How to get my child to stop eating McDonald's

I would recommend just not buying her any fast food it is horrible for you and I wouldn't want to feed my kids that garbage if I had any. What I do is when I do have time to cook I cook a little extra so then I can just heat that up in the oven when I'm in a hurry. You can also try to cook things in a crock pot, make some soup in the morning and set it on low for 8 hours and you'll be able to have a nice pot of soup when you come home and you can easily heat that up pretty quickly on the stove. You can also premake salads and sandwhiches at home if you have time, even though we may be incredibly busy we have to try and remember that our health is the most important thing in our life. If we continue to neglect our health overtime we will quickly become unhappy and we will begin to feel the effect of our haste. We have to try and have the time to be able to cook for ourselves a highly nutritious meal and be able to have the time to sit down and eat it with our family or friends.

Take her to Taco Bell.

Okay so you started the habit, you or someone else. No this isn't blame, It's just fact. I understand that maybe you want help with it, but the only thing we can tell you is to put your foot down and say no, and buy healthier foods for her, lead by example and eat them too. Maybe even suggest trying to "remake" the mcdonald's stuff but A LOT HEALTHIER.

Just to be blunt, this post comes across very spineless. Like you are somehow unable to be a parent, and your child controls your life. The bottom line is, my parents never asked how to get me to stop eat anything. They simply didn't feed it to me. What they put in front of me was what I was expected to eat. And if I refused, I simply didn't get dinner. In short, my parents, acted like parents. If positions were reversed, I simply would not take my daughter to McDonald's. If she had a problem with that, she could go to bed without dinner at all. It's my job to raise my child up properly. Not to bow to my child's whim on where they want to eat. If you believe you are harming your child by feeding her McDonald's all the time, then you don't need "some ideas", you need a backbone to say "we're not going to McDonald's anymore".

It should be understood that McDonald"s is made for kids. It"s made to be loved by them. So any attempt of stoping them will probably make them want it even more. What I suggest is making food at home which is more tasty from McDonald"s. Try to estimate what your children prefer and decide what"s best from the research. Putting a small toy in front of the meal, will probably replace a feeling of being in McDonald"s if you have younger children.

If McDonalds take out their HAPPY MEAL I bet there would be a lot of kids who won't eat McDonalds again. Usually, kids eat Mcdonalds because they think its fun in Mcdonalds since they have their little fun station for the kids and they also have free toys for the kids. But for sure, Mcdonalds isn't going to take their best selling meal out so I guess you just have to cook more delicious things at home so your daughter wont crave the very oily and fattening food of Mcdonalds anymore.

It's up to you to stop it. You are the parent and the one that takes her there and buys it. I understand about being on the move all the time. I had three girls close in age, twins and one 3.5 years older. Try to keep fruit on hand at home and start doing healthy meals. They don't have to be big to be healthy. Have a salad night once a week. Let your daughter be a part of the meal preparation. She and you will more than likely enjoy the time together. Let her suggest things to put in the salad when you are shopping or making your shopping list. Boiled eggs, different veggies (bell pepper, carrots, mushrooms, etc.) and toppings like chopped apple or pecans or some other kind of nuts. Another fun night is to have a vegetable night and let everyone in the house pick a vegetable. You will be surprised at how much fun this can turn in to.

Hi thechans, Your daughter's health and well being is your responsibility as her parent. If I were you, I would stop taking her to McDonalds. Have a great weekend!

well i can think of alot of foods you can fix her at home, as we dont eat out alot anymore , i mean we do eat out just not as much as we do at home now and as much as we use to my hubby would rahter have my good home cooked food any day... you can fix her soups, like tomato, vegetable beef, or homemade chilli, or peanut butter and jelly sandwiches , or grill cheeses, or hot ham and cheese, and every kid loves mac and cheese.. home made is great, grill some hot dogs or hamburgers, try to get her to eat as much vegetables as possible, like there is so many ways you can fix corn, such as boil corn on the cob, or green beans, or peas, or tons of ways to fix potaotes. baked is a great way with what ever she likes on top, like cheeses butter, ect.. i hope some of these ideals helped good luck, my daughter did not eat enought vegetables when she was little and now she has a vitamin deffenicy and sometimes get what is called triangle tongue where her tongue turns white from not enought green vegetables.. so it is very important to get the rigth vitamins even milk would be a good source..

Are you serious??? Your child is only 8 years old and you cannot stop her from eating McDonalds? You are the one that is in control of her eating habits, you are the one who surely must be buying it for her! Just stop. Say no. You might have to put up with a few tantrums, but she will get over that once the addictive chemicals from the McDonalds "food" leaves her body. My kids (who are 12 and 10) grew up on McDonalds when they were younger, but the more we learned about nutrition, the less we wanted to take them there. Soon after we just stopped. They were not happy about it, but they accepted long ago that they just do not get fast food from those types of places anymore. You need to get prepared at home or wherever and make sure you have food with you or buy fruit when you are out. It really is not that difficult to do.

Just say no. She is still a small kid so we still can't avoid her from the fast food. Nothing is better than the homemade cook. My sister's children they like to at fast food too-always cried for it but with the 'no' word and the reason-of course they are not an healthy food they will not going to asked for it.(^^)

You are the one with the money. You enable her to be picky. Take the time to cook meals and snacks and when she gets hungry she will eat. She may carry on gmfor a Mc Donalds fix but hold strong and say no. You can find ideas on the net. Just say NO. you are the one responsible for her health.

I am just wondering that if MacDonald's is not good, then why as parents you would let your daughter eat that so often that she has got herself addicted? Is Subway any better? I am not sure about why you have to be "on the go" always. If it is because of the job you are doing, maybe you need to think seriously whether your current lifestyle will affect your daughter on a long term basis. If her health and her overall well being is at risk because of the way she lives her life, perhaps you may want to consider to change your job. It is not difficult to change her eating habit only if you will have the time for her. MacDonald's is bought by you. If you stop buying it and replace with other healthier food, your daughter will still have to eat it when she is hungry. 8 years old is still not too late to make changes - it all depends on the will of the parents.

I remember that i like eating McDonald's when i was kid. Do you know the dumplings,dumplings is another fastfood in china Just put them to boiling water when you hungry and you can buy some more one time, put them into your refrigerator in normal time. I think your kid may be like this food.

One, do not bring her to Mcdonalds! second, create your own mcdonalds, it is easy to make chicken that look like McDonalds! even their nuggets... my children also used to love to go to these fast foods but they stopped because i make it a point to cook for them, if they love fried chicken, i could make it and make the gravy as well which is easy too!

I don't really know how to stop your kid from wanting to eat there time and again when I, myself, would really want to go there everyday. I only want, but I don't go. However, I think I have an idea on how to totally make your kid stop wanting to eat their food. When I say totally, I mean literally stop the appetite. If you don't want that then stop reading this. However, if you're interested, I suggest you go to youtube and look for videos there where people say that McDonald's Fries or burger are made from something that'll make your kid gross out she'll think twice about eating it. If you don't want to feel sick whenever you eat McDonald's too, I suggest that you don't watch those videos along with your child. Hope this can help...though I seriously doubt it...and Happy MyLotting!

Introduce her the KFC..!!

if you will not buy her McDonalds then she will not eat them right? the problem is she get used to it because you also eat it often. so to stop her from eating junks you need to stop too and be an example. you can make her eat vegetables by creating healthy meals. grind vegetables to smaller pieces then mixed it with ground meat. you can actually do vegetables pancake and omelets.

You don't want your daughter to end up like that girl who collapsed after eating nuggets all her life would you? I think you can always find time to cook something nutritious, say grilled fish or salad. If you cannot cook while the kids are in the shower, why not do it before you go to the bed. That way you will just have to heat it up in the microwave when you need it. Try using Nuwave oven, you can cook foods straight from the fridge without thawing. Just toss in pork, chicken or whatsoever with a dash of garlic and pepper, set the time and start it on. It cuts cooking by more than half, than using microwave oven or conventional ovens. Try using pressure cooker if you want to stew meat. My son could be the pickiest kid I've ever known. Can only live with rice and egg every day and the only thing that keeps him going is milk 3x a day.

Learn to cook more delicious and cute snack than McDonald's.