To expect my nanny NOT to feed my two year old a McDonalds Happy Meal?

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I know it's not the end of the world and he is nearly three but I don't think it's unreasonable to expect her to ASK me, at least, before takes him out and stuffs him full of chicken nuggets and chips for lunch.

I'm not against McD's as such, but he's still really little and there's no need to take him there yet - it's not a bloody treat - as she seems to think.

I think that's what has annoyed me most. It's just food, I don't want him associating it with being a "treat" outing.

Ah, that's where it starts 'one Happy Meal(tm McDonalds)'

well to me, a treat means something that they enjoy that they don't have very often, be it going to a certain place for lunch or even a comic book. Even at the age of 3, you can teach them the difference between a treat and just expecting something. My youngest is 3 and loves the occasional treat, whereas my friends dd expects comething every time they go to a shop. The Mcdons happy meals aren't excactly huge portions anyway! If you didn't want her to take your ds there you should tell her.

Well, Anna doesn't object to her DD having smarties at school so it's not exactly an ethical thing is it?

'long before now' - how do you know how long the OP has had the nanny? And most nannies would, I'd have thought, have the sense to know that plenty of people have strong views on McDonalds.

Whats wrong with potato(chips), meat (chicken nuggets) and a toy, its hardly going to damage the child as a one off is it?

Smarties and McDonalds are 2 COMPLETELY different things.

One is chocolate

The other is vile food, sold by a company about which MANY people have grave concerns

You know what Anna, I've been to Paris (yes, amazing isn't it?) and I've seen people eating in restaurants and cafes, and you know what, in some remote, out of the way places that you probably don't know about, people eat - gasp! - sandwiches, and baguettes and really fatty steaks served with oily chips and no vegetables at all. I realise this might come as a shock to you, so I'm sorry to be so brutal about it.

And just as many people would have no objection. If it's a big issue for you it makes sense to discuss it with her when you're discussing the child's routines, likes, dislikes etc.

To be honest I've never eaten a MacDonalds meal but as far as I can see its cheap and easy. Especially when sandwhiches in town are £3 a pop and usually filled with bizarre combinations like red cabbage and brie. Yuck.

If the french dont eat bread for lucng, why are they always buying those long stick breads then?

Such snobbery here! It's very funny.

Yes they do Wrapster, as they do in Italy, but a person in a childcare role is not permitted to do that with their charges.

Needmorecoffee, you see, those things may look a lot like bread to the untrained, unParisian eye, but actually they are wholesome meal of bread, vegetables, fruit and yoghurt.

By CruellaDevile on Thu 18-Dec-08 12:00:49
Smarties and McDonalds are 2 COMPLETELY different things.

One is chocolate

The other is vile food, sold by a company about which MANY people have grave concerns

I could say..

One is fast food.

The other is a vile sugar fix, sold by a company about which MANY people have grave concerns.

Oh, sorry, of course not bread. That would be EVIL and illegal. They are lean meat, naturally.

Cruella, Smarties are made by Nestle.

The French eat lots of cheese which is processed (as are most foods if we are going to be scientific about it).

A ploughman type meal would have more unsaturated fat than a happy meal but the Gestapo would not get their knickers in a twist about that.

I've heard that McDonalds tries to persuade developing world mothers to feed their newborns McFlurries in a bottle, you know. Very wicked indeed.

Wrapstar -lol

I would have loved to go to McDs for a "treat" when I was a kid, my Dad (who can definitly be described as upper middle class if you want to use those ditinctions and is a clergyman to boot) used to take me and my little sister to the Little Chef for our "treat"!!! How rough is that!! Their omlettes are pre-pacakged!

Hate McDs myself and do despair a bit at the choices on kids menus when out. But then I'm probably a total hypocrite as Wrapstar says cos i regularly take dd(2.3) to Cafe Rouge.

And I've seen loads of well-heeled types in McDs in Paris; with their children!!!!!

Thats where what starts CD?

My ds1(19) has probably had about 5 happy meals in his life, it will please you to know, he didnt become addicted after the first

Ds2(2.4) has had 1 so far, he doesnt go cold turkey when we drive past maccies

True, point taken about Nestle. But a nanny should equally check that it;s ok to give sweets. And in Anna's case, the teacher DID check with parents before giving them. She realised that it was a parental choice to make, not hers.

It is getting way out of proportion-a Happy Meal for the first time, as a one off, doesn't matter! I think she has made her point to the nanny and it will be the last!
I don't think I would want to work as a nanny if people think it wants a formal warning-what is wrong with a friendly word?

Fries = bad
Frites = good

Just add a t for instant good nutrition and yummy middle-classness!

Take a look here Spag bol is actually worse than a happy meal in terms of salt.
A happy meal is really Not That Bad once in a while.

However, i myself, have been in rehab 3 times to try and overcome my Big Mac addiction