Baseball Snacks for 8 year olds?

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My sons are 21 and 19 now and we always brought healthy individual sized snacks that we liked because you'll be let with whats left.

Kind bars, bags of almonds, bags of trail mix, and fig newtons. Do not bring doritos/chips.

Your kids aren't that old but nuts are pretty much out these days and have been for a long time, I also have a teenager.

Nuts are a great snack and healthy.

If your kid is allergic, deal. But I'm not denying my kids nutrition. It's not like we're all crammed on an airplane.

My kids aren’t allergic, dumb ass. But nobody does nuts anymore. You’re way out of touch.

We do nuts, sugar tits. Deal.

You strike me as the type who responds to “Happy Holidays!” with an aggressive “MERRY CHRISTMAS”

No, actually. I say thanks and to you, too.

Were you born wrong or just raised badly?

I was raised to not intentionally disregard the health and safety of kids to prove some weird point, “sugar tits” - is that wrong?

Yes. It's wrong. No other kids' health and safety are in jeopardy if my kids bring nuts as a snack. Get a grip, loser.

Can you read? This is about what to bring for the team as a snack. If you're bringing the team sack which is a bag full of nuts then it's a problem.

Sh*, you are stupid.

If a kid has an allergy, he can abstain. The whole team doesn't miss out on peanuts because Timmy the loser comes from bad genes.

Nobody brings peanuts. You are so out of touch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some 8 year olds are only there for the snacks. Just get them something they’ll actually like, and everyone can worry about the seriousness and health of youth sports later.

From a coach’s perspective, this is spot on. Baseball at this level is a total slog. Hurt feelings or even tears over the many strikeouts and missed plays that happen in these games are not uncommon.

Taking a few moments to “break bread” with your teammates before running off to the next thing does a lot to keep up morale. It also lets each family participate in the team building. Maybe you can’t coach, but you can bring a box of popcorn.

If you don’t want to participate, OP don’t sign up, and don’t let your kid take the snacks. No judgement if you’re not a snack family. But don’t be that guy that just takes and takes.

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Anonymous wrote:Some 8 year olds are only there for the snacks. Just get them something they’ll actually like, and everyone can worry about the seriousness and health of youth sports later.

From a coach’s perspective, this is spot on. Baseball at this level is a total slog. Hurt feelings or even tears over the many strikeouts and missed plays that happen in these games are not uncommon.

Taking a few moments to “break bread” with your teammates before running off to the next thing does a lot to keep up morale. It also lets each family participate in the team building. Maybe you can’t coach, but you can bring a box of popcorn.

If you don’t want to participate, OP don’t sign up, and don’t let your kid take the snacks. No judgement if you’re not a snack family. But don’t be that guy that just takes and takes.

Thanks for being a youth coach!

My oldest loved baseball from the jump and couldn’t care less about the snacks - he’s still going strong in HS.

Youngest was there to pick dandelions and be bored and uncomfortable, but he absolutely adored the end of practice snack time