Page 7 | To take DD 5 to McDonald's every other weekend?

quincyquince · 2025-03-27T18:51:31+00:00

She's gluten free, so has a portion of small chips and either a small mcflurry or orange juice or sauce with the chips. We go after swimming. This is ok, right? My friend thinks it's awful that she goes twice a month. But it's not like she's having the processed bread and cheese and stuff all the time?

Namechange6578 · 27/03/2025 20:38

I think it's absolutely fine, it's not like she's having 20 nuggets, a big mac and a large coca cola 😂 ignore your friend, honestly some people are so over the top

SouthLondonMum22 · 27/03/2025 20:38

My 2 year old loves a Happy Meal after swimming, just like he loves an ice cream in the park on a sunny day. It's an occasional treat and no big deal.

SleepQuest33 · 27/03/2025 20:39

Wouldn’t be my choice, no. Healthy eating habits In childhood are really important. Why choose something so crappy? Why not treat her to something better?

CorbyTrouserPress · 27/03/2025 20:40

I love a MN McDonalds thread. Haven’t had a good one in ages.

chocolatelover91 · 27/03/2025 20:40

Even if she was having other things there, it doesn't matter! It's not like she has it every day! People need to mind their own business! Don't worry OP. Like a previous poster said, you are creating these memories with her and they are always going to be remembered!

Tbrh · 27/03/2025 20:41

faerietales · 27/03/2025 20:36

Presumably not. And no ice-creams at the park or anything either, hopefully!

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Take a look at the ingredients for a McDonalds icecream. All food is not created equal, I'm surprised people dont know this basic info.

CorbyTrouserPress · 27/03/2025 20:41

SleepQuest33 · 27/03/2025 20:39

Wouldn’t be my choice, no. Healthy eating habits In childhood are really important. Why choose something so crappy? Why not treat her to something better?

Totally agree, why not treat her to a massive salad?

Coffeeishot · 27/03/2025 20:42

SleepQuest33 · 27/03/2025 20:39

Wouldn’t be my choice, no. Healthy eating habits In childhood are really important. Why choose something so crappy? Why not treat her to something better?

Can you give an example? I'm not trying to catch you out but interested in what you would substitute a handful of fries and an ice cream for.

DrPrunesqualer · 27/03/2025 20:42

arethereanyleftatall · 27/03/2025 19:40

this is written quite often on fast food threads that people who don’t eat it ‘suck the joy out of everything.’ But that doesn’t account for the many - very joyous 😜- people who don’t see it as a ‘treat’ at all, because it tastes like crap really, and leaves you feeling shit.

i do eat McDonald’s, but I don’t consider it a treat.
you are welcome to of course.

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I agree.

waiting for the bombs to start falling 🤣🤣🤣🤣

AlertCat · 27/03/2025 20:42

Fancycheese · 27/03/2025 19:55

Good. Junk food should be normalised and kids need to know how to be around it and eat it in moderation. We live in a world where it’s everywhere. You’ll potentially set your child up for a lifetime of issues and hang ups with food if you ban a particular food type outright. It’s a small portion of chips and ice cream a couple of times of month.

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Where I live there are lots of families who go all-out to prevent their kids ever having so much as a haribo. They eat lentils and quinoa and nothing that’s not organic. As they age into independence, the kids get to go to college etc (they’re often educated at home during primary/KS3) and nine times out of ten become obsessed with McDonalds and other junk food. I’m sure (I hope) it normalises out for them, but it’s a real backfire on the way the parents raised them. I think this poster is right- treats are part of life for us and need to be seen as normal but something to moderate- rather than a forbidden delight to be sought out at every opportunity.

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Growlybear83 · 27/03/2025 20:44

Catsandcannedbeans · 27/03/2025 20:37

Your friend would have had an absolute fit at my parents lol. We used to go once a week and all turned out fine. Once my parents got divorced there was a brief period where I was swindling two trips to maccies a week, but unfortunately as they got better at communicating this was nipped in the bud. I don’t take my kids, but that’s just because I can’t stand the smell after working there as a teenager.

😆😆 McDonalds hadn’t arrived in the UK when I was a child, but Wimpy burgers were a regular treat when I was young, as well as the fat greasy pancake rolls from the Chinese takeaway, which were quite a novelty in the 1960s/70s. My mum cooked proper chips in lard in a big chip pan every night, which occasionally caught fire, but I’m still here at 67, with nice low cholesterol, no eating disorders, and I’ve eaten reasonably healthily all my adult life. I really don’t think a fortnightly visit to McDonalds is going to harm your child despite the hysterical reaction of some posters 😆😆

CorbyTrouserPress · 27/03/2025 20:46

Growlybear83 · 27/03/2025 20:44

😆😆 McDonalds hadn’t arrived in the UK when I was a child, but Wimpy burgers were a regular treat when I was young, as well as the fat greasy pancake rolls from the Chinese takeaway, which were quite a novelty in the 1960s/70s. My mum cooked proper chips in lard in a big chip pan every night, which occasionally caught fire, but I’m still here at 67, with nice low cholesterol, no eating disorders, and I’ve eaten reasonably healthily all my adult life. I really don’t think a fortnightly visit to McDonalds is going to harm your child despite the hysterical reaction of some posters 😆😆

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Off topic but, Wimpy was soooooooo much better than McDonalds.

I miss Wimpy.

Mercurysinretrograde · 27/03/2025 20:47

Your judgy friend is probably feeding her kids a diet of supermarket freezer chicken nuggets and oven chips, so I’d pay no attention!

DrPrunesqualer · 27/03/2025 20:48

SwanOfThoseThings · 27/03/2025 19:52

Less processed? A McFlurry?

Ingredients: EITHER: Allergen Ingredient: Skimmed MILK, Sugar, Cream (Allergen Ingredient: MILK), Whey Powder (Allergen Ingredient: MILK), Glucose Syrup, Stabilisers (Guar Gum, Carrageenan), Emulsifier (Mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Flavouring.
OR: Allergen Ingredient: Reconstituted Skimmed MILK, Cream (Allergen Ingredient: MILK), Sugar, Whey Powder (Allergen Ingredient: MILK), Glucose Syrup, Allergen Ingredient: Skimmed MILK Powder, Stabilisers (Guar Gum, Carrageenan), Emulsifier (Mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Flavouring.

Galaxy Chocolate Sauce

Ingredients: Milk Chocolate (36%) (Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Skimmed MILK Powder, Cocoa Mass, Vegetable Fat (Palm), Lactose (MILK), Whey Powder (MILK), MILK Fat, Whey Solids (MILK), Emulsifier (SOYA Lecithin), Natural Vanilla Flavouring), Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Sweetened Condensed MILK (MILK), Sugar), Water, Thickener (Modified Starch).

Galaxy Chocolate Drops

Ingredients: Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Allergen Ingredient: Skimmed MILK Powder, Cocoa Mass, Lactose (from Allergen Ingredient: MILK), Vegetable Fat (Palm), Whey Powder (from Allergen Ingredient: MILK), Allergen Ingredient: MILK Fat, Emulsifier (Allergen Ingredient: SOYA Lecithin), Natural Vanilla Flavour.

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just spotted palm oil too !

Coffeeishot · 27/03/2025 20:48

I loved a wimpy. Apparently there s still a few dotted around the country I wonder if it still tastes the same.

Springisroundthecorner88484848 · 27/03/2025 20:49

I mean we go weekly, DD (5) has stage school then dance with a 45minute window in between ; she’s starving as it’s lunchtime and it works for us.
Nugget happy meal with chips and milk.
I could bring lunch, yes, I could get her something else , yes. But she enjoys it, she sits and eats it in the car as we drive to the next location ….
I’ve not issues at all with it.
Some weeks she “might” also have a takeaway 😇😇

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Growlybear83 · 27/03/2025 20:51

@CorbyTrouserPress. I agree! We still have a couple of wimpy bars in my area and they’re still better than McDonalds. They’ve re-named the Bender, and now do quote burgers.

LuckySantangelo35 · 27/03/2025 20:51

SleepQuest33 · 27/03/2025 20:39

Wouldn’t be my choice, no. Healthy eating habits In childhood are really important. Why choose something so crappy? Why not treat her to something better?

@SleepQuest33

such as?

Ilovemycat11 · 27/03/2025 20:52

quincyquince · 27/03/2025 19:10

Luckily she's not coeliac, just has an intolerance. So we don't have to worry about cross contamination, but she can't have much there.

She can have the veggie dippers, but they're not very nice.

She'll sometimes have the grilled chicken salad too.

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If she is just a bit intolerant, you could get her a cheese burger and just ditch the bun :)

IpsyUpsyDaisyDoos · 27/03/2025 20:52

Tbrh · 27/03/2025 19:10

Personally I think you're setting her up for bad habits in the future. Occasionally sure, but every second weekend, no way.

Oh no, a child might learn that twice a month she can have a treat!

The travesty....

Tbrh · 27/03/2025 20:52

LuckySantangelo35 · 27/03/2025 20:51

@SleepQuest33

such as?

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Literally anything 🤣

Emma543 · 27/03/2025 20:53

Tbrh · 27/03/2025 20:52

Literally anything 🤣

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Pizza Hut instead then if that’s the other one available?

DontGoChasinWaterfalls · 27/03/2025 20:53

Your friend sounds like a judgemental cow. Some of my nicest childhood memories were getting a mcdonald's happy meal after swimming.