When it's your turn to bring snack for soccer/baseball/etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's six or seven games per season not counting rainouts or conflicts. It's very unlikely for your kid to get fat because of it.

But plenty enough for you to judge others.

I have two boys who both are paying baseball and spring soccer, so that is four games per weekend. I don't like it when parents offer the snack to my child who hasn't played. They don't need four junk bags full of candy and chips. I especially hate the mom who volunteered to bring snacks the first week. She unilaterally decided to put non-edible prizes in the bag too. That inspired the mom who brought snacks the following week to go out and buy small prizes to out in each bag. I can't wait until they start paying club soccer and everyone just brings water and their own snack.

So presumptuous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's not about the food, it's about the comraderie after the game with team mates. When I was a kid, the standard was going for an ice cream cone after the game, now it's sitting down and having a snack.....it's not about being hungry. It's celebrating the end of the game in a social way. The easiest way to do that is eating together.

I totally agree. It's a community-building thing.

[Anonymous]

I'm another poster that hates the snack. Most of my DS's games are early in the morning or right before or after lunch. He never really wants to eat a snack after the games...yet I feel obligated to contribute.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's six or seven games per season not counting rainouts or conflicts. It's very unlikely for your kid to get fat because of it.

But plenty enough for you to judge others.

I have two boys who both are paying baseball and spring soccer, so that is four games per weekend. I don't like it when parents offer the snack to my child who hasn't played. They don't need four junk bags full of candy and chips. I especially hate the mom who volunteered to bring snacks the first week. She unilaterally decided to put non-edible prizes in the bag too. That inspired the mom who brought snacks the following week to go out and buy small prizes to out in each bag. I can't wait until they start paying club soccer and everyone just brings water and their own snack.

PP, I'm with you. WTF? The kids need little treats too? Give me a break. Just what my DS needs, more plastic crap. That will end up in the landfill in about two weeks. At least the edible stuff gets eaten. If a mom put little trinkets in, I'd be pissed too. What a waste of money and how environmentally unfriendly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's six or seven games per season not counting rainouts or conflicts. It's very unlikely for your kid to get fat because of it.

But plenty enough for you to judge others.

I have two boys who both are paying baseball and spring soccer, so that is four games per weekend. I don't like it when parents offer the snack to my child who hasn't played. They don't need four junk bags full of candy and chips. I especially hate the mom who volunteered to bring snacks the first week. She unilaterally decided to put non-edible prizes in the bag too. That inspired the mom who brought snacks the following week to go out and buy small prizes to out in each bag. I can't wait until they start paying club soccer and everyone just brings water and their own snack.

So presumptuous.

So ignorant! Lots of "club" sports are open to anyone willing to commit time and money. But way to hurl and insult without knowing what you're talking about.

[Anonymous]

I'm in my 40s. Back in the 70, parents brought snacks (usually orange slices) for the teams to games. Even our Brownie leader assigned each of us a week to bring snacks, which usually amounted to Kool-Aid and a sweet treat like Oreos.

[Anonymous]

You sound like a real humbug OP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's six or seven games per season not counting rainouts or conflicts. It's very unlikely for your kid to get fat because of it.

But plenty enough for you to judge others.

I have two boys who both are paying baseball and spring soccer, so that is four games per weekend. I don't like it when parents offer the snack to my child who hasn't played. They don't need four junk bags full of candy and chips. I especially hate the mom who volunteered to bring snacks the first week. She unilaterally decided to put non-edible prizes in the bag too. That inspired the mom who brought snacks the following week to go out and buy small prizes to out in each bag. I can't wait until they start paying club soccer and everyone just brings water and their own snack.

you need help.

Says the mom of one kid playing one sport.

No I ha e two but three hears apart so by the time #2 starts team sports #1 has aged out of this team snack business. And they play 2 sports in spring, so ok, they'd get 10/11 snacks per season.

But why would how many kids or how many sports even matter in this discussion? Are you the same parent who wants to ban PB&J at school coz your kids are allergic to peanuts?

[Anonymous]

Why are you mothers so unhappy?

[Anonymous]

"Just ask yourself..did you get this constant stream of snacks, team or otherwise when you were a kid? the answer is no."

Agree. This shit must have been started by a SAHM with waay too much time and $$$ on her hands.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Just ask yourself..did you get this constant stream of snacks, team or otherwise when you were a kid? the answer is no."

Agree. This shit must have been started by a SAHM with waay too much time and $$$ on her hands.

Probably the same bored bitch who started goody bags for birthday parties. Ugh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's six or seven games per season not counting rainouts or conflicts. It's very unlikely for your kid to get fat because of it.

But plenty enough for you to judge others.

I have two boys who both are paying baseball and spring soccer, so that is four games per weekend. I don't like it when parents offer the snack to my child who hasn't played. They don't need four junk bags full of candy and chips. I especially hate the mom who volunteered to bring snacks the first week. She unilaterally decided to put non-edible prizes in the bag too. That inspired the mom who brought snacks the following week to go out and buy small prizes to out in each bag. I can't wait until they start paying club soccer and everyone just brings water and their own snack.

you need help.

Says the mom of one kid playing one sport.

No I ha e two but three hears apart so by the time #2 starts team sports #1 has aged out of this team snack business. And they play 2 sports in spring, so ok, they'd get 10/11 snacks per season.

But why would how many kids or how many sports even matter in this discussion? Are you the same parent who wants to ban PB&J at school coz your kids are allergic to peanuts?

I don't care what or how much crap anyone feeds their kids. I think it's ridiculous that we all have to buy the crap for every kid on the team and his siblings. Bring your own junk food to feed your own kids. I'll do the same. Problem solved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Just ask yourself..did you get this constant stream of snacks, team or otherwise when you were a kid? the answer is no."

Agree. This shit must have been started by a SAHM with waay too much time and $$$ on her hands.

Eh, more likely the WOHM who wants to prove she's an awesome mom by over-buying game snacks.

[Anonymous]

^^^Please don't take this thread there !!!

[Anonymous]

Ugh, the food police! This is one of my least favorite aspects of living in this area. We've lived all over the country, though usually in smaller towns. People's obsession with what their kids eat is crazy. I don't mind snack. I let my kids eat snacks, chips, whatever. Jeez, some parents are such killjoys. I almost lost it when some of the hoovering mothers at my kid's birthday party stayed to ensure their kids didn't eat any junk. They objected to ice cream cake and 1/2 glasses of soda. One kid stated he had never tried soda before. What? I feel like I'm living in an alternate universe.