What do you think about birthday parties at fast food restaurants? (McDonalds, Chick Fil A, etc...)

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Anonymous wrote:We would only go if the child was good friends. I don't like the play areas as they rarely get cleaned and are small. Depending on where, my child would not eat the food. Noodles and Co and a few others would be great, but he does not like McDonalds, Chick Fil A, etc. as he does not eat meat and very particular about his fries.

Aren't picky eaters the worst? You need to nip that in the bud.

He isn't a picky eater. He is a vegetarian and we generally watch what he eats. He would eat the raw broccoli, carrots, green beans and much more over chips, nuggets, fries, etc. I'd far rather have a kid like he is vs. a kid who is obsessed with junk food and demands McDonalds all the time.

Just wait, PP, he has a lot of growing and rebelling to do.

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Anonymous wrote:DS favorite place to eat is McD, which we only go to on road trips. He would LOVE to have a birthday party there, but his friend's parents are so sanctimonious and judgmental about food ("is that organic? We only eat local or at least organic") that we could never have one there.

Life would be much easier if we lived somewhere between the two coasts!

So true.

Said by people who've obviously never lived there. There are plenty of places on both coasts where parents are less judgmental. And there are plenty of very judgmental communities in the middle parts of the country. As a born-and-raised midwesterner (now coastal resident), why is it okay for people on the coasts to constantly mock us?

Because, come on, as a lot you're very provincial.

Ah. It's ok to mock Midwesterners as provincial because they are provincial. How do I know that Midwesterners are provincial? Because they're from the Midwest, which is provincial. (Also, I've never actually been to the Midwest, which is evidence of my cosmopolitan sophistication.)

Right?

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Anonymous wrote:We would only go if the child was good friends. I don't like the play areas as they rarely get cleaned and are small. Depending on where, my child would not eat the food. Noodles and Co and a few others would be great, but he does not like McDonalds, Chick Fil A, etc. as he does not eat meat and very particular about his fries.

Aren't picky eaters the worst? You need to nip that in the bud.

He isn't a picky eater. He is a vegetarian and we generally watch what he eats. He would eat the raw broccoli, carrots, green beans and much more over chips, nuggets, fries, etc. I'd far rather have a kid like he is vs. a kid who is obsessed with junk food and demands McDonalds all the time.

I would rather have a kid who is kind and gracious. I'm sure when we get to adulthood they will give out medals for whose child ate the most broccoli.

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I don't understand what is unkind or ungracious about eating broccoli.

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Anonymous wrote:We very rarely eat fast food. But my kid went to a friend's party at McDonald!s. Four chicken nuggets ain't gonna hurt nobody.

This would be how I would handle it. Its a party to show appreciation to your friend, if its at McDs or a park with paper plates you go and teach your children to be gracious.

+1 to this.

+2 I'd probably think it was a little retro but in a fun and casual way! I think I'd want to be your friend and we can laugh about how we are giving our kids the same bday parties we had as kids! Do they still give out plates or glasses to the bday kid with the characters like Hamburglar, Grimace, and Mayor McCheese on them? Those were awesome!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We very rarely eat fast food. But my kid went to a friend's party at McDonald!s. Four chicken nuggets ain't gonna hurt nobody.

This would be how I would handle it. Its a party to show appreciation to your friend, if its at McDs or a park with paper plates you go and teach your children to be gracious.

+1 to this.

+2 I'd probably think it was a little retro but in a fun and casual way! I think I'd want to be your friend and we can laugh about how we are giving our kids the same bday parties we had as kids! Do they still give out plates or glasses to the bday kid with the characters like Hamburglar, Grimace, and Mayor McCheese on them? Those were awesome!

Remember that orange drink that McDonald's used to serve at parties? What was that stuff?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We very rarely eat fast food. But my kid went to a friend's party at McDonald!s. Four chicken nuggets ain't gonna hurt nobody.

This would be how I would handle it. Its a party to show appreciation to your friend, if its at McDs or a park with paper plates you go and teach your children to be gracious.

+1 to this.

+2 I'd probably think it was a little retro but in a fun and casual way! I think I'd want to be your friend and we can laugh about how we are giving our kids the same bday parties we had as kids! Do they still give out plates or glasses to the bday kid with the characters like Hamburglar, Grimace, and Mayor McCheese on them? Those were awesome!

Remember that orange drink that McDonald's used to serve at parties? What was that stuff?

Oh yeah! Totally! Who knows what it was, it was guuud!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We very rarely eat fast food. But my kid went to a friend's party at McDonald!s. Four chicken nuggets ain't gonna hurt nobody.

This would be how I would handle it. Its a party to show appreciation to your friend, if its at McDs or a park with paper plates you go and teach your children to be gracious.

+1 to this.

+2 I'd probably think it was a little retro but in a fun and casual way! I think I'd want to be your friend and we can laugh about how we are giving our kids the same bday parties we had as kids! Do they still give out plates or glasses to the bday kid with the characters like Hamburglar, Grimace, and Mayor McCheese on them? Those were awesome!

Remember that orange drink that McDonald's used to serve at parties? What was that stuff?

Oh yeah! Totally! Who knows what it was, it was guuud!

[Anonymous]

I would be surprised if someone in DC did that, we've been to quite few parties but haven't seen one hosted at a fast food place since I was a kid in the 70's. Would allow kid to attend, why not?

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Anonymous wrote:How do you feel about these locations for birthday parties? Do you not attend if your family does not eat fast food?

It's one birthday party. What about the cake.. is the cake okay?

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This mom approves of McDonald's

http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/food/food_quality/see_what_we_are_made_of/moms_quality_correspondents/what_it_means.html

[Anonymous]

I would love a chik-fil-a party because I could eat their delicious nuggets.

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Anonymous wrote:DS favorite place to eat is McD, which we only go to on road trips. He would LOVE to have a birthday party there, but his friend's parents are so sanctimonious and judgmental about food ("is that organic? We only eat local or at least organic") that we could never have one there.

Life would be much easier if we lived somewhere between the two coasts!

So true.

Said by people who've obviously never lived there. There are plenty of places on both coasts where parents are less judgmental. And there are plenty of very judgmental communities in the middle parts of the country. As a born-and-raised midwesterner (now coastal resident), why is it okay for people on the coasts to constantly mock us?

Because, come on, as a lot you're very provincial.

Ah. It's ok to mock Midwesterners as provincial because they are provincial. How do I know that Midwesterners are provincial? Because they're from the Midwest, which is provincial. (Also, I've never actually been to the Midwest, which is evidence of my cosmopolitan sophistication.)

Right?

Born and bred in NY and think you nailed it PP. People are so effing ridiculous with that "flyover" shit meant as an insult.

Chicago crushes DC in terms of feeling more urban, but whatever we will ignore that. FFS Columbus and Indianapolis have more people than DC- that's pretty midwestern!

[Anonymous]

Children don't choose to be vegetarian it's messed up that parents try to push this on children against their will.this is the definition of abuse.

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Anonymous wrote:Children don't choose to be vegetarian it's messed up that parents try to push this on children against their will.this is the definition of abuse.

Children also don't choose to go to school. Is that abuse?