52 Weeks to Make the World a Better Place: Week 43 - Don't take the kids to McDonald's
Coaching a young life through its formative years must be a daunting task to anyone who allows themselves to actually think about it. Some of the most difficult decisions must surely concern what values should be instilled. Unless your household runs a complete media blackout, chances are that the kids will demand to visit an establishment such as McDonald's (and I single it out merely for illustration). With peer pressure looming, it's difficult to say no, but no must be said if the meme of bland consumerist values is in any way to be kerbed. Taking such a stand will obviously have repercussions, but to dredge up a particularly threadbare adage, "no pain, no gain".
posted by UltraGnosis at 6:40 am
2 Comments:
that's so difficult. We are veggies and our son is one too (not really, he eats fish) and we have a very hard time explaining why Mcdonald's is off limits. The wrost thing is many parents -at least here- have their kids' birthday parties there.
Yes, I really appreciate the difficulty involved, even though I speak from the position of the childless. Respect to anyone who has the guts to to do this, and yes, I believe it's often the custom over here too.
Of course, they now purvey a vegeburger approved by the UK Vegetarian Society, but there are so many other reasons to avoid the place, and all the rest like it.
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