difference if I printed the article out in an Arabic paper and got it translated for you?

Your post is just ridiculous. Have a love.

Thanks love, I will now post many random new articles from the UK about the same thing. I do not appreciate being patronised. Anyone who lives in the UAE knows the papers report what they report. Maybe I can reference to the Sun, after all that's "new" isn't it?

Presumably you are a very clever person by your tone so, please feel free to provide better and more balanced information. Or just get a teeny little life.

One not enough? Have another

Shrug. It wouldn't bother me at all. Sounds like a nice treat for the children.

What KitchenandJumble said.

I'd love a KFC right now. In a bucket.

I wouldn't want my kids having kfc in school. It should be up to parents when & if they give kids junk no one else. I only allow mine junk every 6 weeks (they get a macdonnalds or fish & chips etc)

this is ridiculous. no-one should be randomly feeding other people's children. no-one should buy fast food for your child without your consent.

this deserves a complaint. its a health and safety issue but its also cultural - if your children wouldn't normally be fed junk food, they shouldn't be introduced to it at nursery. but watch out for a mean response - where everyone else gets the kfc and yours is made to sit aside and told 'mummy won't let you'.

I wish I hadn't read this thread to be pefectly fucking honest.

Why Bupcakes?

Because now I want a fucking Zinger burger.

I am so sorry, but 'health and safety issue'? Really?