No more Happy Meals? You're kidding! Come on. McDonald's "unfairly uses toys?" Everyone unfairly uses toys to get kids to do what they want. This is just unbelievable. It's a big downer trend that parents seem unable to parent. If we as a society are expecting corporations to watch out for our kids and sports stars to be role models we are in bad shape. My child rearing is based on telling my kids the truth. Everybody is out to screw you and you better watch out. And those clowns on TV could give a shit about you.
Your kid asks you for a Happy Meal, you can go, but you can't go every freakin' day! That's all. What's so hard about that? These people are pathetic. Leave Ronnie McD alone! God knows I have needed Macky D's on many late nights and I am grateful that I live in a country where I can straighten myself out and chow down in friendly parking lots from Philly all the way to LA. Macky D's is about more than kids, and this will hurt their ability to serve the rest of America, so these guys need to back the f*** up.
Will America heed my wake up call?!? And start parenting again? I doubt it. Bastards.
A lawsuit that seeks to stop McDonald's from selling Happy Meals must be dismissed because parents can always prohibit their children from eating them, the hamburger giant said in a court filing.
The lawsuit claims McDonald's unfairly uses toys to lure children into its restaurants. The plaintiff, Monet Parham, a Sacramento, Calif. mother of two, claims the company's advertising violates California consumer protection laws.
The Happy Meal has been a huge hit for McDonald's -- making the company one of the world's largest toy distributors -- and spawning me-too offerings at most other fast-food chains.
But lately it also has come under fire from public health officials, parents and lawmakers who are frustrated with rising childhood obesity rates and weak anti-obesity efforts from restaurant operators, which are largely self-regulated.
[Reuters]
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