Does every kids event have to involve food?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DD gets a candy bar from her French tutor at every lesson. She gets a bag of chips from tennis coach if she wins and sometimes just because.
She gets popcorn at tennis tournaments.
She gets candy from music teacher.
She gets candy from language arts teacher.
She gets Cheetos and Caprisun as a snack at camps.
She gets cookies and candy shared at school at lunch.
There is pizza, cookies, cake and ice cream at every party.

This Merica!

Then leave.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People should start organizing “no food” events and sports and activities for kids. I think there are a lot more people who want that than some people may realize. Especially in areas with a larger percentage of immigrants because I guess it’s easier for us to see how insane it is here. It must be difficult to do things differently when you’re raised to think that kids need a processed snack every few minutes to survive.

Actually I think it’s a way for American parents to try to control their kids who have bad behavior. Give them a processed snack and they shut up for a few minutes. They never seem to realize that this is making their kids’ behavior even worse.

So cute the way this post keeps using the phrase “processed snack.” Condescending and an effective way to let us know how very superior the poster is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For DC in K, I was so shocked on the snack duties as a parent. We show up for 8 weeks of baseball and get told which week we need to provide snack to the entire team! Then on soccer, it was the same thing. Also, for K (pre-Covid) we were responsible for providing the entire class with a snack once a month.
This was such things as: Pringles, Pirate Booty, cheddar bunnies, Vege Chips ( which are really just potato chips), etc. and for their birthday you were allowed to bring in something like Chips Ahoy. I was always scrounging around the grocery store looking for something to satisfy all these snack duties. I think it is over done. The kids do not even seem grateful after 50 minutes of baseball. Many times they are racing off to the next soccer game. They will complain that they don't like the snack that you brought or they've never had it. Also, they typically just grab it and leave. It's not like they're developing social skills with other children over eating.

This is a completely American thing. If their children don’t eat every 45 minutes, they will spontaneously combust.

You font like America? Please leave

Oh shut up, no one is taking away your precious donuts.

[Anonymous]

I'm annoyed by the constant demands for snacks from my kid whenever we go do some activity if she was at home she wouldn't be demanding snacks but she's already made the mental association that doing ballet or swim class or gymnastics means getting a snack

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like an eating disorder to me. It's very fashionable to blame all sorts of things on gluten or wheat or dairy or eggs. But there is absolutely no scientific proof that they are the cause of anything. Doctors are just fobbing you off because they don't know.

Sweet baby Jesus, I hope you're not a parent!

+1. This PP sounds like an awful Boomer. Food allergies are a very real thing. Just because PP is lucky enough not to deal with them, doesn’t make them any less real. I know someone who spent years with horrible issues that doctors kept attributing to all sorts of illnesses. The real issue was Celiac. Food allergies are on the rise in this country because of all the crap we spray on wheat and the stuff that’s given to animals being kept in atrocious conditions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People should start organizing “no food” events and sports and activities for kids. I think there are a lot more people who want that than some people may realize. Especially in areas with a larger percentage of immigrants because I guess it’s easier for us to see how insane it is here. It must be difficult to do things differently when you’re raised to think that kids need a processed snack every few minutes to survive.

Actually I think it’s a way for American parents to try to control their kids who have bad behavior. Give them a processed snack and they shut up for a few minutes. They never seem to realize that this is making their kids’ behavior even worse.

So cute the way this post keeps using the phrase “processed snack.” Condescending and an effective way to let us know how very superior the poster is.

NP, not superior but let’s face it, it’s a processed snack, you’re not giving your kid an apple, you’re making your kid eat goldfish crackers because you can’t say no to junk food.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People should start organizing “no food” events and sports and activities for kids. I think there are a lot more people who want that than some people may realize. Especially in areas with a larger percentage of immigrants because I guess it’s easier for us to see how insane it is here. It must be difficult to do things differently when you’re raised to think that kids need a processed snack every few minutes to survive.

Actually I think it’s a way for American parents to try to control their kids who have bad behavior. Give them a processed snack and they shut up for a few minutes. They never seem to realize that this is making their kids’ behavior even worse.

Man I hope this is a troll. Good news Jan, the party is food free. I mean who wants to eat. This whole thread is full of people with eating pathologies

I don’t think you need to go totally food free, but cookies and cheese doodles are not a snack, they’re junk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DD gets a candy bar from her French tutor at every lesson. She gets a bag of chips from tennis coach if she wins and sometimes just because.
She gets popcorn at tennis tournaments.
She gets candy from music teacher.
She gets candy from language arts teacher.
She gets Cheetos and Caprisun as a snack at camps.
She gets cookies and candy shared at school at lunch.
There is pizza, cookies, cake and ice cream at every party.

This Merica!

Only in America do people accuse those who want to eat healthy of having eating disorders. That’s how bad the addiction to junk food is. Half of the country is obese. Not overweight, but obese and sick. There is an epidemic of children with type 2 diabetes and the numbers keep getting worse and worse. It’s a public health crisis and Americans would rather eat themselves to death than admit they have some sort of issue. It’s telling how self defensive some people are, the comments are mocking having an event without food, mocking food allergies, and using whatever pharmaceuticals they can get their hands on just so they don’t have to let go of their precious sugary snacks. They truly associate childhood with candy, juice, pizza, cookies, ice cream, etc. And then once they hit a certain age, they go crazy in the other direction with constant diets. The amount of people you meet who are on some sort of diet or meal replacement plan or whatever it’s called is astounding. It’s because Americans have no semblance of just normal, healthy eating. Everything is fast, filled with sugar, on the go, constant snacking, and empty calorie. It is really baffling to watch as an outsider.

[Anonymous]

I agree with the OP that it’s out of control. My kids range from ages 24 to 35, and I remember being frustrated by this situation even back in the day. It’s like nobody was okay with their kids going for several hours between meals. Craziness!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There isn't a single scientific study proving the link between food allergies and eczema, for the record. They can be comorbidities but a causal relationship HAS NOT BEEN PROVEN.

So, the odds that OP's child has eczema caused by this long list of foods are pretty low.

Many kids and adults have seen reduced symptoms of eczema from changing diet. It happens with me and gluten. I’m sorry if you need a journal article to tell you what is real/false, but this association is very real for me.

Actually I do need a journal article to tell me that. Otherwise it's anecdotal. But I suppose you are anti-vax and believe a chiropractor can fix everything by manipulating your gut bacteria, or something.

I trust science thank you.

[Anonymous]

So much black and white thinking in this thread. First of all, if your kids activities involve donuts maybe you should find a new activity. Secondly, there's a difference between cheese doodles, whatever those are, and cheese sticks, hummus, fresh fruit etc.

It's possible to give your kids snacks that aren't processed. Your kids sound hungry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like an eating disorder to me. It's very fashionable to blame all sorts of things on gluten or wheat or dairy or eggs. But there is absolutely no scientific proof that they are the cause of anything. Doctors are just fobbing you off because they don't know.

No. https://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/eczema/ss/slideshow-top-eczema-triggers

[Anonymous]

OP - you're right that it's ridiculous that parents always include food in everyone. You're absolutely right.

They aren't changing for you. You don't get to decide.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like an eating disorder to me. It's very fashionable to blame all sorts of things on gluten or wheat or dairy or eggs. But there is absolutely no scientific proof that they are the cause of anything. Doctors are just fobbing you off because they don't know.

No. https://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/eczema/ss/slideshow-top-eczema-triggers

WebMD - and their uncited slideshow - is not the best place to get medical information IMHO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like an eating disorder to me. It's very fashionable to blame all sorts of things on gluten or wheat or dairy or eggs. But there is absolutely no scientific proof that they are the cause of anything. Doctors are just fobbing you off because they don't know.

No. https://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/eczema/ss/slideshow-top-eczema-triggers

WebMD - and their uncited slideshow - is not the best place to get medical information IMHO.

DP. Ok, then...

https://nationaleczema.org/food-allergies-and-children-with-eczema/