to let DS have a McDonald's each week?

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DS is a swimmer and swims with a squad that's 45 mins away. He starts training at 6:30 and comes out at 8 (pm btw) and it's very convenient for this day. He is healthy and slim and on all the other days has a good, balanced diet.

Is this seriously so bad?

Why wouldn't it be fine? It's meat on bread and some chips.

I do fondly remember my dad taking us to McDonald's once a week when my mum worked nights.

DD always had a happy meal on a Friday night as a treat. She's a beautiful 5ft 8" size 6 19 year old young lady.
She ate healthily in the week, friday Maccies was a treat. She still does go, probably once a week, but the rest of her diet balances that out.

My Mum always used to say 'a little of what you fancy'. Always agreed with that.

My ex' dad used to take him to McD's every Saturday morning after swimming for breakfast. And that was in the late 80s/early 90s when it really was crap.

My ex is slim, fit and extremely sporty. It did him no harm whatsoever. Additionally, he doesn't have a great relationship with his dad now, in fact it is really difficult, which really upsets him. But he looks back on those Saturday mornings with extreme fondness. Just him and his dad, sharing a simple ritual.

It sounds fine to me. One of my happiest childhood memories is the bag of chip shop chips I was allowed after the weekly swimming lesson!

I take my ds and his mates to one of their training sessions once a week and I treat them to a Greggs on the way. They don't have an ounce of fat between them.

Surely nobody has ever remembered mcdonalds fondly.

On the contrary - my DF used to take me and three lads to McDonalds for breakfast most Sundays after karate training, it still makes me smile.

I'm currently pregnant and the size of a house, but ordinarily size 10/12. I'll eat at McDonalds/BK/KFC once a week as a treat. In practice I tend to find that (especially with BK, where the portions are very large) I'll then skip my next meal because I'm not hungry.

I cannot understand the hysteria on here around fast food - going by what I see in Sainsbury's, in an average weekly shop people will bung in jam doughnuts, cakes, crisps, biscuits, cola, processed meals etc which are cumulatively more harmful if eaten daily, but somehow eating a meal at McDonald's is the bellweather.

I've just had to submit 3 months worth of bank statements to a school for a bursary application. My bank provides a statement every week, so that's 12 sheets, meticulously itemised, and on each sheet the word MCDONALDS appears (in capitals). I imagined them sitting there totting it all up and saying "This woman feeds her children MCDONALDS every week" and them all shaking their heads and stamping "refused" on my application.

Interesting people remembering getting fish and chips as their treat every Friday (probably the over 50s like me) - and in those days it was cooked in lard (or shortening if you are up North).

It's OK if the rest of his meals are healthy. Keep other treats and take-aways at bay.

I always had at least 1 McD's meal a week as a teenager, and not alot of healthy stuff in general. Chips every day at school, cakes, chocolate etc. I've never been overweight and eat a very balanced diet now. But obviously everyone's different

Main meals I said, as in dinner.

By all means be rude about my being to lazy to do maths but perhaps learn to read first.

Why does everyone want their DC to remember fondly a McDonald's? Why not a special homecooked tea? McDonald's tastes shit anyway, leaves you hungry after an hour or two. At least go 5guys.

Don't see a problem at all, no different than a Friday night treat.

He's obviously fit and active too so I think it's fine.

This woman feeds her children MCDONALDS every week" and them all shaking their heads and stamping "refused" on my application

It's fine :)

There is only one child I know who isn't allowed any fastfood or processed food of any kind (her mum makes her eat a vegan diet and she's only 6 but that's a whole different subject). Her mum had an eating disorder and I do feel that she's setting her daughter up for the same fate. The little girl binges at parties because it's a 'mega treat,' it's uncomfortable to watch.
Shows you are a decent mum for even worrying about it. It's not like it's every day

McDonald's tastes shit anyway, leaves you hungry after an hour or two.

Obviously not, as we wouldn't be the biggest in the market if that was the case!

Working there, you get free meals, so I often have them on my breaks (not every shift, and before anyone starts I'm not overweight I'm a slim and healthy size 8). I do a nine hour shift and I never feel hungry an hour after having them.

What an odd thing to say

I have incredibly fond memories of my dad taking me to get a Happy Meal after netball on Saturdays :)

Your child sounds sporty and healthy. Absolutely fine.

I love McDonalds
Out of interest @WhatToDoAboutThis2017 as a McDonalds employee what is your McD meal of choice?

It's fine - let him enjoy his treat.

Yes - it's muck, but it's tasty muck and you are feeding him properly the rest of the time. He will need all of those empty calories to replace the energy he's expended swimming like a barracuda for the best part of two hours. He won't develop scurvy or become obese, and actually it should help him realise that we don't have to be precious about food, and that an occasional maybe-not-as-good-for-you-as-steamed-kale meal every now and then is something to be enjoyed occasionally for a delightful change.

My gran used to take us to mcdonalds for a happy meal when we were younger. Best bit by far was the toffee sundae with lots of sauce. Im 25 and still remember going all these years later

Out of interest WhatToDoAboutThis2017 as a McDonalds employee what is your McD meal of choice?

I'm a chicken fan, so I always go for either nuggets or selects

The Big Tasty (with or without bacon) is back now though and that's very popular!

Absolutely fine.

Another ex-swimmer whose Fridays in primary school were all about maccy D's! (Each week the place was stuffed with kids from our "nice" school - a shedload less judgment in those days; when parents couldn't be arsed they didn't try to disguise it, why bother?!) And that was the nineties when fuck only knows what was in it. No token carrot sticks in those days (why the fook would you go to macdonald's only to order rabbit food?! Own it, for chrisssake!) Everyone turned out fine. And, while it remained a nice memory, when we moved up to secondary and stopped swimming lessons we didn't crave our weekly MacDonald's - we didn't even think about it. It was nice while it lasted & that's that.

5 guys is lovely, but it's hardly the same thing. Very expensive and probably not near the pool either.

Sounds like the kind of thing he'll remember really fondly when he grows up

Surely nobody has ever remembered mcdonalds fondly.

I do! As a kid I used to train for a sport on Tuesdays, a night DDad was often working away - DM would pick me up, we'd get McDonalds for me and usually chinese for her then we'd eat it sat on the sofa (not at the table, like usual). Makes me smile remembering.

The food isn't the issue at McDonald's. It's the way the company is run that is the problem.

Or I it was last I knew

whattodoaboutthis2017 do they still not have employee unions?