Dublin "mother" blends up McDonalds and feeds it to baby

Tzardine · 18-10-2013 11:31AM

Tiddlypeeps wrote: »

I was shocked when I read this initially. But then it made me think a bit. I wouldn't think twice about a mother putting ribena in a bottle and giving it to their child but that has the same amount of sugar in it as coke.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying either are good things to be putting in a child's bottle. That much sugar isn't good for anyone. I just think it's amusing how one thing can seem totally fine and another thing that's very similar can seem horrific.

No joking, I tried to give one of my friends kids ( About 6 ) some diet coke one day and the mother went mental, only to give her a glass of Lucozade 20 mins later. Numptey.

Aglomerado · 18-10-2013 11:31AM

Frank Lee Midere wrote: »

The burger in its own would probably have been ok.

The packaging would be more nutritious.

April O Neill · 18-10-2013 11:31AM

Honey-ec wrote: »

What's with the quotation marks? Is there some doubt over whether the child is biologically hers???

I guess it's supposed to be alluding to her crap mothering skillz or something.

Frank Lee Midere · 18-10-2013 11:32AM

Tiddlypeeps wrote: »

I was shocked when I read this initially. But then it made me think a bit. I wouldn't think twice about a mother putting ribena in a bottle and giving it to their child but that has the same amount of sugar in it as coke.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying either are good things to be putting in a child's bottle. That much sugar isn't good for anyone. I just think it's amusing how one thing can seem totally fine and another thing that's very similar can seem horrific.

The drink, the chips are bad. The burger is ok. A McDonald burger is 250 calories.

If she was feeding the kid a chopped up Irish breakfast of sausages and fried bacon nothing much would be said.

Kids do eat too many chips though including in middle class houses.

Frank Lee Midere · 18-10-2013 11:36AM

Aglomerado wrote: »

The packaging would be more nutritious.

It's a hot sandwich. In a roll. It's bread, meat and a bit of salad. The term "burger" is scary but its probably similar or better to a breakfast of toast, sausages and bacon. Which is meat and bread.

Super-Rush · 18-10-2013 11:38AM

Why did you find it necessary to point out she was from Dublin?

Serious answer please.

seamus · 18-10-2013 11:38AM

Love2love wrote: »

I really doubt this one. Like a mother would walk to McD, get a happy meal, bring it home and blend it. Like why not walk to the Spar and buy spuds and a few carrots and blend them?

Because that would require effort?

A scummer going to McDonalds and blending up a happy meal sounds more plausible than them going to Spar to buy veg tbh.

Never underestimate the lowness of the bottom feeders. Go stand outside a maternity hospital for an hour and witness the number of pregnant women in dressing gowns chain smoking, and visitors with 2 and 3 year old children supping coke out of a bottle as they wander around.

For a lot of the proper scum, children are a burden, and little more. They do whatever they can to make the child-rearing process less hassle. Going down to McDs for a happy meal is easier than making breakfast and they can have a few smokes on the way and leave the child at home on their own to get a bit of peace and quiet.

"I refuse to believe a mother would..." - your refusal to believe it doesn't mean it doesn't happen. Imagine all of the things you could never forgive yourself if you did to your child. Parents are doing it, lots of them, every day.

Czarcasm · 18-10-2013 11:40AM

Well as the good Ms. Blaney says herself -

Incorporating a “shock factor” into advertising messages can be effective, but such tactics can also “lead to further denial”, she says.

Source: Safefood campaign needs right tone to get parents’ attention, says ad executive Blaney

So what better way than to come up with a "shock" story that's just about believable.

Inner city Dublin mothers are famous for this sort of behaviour, isn't it common knowledge? Everyone knows that sure...

Oh wait...

Howard Juneau · 18-10-2013 11:40AM

Tiddlypeeps wrote: »

I was shocked when I read this initially. But then it made me think a bit. I wouldn't think twice about a mother putting ribena in a bottle and giving it to their child but that has the same amount of sugar in it as coke.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying either are good things to be putting in a child's bottle. That much sugar isn't good for anyone. I just think it's amusing how one thing can seem totally fine and another thing that's very similar can seem horrific.

I think it's the other additives contained within cola that makes it the greater of 2 evils.
But yes, other drinks contain as much sugar as cola, and in the case of caprisun, even more!

Doom · 18-10-2013 11:42AM

Lucky kid, I was at least 10yrs old before I went to McD's.....

sok2005 · 18-10-2013 11:42AM

The McCanns left their tiny kids in an apartment alone in a foreign country while they went out socializing.

Sh1te, neglectful parents come from all classes.

Dubchild · 18-10-2013 11:43AM

A milk shake would be better for the little squid, they do the best ones i ever tasted.

18-10-2013 11:43AM

I thought this was about a baby being blended by McDonald's.

Disappointing

0ph0rce0 · 18-10-2013 11:45AM

Child Got Fed, Big Whoop!

Better than it starving to death.

One Maccy D's ain't gonna do no harm to no one.

Tiddlypeeps · 18-10-2013 11:47AM

Howard Juneau wrote: »

I think it's the other additives contained within cola that makes it the greater of 2 evils.
But yes, other drinks contain as much sugar as cola, and in the case of caprisun, even more!

In the before time when I new very little about food I would choose a caprisun over a can of coke thinking I was choosing the "healthy option". :eek:

When I was in secondary school they implemented a healthy eating campaign. We had a tuck shop where you could buy snacks (crisps, chocolate, sweets etc). Their plan for this healthy eating campaign was to stop selling crisps and replace it with fruit. Anytime I went they would have a small bowl with what looked like 2 week old bananas and no other fruit. So all you could really get was chocolate or sweets. This was about 10/15 years ago too, so this kind of carry on isn't even a recent phenomenon.

Mint Sauce · 18-10-2013 11:47AM

Ah come on guys. Kid could have choked if she hadn't.

Tzardine · 18-10-2013 11:49AM

I hope to god she took the gherkin out.

Dravokivich · 18-10-2013 11:50AM

Czarcasm wrote: »

So what better way than to come up with a "shock" story that's just about believable.

Shock stories are of no use if these parents aren't actually looking at how what they do affect their kids.

I used to work in a newsagents and there was a 4 year old girl sent in to get some sweets for herself. She was practically bursting out of her skin, like that picture of the fat kid in McDonalds that's been doing the rounds on the internet for years.

Anything that gets some sort of PR challenging their actions are just going to be met with "Don't tell me how to raise my kids." Which is the shocking bit to be honest.

Frank Lee Midere · 18-10-2013 11:55AM

I ate sweets as a kid but I look starved in all pictures of my youth. As do most of the kids in my class. It's not like kids in the late eighties/nineties didn't have vastly more access to sugar than previous generations. Were we more active than now? I don't know. We were less active than our parents generation.

But probably it was the food. I didn't get pizza etc. or takeouts

Meat. Two veg.

Tiddlypeeps · 18-10-2013 11:55AM

Actually this kind of reminds me of how mental people can be with their pets.

My sister used to buy an extra burger in McDonalds for her dog. Thankfully she got bored of the dog after a short while and I took it on.

In college one of my mates girlfriends would go to Supermax specifically to get southern fried chicken for the cat. This cat was mega obese, I felt so sorry for the poor thing.

People are crazy.

hardCopy · 18-10-2013 11:57AM

Czarcasm wrote: »

Well as the good Ms. Blaney says herself -

Source: Safefood campaign needs right tone to get parents’ attention, says ad executive Blaney

So what better way than to come up with a "shock" story that's just about believable.

Inner city Dublin mothers are famous for this sort of behaviour, isn't it common knowledge? Everyone knows that sure...

Oh wait...

The McD's bit is pretty sensational but there is a big gap in nutrition between advantaged and disadvantaged groups, particularly when it comes to fruit and veg. Women in disadvantaged areas are also likely to be shorter and more overweight than women from advantaged backgrounds. So it would make sense to target an education campaign at people in disadvantaged areas.

Gummy Panda · 18-10-2013 11:59AM

seamus wrote: »

Because that would require effort?

A scummer going to McDonalds and blending up a happy meal sounds more plausible than them going to Spar to buy veg tbh.

Never underestimate the lowness of the bottom feeders. Go stand outside a maternity hospital for an hour and witness the number of pregnant women in dressing gowns chain smoking, and visitors with 2 and 3 year old children supping coke out of a bottle as they wander around.

For a lot of the proper scum, children are a burden, and little more. They do whatever they can to make the child-rearing process less hassle. Going down to McDs for a happy meal is easier than making breakfast and they can have a few smokes on the way and leave the child at home on their own to get a bit of peace and quiet.

"I refuse to believe a mother would..." - your refusal to believe it doesn't mean it doesn't happen. Imagine all of the things you could never forgive yourself if you did to your child. Parents are doing it, lots of them, every day.

Happy meal seems plausible but the blending part doesn't

Seems like way too much effort

Foxhound38 · 18-10-2013 11:59AM

Super-Rush wrote: »

Why did you find it necessary to point out she was from Dublin?

Serious answer please.

1.) To point out that it's an Irish case off the bat
2.) Because it's in the article

18-10-2013 12:04PM

Gummy Panda wrote: »

Happy meal seems plausible but the blending part doesn't

Seems like way too much effort

It's quite obvious that it is made up. Amusing to see everyone rushing to condemn this terrible mother who doesn't exist.

And while I am here, let's talk about SafeFood. They seem to have limitless amounts of money for never ending advertising campaigns telling us to cook our chicken (but not past it's sell by date, and not too much of it, and definitely don't put it in a blender and feed it to a child).

It's like they are constantly looking for something to do to justify their budget (in a world where "we have no money", let's not forget). How big an issue is people eating out of date food or not cooking their pork enough on a barbecue? Is there any evidence that these campaigns about weight are effective?

Maybe it's me but as a country we seem to be completely obsessed about this stuff. I can't imagine these campaigns in France.

rainbowdrop · 18-10-2013 12:05PM

I would insert my dead baby in a blender joke

*HERE*

But I don't want to get banned, so I won't. PM for it if you want......

strobe · 18-10-2013 12:08PM

"Orlaith Blaney, chief executive of McCannBlue *advertising agency* said...."

Mmm hmmm.

Gotta be true, no possible motivation for making up something sensational and internet worthy there at all, at all.

Handsome Bob · 18-10-2013 12:09PM

seamus wrote: »

Because that would require effort?

A scummer going to McDonalds and blending up a happy meal sounds more plausible than them going to Spar to buy veg tbh.

Never underestimate the lowness of the bottom feeders. Go stand outside a maternity hospital for an hour and witness the number of pregnant women in dressing gowns chain smoking, and visitors with 2 and 3 year old children supping coke out of a bottle as they wander around.

For a lot of the proper scum, children are a burden, and little more. They do whatever they can to make the child-rearing process less hassle. Going down to McDs for a happy meal is easier than making breakfast and they can have a few smokes on the way and leave the child at home on their own to get a bit of peace and quiet.

"I refuse to believe a mother would..." - your refusal to believe it doesn't mean it doesn't happen. Imagine all of the things you could never forgive yourself if you did to your child. Parents are doing it, lots of them, every day.

Scummer and bottom feeders, lol....so much for not victimizing people eh?

Gummy Panda · 18-10-2013 12:10PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

It's quite obvious that it is made up. Amusing to see everyone rushing to condemn this terrible mother who doesn't exist.

And while I am here, let's talk about SafeFood. They seem to have limitless amounts of money for never ending advertising campaigns telling us to cook our chicken (but not past it's sell by date, and not too much of it, and definitely don't put it in a blender and feed it to a child).

It's like they are constantly looking for something to do to justify their budget (in a world where "we have no money", let's not forget). How big an issue is people eating out of date food or not cooking their pork enough on a barbecue? Is there any evidence that these campaigns about weight are effective?

Maybe it's me but as a country we seem to be completely obsessed about this stuff. I can't imagine these campaigns in France.

Iirc they had people on boards looking for feedback om their fat campaign in the health & fitness section. Lots of people questioned the information they were given. Then it got a little heated with people showing them studies and telling them they are misguiding the public. At the end safe food told them they were ignoring that and going ahead with campaign.

Foxhound38 · 18-10-2013 12:11PM

Handsome Bob wrote: »

Scummer and bottom feeders, lol....so much for not victimizing people eh?

Anyone who seemingly goes out of their way to make their kid into a fatarse before they can even walk *is* a scummer and a bottomfeeder

Eight Ball · 18-10-2013 12:12PM

Palmach wrote: »

She was from inner city Dublin. Judging by the number of semi-humna skangers one sees in that area nothing would surprise me.

Nice stereotyping.

Dublin "mother" blends up McDonalds and feeds it to baby

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