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A watchdog group says giving away toys with Happy Meals contributes to childhood obesity and threatens to sue. McDonald's cites healthful menu choices.
McDonald's faces lawsuit over Happy Meals - latimes.com
Holy fatman eating to much leads to obesity not friggen toys.
There is a case to be made, that the toys and especially advertising encourages children to eat this bad food. Quite frankly I don't know why they do... I took a bite of my baby sisters happy meal burger a few months ago and it tasted of nothingness.
At the end of the day it is ultimately the responsibility of the parent, and so this case will and in some ways probably should fall flat on its face.
Seriously, though, this is none of the government's damn business.
There is nothing wrong with a kid eating McDonalds now and then.
Take a look at the parents of fat kids. Yep, they tend to be fat, too. Look at their cars. Usually haven't been washed in six months, and littered with fast-food bags in the back seat. You look at these folks, and there are bad decisions just dripping from them.
The whole family's eating too much McDonalds, not just the kids.
Gimme a break.
It is starting to become a national problem, here in Germany. There are so many overweight kids, with bad teeth..
I'm curious...those of you who think the lawsuit should be tossed: Would you feel the same way about, say, cigarette companies advertising to children?
Holy fatman eating to much leads to obesity not friggen toys.
Wait.. you're not supposed to eat the toy?
I find it funny that they are suing McDonald's. I would personally blame the parents for letting their children eat so much junk. I don't have kids of my own but I take care of kids a lot and the one thing you have to learn is to be the boss. It's okay to let them get their way every once in awhile but you need to be firm and make them understand that your word is final, and tears don't sway you. If the parents let their kids have a happy meal every time the kid screams for one then it's not McDonald's fault. Just like if an Alcoholic buys beer from a store, is it somehow the stores fault? Pretty sure the responsibility lies with the person.
Unless McDonalds is selling rum cake and pot brownies to little kids it is not the same.I'm curious...those of you who think the lawsuit should be tossed: Would you feel the same way about, say, cigarette companies advertising to children?.
Not everyone who watches cartoons are children and most likely it was done to get the adults to buy smokes.Back in the early 1960s, they used to show Fred Flintstone smoking Winston cigarettes during the commercial breaks
And as recently as the 1990s, there was the whole controversy about Joe Camel. I'm just wondering if you think there is a clear distinction between that and McDonald's, and if so, what that distinction is.
Cigarette advertising should be legal.Or do you think that the cigarette advertising should be legal as well?
.only that McDonald's tried to get them addicted by advertising their toys
Well there are a lot of things that influence children, but as your last statement says, it is the responsibility of the parent.
I agree this lawsuit should fail and quickly.
Not only do the parents have control over what their children eat, they also have control over what their children watch. So if they're that worried about the advertising influencing their children to get them to buy Happy Meals, then maybe the parents should learn how to do 2 things. a) SAY NO b) turn the darn TV off See? It's really easy to not have to get a Happy Meal for your child if you are worried about them eating too much fast food. Plus, by turning the TV off to avoid commercials for Happy Meals, you have the added benefit that the kids will probably get bored and go outside and play.
Neither should be allowed to advertise to children, but neither of them should be held liable for having done so while it was legal.
Well, it is still better, if kids are not constantly bombarded with junk food and advertising.
Yes, they can go out and play, and while they are playing they will receive junk food gifts on a daily basis in the playground. Everybody gives kids candy. Even the shop staff hand it out, when parents take their kids to the supermarket, restaruant staff hand it out...
And, yes I know already that there are lots of parents who consider themselves to be perfect, and claim to not feel any pressure from advertising and society, and that they will have all the perfect solutions to share about how the other less perfect parents can make themselves and their own kids perfect too. And, just because I feel like having a childish moment, I say ''Liar Liar, pants on fire'', to those parents.
That is way to simplistic a way to consider it. Parents and children live within a society. Parents dont want their kids to feel different to the other kids, or left out, because this is traumatic for kids. So, it is a good thing if not everything is available to the kids in general, to avoid the situation where some of them have it, and others not.Which is the fault of the parents, not McDonalds.
I manage my children just fine, limit their TV time and have no problems saying "no."
That's why we are the (alleged) adults and they are the children.
It's part of the job.
You accept it, when you agree that you want to continue the pregnancy.
Sigh! Self righteous parents are bloody awful. As well as that, they are self proclaimed good parents, rather than being good parents, based on a standard applied to parents in general.
That is way to simplistic a way to consider it. Parents and children live within a society. Parents dont want their kids to feel different to the other kids, or left out, because this is traumatic for kids. So, it is a good thing if not everything is available to the kids in general, to avoid the situation where some of them have it, and others not.
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