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AIBU?

to think that giving a 5.5 month old McDonalds is verging on abuse?

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Partyfops · 13/10/2018 12:14

So a friend of mine has just posted on FB about their not yet 6 month old baby eating her first McDonalds!! FFS!!!!

This is utterly vile right???

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NowApparently · 13/10/2018 21:17

Just read upthread that parents would be marked down for not taking care of themselves. Just last week I didn't manage to get a shower for almost half a week due to my daughter's screaming incessantly after she was fed an allergen in a medical setting.

Would social workers prefer I left her screaming in her cot so I could relax in the shower or attend to my ill child who's screaming in pain? Frankly I couldn't have cared less about the state of myself as long as my daughter was comforted.

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ForalltheSaints · 13/10/2018 21:25

The OP if they really felt as they describe would have referred to the mother as her 'former friend'.

I think it is 100% inappropriate, if indeed it was other than a photo stunt. The OP if they are really concerned should be complaining to the store manager (I do not consider McDonalds to be a restaurant, that is a misuse of the English language), asking them to ensure very young children did not have their adult (or older child) offerings.

An age limit has been proposed for energy drinks because of the likely harm to children. Perhaps the same should happen for fast food, not just McDonalds. Assuming the OP has a decent MP, perhaps she should be writing to them.

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Caprisunorange · 13/10/2018 21:26

An age limit for chicken and potatoes? Really?

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buscaution · 13/10/2018 21:27

complaining to the store manager (I do not consider McDonalds to be a restaurant, that is a misuse of the English language), asking them to ensure very young children did not have their adult (or older child) offerings.

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JacquesHammer · 13/10/2018 21:30

The OP if they are really concerned should be complaining to the store manager (I do not consider McDonalds to be a restaurant, that is a misuse of the English language), asking them to ensure very young children did not have their adult (or older child) offerings

That’s superb

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WillowPeach · 13/10/2018 21:31

@nowapparently

Looks like you're looking for an excuse to man about SS. There are exceptions to every rule and if you've got a screaming child who is poorly that's literally taking up every second of your time, then that of course is understandable. No one is suggesting that you should leave your child to cry so you can shower.

However, these people don't have any children at home that need them. And unfortunately some people are so poorly in regards to mental health and they do totally neglect to look after themselves. It's when they have children at home and they're neglecting themselves and their children that it becomes a concern. Poor hygiene and lack of tending to basic care needs of ones self sometimes indicates mental health problems but of course this is not absolute and there are exceptions like yours.

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MrMeSeeks · 13/10/2018 22:19

This thread is great.
We've got people saying that nuggets will kill, that seeing this will cause them upset and now that that store managers should set an age limit on food
Seriously...

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VerbeenaBeeks · 13/10/2018 22:26

An age limit has been proposed for energy drinks because of the likely harm to children. Perhaps the same should happen for fast food, not just McDonalds. Assuming the OP has a decent MP, perhaps she should be writing to them.

Whaaa? How are we now equating the occasional chips and chicken nugget to energy drinks?!
One quite rightly banned to children as stuffed with caffeine and Gawd knows what colourings and e-numbers to send them even more doo-lally, the other basically some potato and some chicken pieces in breadcrumbs.
Flippin eck.

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AllTheChocolateMice · 13/10/2018 22:32

If this had been posted a year ago I’d have thought you were talking about dgd

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BengalLioness · 13/10/2018 22:32

Hardly the end of the world or "abuse". It'd be different if the child was given McDonald's most days or was severely obese or something as that would be a form of Neglect. If child is happy and loves and it was just a one off treat to keep him occupied while they were out to eat then why not!

Not great parenting but not abuse. I've given my son a chip in his hand if I was having some when he was younger.

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3WildOnes · 13/10/2018 22:34

I’m surprised people would be upset at seeing this. If that’s all she ever feeds him that would be shit but if it is a one off I couldn’t get worked up about it. I haven’t ever fed my babies McDonald’s but I’m pretty sure they had all tried cake, ice cream, chocolate and pizza before they were 8 months old. Which I guess is just as bad but mostly they ate lots of health food when they were babies.

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JacquesHammer · 13/10/2018 22:36

So basically McDonalds need to start hiring some sort of Burger Bouncer.

Spends much of the day twiddling his thumbs but needs to be ready to pounce at a moment’s notice lest an Egg McMuffin comes perilously close to an infant.

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FlowThroughIt · 13/10/2018 22:37

@EwItsAHooman

"it's not your baby so why put so much energy into judging? Says more about you than it does about the mother."

It says that I actually give a shit about the welfare of stranger's kids, rather than just having my head in the sand of my own circus 24/7. 🙄 It's called looking out for others. People who endanger their child's life by walking away from the trolley to spend 10 minutes with their back turned talking to an employee both looking at a computer probably have warranted a teensy bit of judgment. A part of the cookie sucked on long enough could have easily broken off and got lodged in the baby's throat.

Maybe it's because I use to have a job where I regularly dealt with people who disregarded the safety of their own children, that I naturally tend to notice these things. 🤔

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Bobaboutwhat · 13/10/2018 22:55

EwItsAHooman I am being subjective because my son couldn’t have solids early due to a sensitive gut - as you say there is no magic switch...just as there is no magic switch that says all babies are the same and react in exactly the same way and they will all be fine on having solids a little early....but so nice to be patronised when I myself am a mother

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buscaution · 13/10/2018 22:59

So basically McDonalds need to start hiring some sort of Burger Bouncer

Secretly planning how to outwit the Burger Bouncer

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VerbeenaBeeks · 13/10/2018 23:00

So basically McDonalds need to start hiring some sort of Burger Bouncer

lmao

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Aintnothingbutaheartache · 13/10/2018 23:01

Op didn’t use the word ‘abuse’
I don’t think it’s “vile” though, I think MD gets a bad press but what’s wrong with a chicken nugget?!

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sleep5 · 13/10/2018 23:01

Completely ridiculous calling it abuse. You do know the typical types of child abuse?

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MrMeSeeks · 13/10/2018 23:02

So basically McDonalds need to start hiring some sort of Burger Bouncer.

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JacquesHammer · 13/10/2018 23:02

Op didn’t use the word ‘abuse’

Apart from in the title. Where she literally used the word ‘abuse’.

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VerbeenaBeeks · 13/10/2018 23:04

It says that I actually give a shit about the welfare of stranger's kids, rather than just having my head in the sand of my own circus 24/7. 🙄 It's called looking out for others. People who endanger their child's life by walking away from the trolley to spend 10 minutes with their back turned talking to an employee both looking at a computer probably have warranted a teensy bit of judgment

OK, walk me through this one. How is having the occasional chicken nugget (a presumably gummed one off occasion here) the same as turning your back on your young child so you can't see where they are or what they're doing for 10 minutes?!

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Aintnothingbutaheartache · 13/10/2018 23:05

Ahh yes thank you Jacques my bad

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buscaution · 13/10/2018 23:05

Op didn’t use the word ‘abuse

Thread title?

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JacquesHammer · 13/10/2018 23:06

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VerbeenaBeeks · 13/10/2018 23:19

So basically McDonalds need to start hiring some sort of Burger Bouncer

Introducing Burger Bouncers is just asking for trouble tho. What if it went beyond policing the ages of who's scarfing a Big Mac or McMuffin and you got one who got a bit power crazy and decided to start policing overweight people too?
Me on going through the door -
Bouncer -
"Sorry, we can't serve you today" whilst secretly thinking go home, you look like you've had enough already"

Power crazy barstewards. Fkn give me my chicken legend already!!

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