What to bring for snack after 10 y.o. girls soccer game?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like THAT mom is getting defensive on her THAT mom title.

I coach basketball to 7yr olds. My husband coaches travel
Softball to 14y olds. No one gets snacks. Everyone survives. Many parents personally thank us. Like another PP mention, when the goal is to eat after every darn game instead of reflecting and high fives, the whole point of the game is missed. This is emotional eating. Reward for a game is food.

And there are allergies to worry about as well. There is always a parent that forgets. It is a complete waste of time. You want your kid to sit down with a bag of pretzels and juice box and litter up the soccer field, go right ahead. It doesn't have to be a team event.

Ok next time the soccer coach requests someone to coordinate snacks, I will lecture him about the evils of snack instead of doing what he asks. Got it.

Jeez, you don't have to "lecture" him. It's enough to say to him and all parents: "Can we take a poll on this? How many of you think that we need to have snack? How many of you could do without? UNLESS, of course, you, Coach, insist." I guarantee he will NOT insist.

A majority of our parents don't speak English and the coach does. It's hard to take a poll.

If they managed to sign up for the team, and if you are planning to share with them the snack schedule and assume they will understand what it entails, I am pretty sure they will understand if you also ask (at the game or via email) "Do you actually want snacks or can you take care of your child's food on your own?" Please give international parents some credit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like THAT mom is getting defensive on her THAT mom title.

I coach basketball to 7yr olds. My husband coaches travel
Softball to 14y olds. No one gets snacks. Everyone survives. Many parents personally thank us. Like another PP mention, when the goal is to eat after every darn game instead of reflecting and high fives, the whole point of the game is missed. This is emotional eating. Reward for a game is food.

And there are allergies to worry about as well. There is always a parent that forgets. It is a complete waste of time. You want your kid to sit down with a bag of pretzels and juice box and litter up the soccer field, go right ahead. It doesn't have to be a team event.

Ok next time the soccer coach requests someone to coordinate snacks, I will lecture him about the evils of snack instead of doing what he asks. Got it.

Jeez, you don't have to "lecture" him. It's enough to say to him and all parents: "Can we take a poll on this? How many of you think that we need to have snack? How many of you could do without? UNLESS, of course, you, Coach, insist." I guarantee he will NOT insist.

A majority of our parents don't speak English and the coach does. It's hard to take a poll.

If they don't speak English how do they know to bring in a snack??? Isn't it just more emails they don't understand. lol

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Doughnuts.

And Mountain Dew.

YES!!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like THAT mom is getting defensive on her THAT mom title.

I coach basketball to 7yr olds. My husband coaches travel
Softball to 14y olds. No one gets snacks. Everyone survives. Many parents personally thank us. Like another PP mention, when the goal is to eat after every darn game instead of reflecting and high fives, the whole point of the game is missed. This is emotional eating. Reward for a game is food.

And there are allergies to worry about as well. There is always a parent that forgets. It is a complete waste of time. You want your kid to sit down with a bag of pretzels and juice box and litter up the soccer field, go right ahead. It doesn't have to be a team event.

Ok next time the soccer coach requests someone to coordinate snacks, I will lecture him about the evils of snack instead of doing what he asks. Got it.

Jeez, you don't have to "lecture" him. It's enough to say to him and all parents: "Can we take a poll on this? How many of you think that we need to have snack? How many of you could do without? UNLESS, of course, you, Coach, insist." I guarantee he will NOT insist.

A majority of our parents don't speak English and the coach does. It's hard to take a poll.

If they don't speak English how do they know to bring in a snack??? Isn't it just more emails they don't understand. lol

Just to make it clear, the majority of the parents that don't speak English also do not have email. They sign up for the team by signing up in person. I posted the snack schedule on signup genius and only got 2 sign ups. The rest of the time, the kid and a parent come over to me after the game, and the kid will tell me that their parent will bring the snack next week. I am assuming the kid tells their parent about snacks. All of these non-English speaking parents seem gung ho on the snack.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like THAT mom is getting defensive on her THAT mom title.

I coach basketball to 7yr olds. My husband coaches travel
Softball to 14y olds. No one gets snacks. Everyone survives. Many parents personally thank us. Like another PP mention, when the goal is to eat after every darn game instead of reflecting and high fives, the whole point of the game is missed. This is emotional eating. Reward for a game is food.

And there are allergies to worry about as well. There is always a parent that forgets. It is a complete waste of time. You want your kid to sit down with a bag of pretzels and juice box and litter up the soccer field, go right ahead. It doesn't have to be a team event.

Ok next time the soccer coach requests someone to coordinate snacks, I will lecture him about the evils of snack instead of doing what he asks. Got it.

Jeez, you don't have to "lecture" him. It's enough to say to him and all parents: "Can we take a poll on this? How many of you think that we need to have snack? How many of you could do without? UNLESS, of course, you, Coach, insist." I guarantee he will NOT insist.

A majority of our parents don't speak English and the coach does. It's hard to take a poll.

I posted below, they do not have email. They know about snack through their kid who does speak English.

If they don't speak English how do they know to bring in a snack??? Isn't it just more emails they don't understand. lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like THAT mom is getting defensive on her THAT mom title.

I coach basketball to 7yr olds. My husband coaches travel
Softball to 14y olds. No one gets snacks. Everyone survives. Many parents personally thank us. Like another PP mention, when the goal is to eat after every darn game instead of reflecting and high fives, the whole point of the game is missed. This is emotional eating. Reward for a game is food.

And there are allergies to worry about as well. There is always a parent that forgets. It is a complete waste of time. You want your kid to sit down with a bag of pretzels and juice box and litter up the soccer field, go right ahead. It doesn't have to be a team event.

Ok next time the soccer coach requests someone to coordinate snacks, I will lecture him about the evils of snack instead of doing what he asks. Got it.

Jeez, you don't have to "lecture" him. It's enough to say to him and all parents: "Can we take a poll on this? How many of you think that we need to have snack? How many of you could do without? UNLESS, of course, you, Coach, insist." I guarantee he will NOT insist.

A majority of our parents don't speak English and the coach does. It's hard to take a poll.

If they don't speak English how do they know to bring in a snack??? Isn't it just more emails they don't understand. lol

Just to make it clear, the majority of the parents that don't speak English also do not have email. They sign up for the team by signing up in person. I posted the snack schedule on signup genius and only got 2 sign ups. The rest of the time, the kid and a parent come over to me after the game, and the kid will tell me that their parent will bring the snack next week. I am assuming the kid tells their parent about snacks. All of these non-English speaking parents seem gung ho on the snack.

NP here. Interesting read.

You, THAT mom, seems to be the driving force behind the snack. So willing to overcome all obstacles. Using signup genius first, and if that doesn't generate enough interest, recruiting kids act like interpreters to tell their parents "please bring a snack" next time. Their "gung ho" attitude is your wishful thinking, I bet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like THAT mom is getting defensive on her THAT mom title.

I coach basketball to 7yr olds. My husband coaches travel
Softball to 14y olds. No one gets snacks. Everyone survives. Many parents personally thank us. Like another PP mention, when the goal is to eat after every darn game instead of reflecting and high fives, the whole point of the game is missed. This is emotional eating. Reward for a game is food.

And there are allergies to worry about as well. There is always a parent that forgets. It is a complete waste of time. You want your kid to sit down with a bag of pretzels and juice box and litter up the soccer field, go right ahead. It doesn't have to be a team event.

Ok next time the soccer coach requests someone to coordinate snacks, I will lecture him about the evils of snack instead of doing what he asks. Got it.

Jeez, you don't have to "lecture" him. It's enough to say to him and all parents: "Can we take a poll on this? How many of you think that we need to have snack? How many of you could do without? UNLESS, of course, you, Coach, insist." I guarantee he will NOT insist.

A majority of our parents don't speak English and the coach does. It's hard to take a poll.

If they don't speak English how do they know to bring in a snack??? Isn't it just more emails they don't understand. lol

Just to make it clear, the majority of the parents that don't speak English also do not have email. They sign up for the team by signing up in person. I posted the snack schedule on signup genius and only got 2 sign ups. The rest of the time, the kid and a parent come over to me after the game, and the kid will tell me that their parent will bring the snack next week. I am assuming the kid tells their parent about snacks. All of these non-English speaking parents seem gung ho on the snack.

NP here. Interesting read.

You, THAT mom, seems to be the driving force behind the snack. So willing to overcome all obstacles. Using signup genius first, and if that doesn't generate enough interest, recruiting kids act like interpreters to tell their parents "please bring a snack" next time. Their "gung ho" attitude is your wishful thinking, I bet.

You guys are really annoying. The last thing I want to do is snack. The coach asked for someone to do snack. I didn't realize at the time that most of the parents couldn't speak English because dh does practice, and I go to the games. I don't recruit kids. It's not about me seriously. You all are just making stuff up. I have never once asked someone to bring a snack. I would never do that. If the coach wants snack, and no one else wants to bring it, then I bring it myself. The coach thanks me for this. Parents and kids come up to me without prompting and volunteer to bring snack. What is so odd about that? You act like I beat snack out of people or something.

[Anonymous]

Is it just me or is just reading the word 'snack' over and over again on this thread make the word itself sound silly (nevermind the concept)?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it just me or is just reading the word 'snack' over and over again on this thread make the word itself sound silly (nevermind the concept)?

Not just you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like THAT mom is getting defensive on her THAT mom title.

I coach basketball to 7yr olds. My husband coaches travel
Softball to 14y olds. No one gets snacks. Everyone survives. Many parents personally thank us. Like another PP mention, when the goal is to eat after every darn game instead of reflecting and high fives, the whole point of the game is missed. This is emotional eating. Reward for a game is food.

And there are allergies to worry about as well. There is always a parent that forgets. It is a complete waste of time. You want your kid to sit down with a bag of pretzels and juice box and litter up the soccer field, go right ahead. It doesn't have to be a team event.

Ok next time the soccer coach requests someone to coordinate snacks, I will lecture him about the evils of snack instead of doing what he asks. Got it.

Jeez, you don't have to "lecture" him. It's enough to say to him and all parents: "Can we take a poll on this? How many of you think that we need to have snack? How many of you could do without? UNLESS, of course, you, Coach, insist." I guarantee he will NOT insist.

A majority of our parents don't speak English and the coach does. It's hard to take a poll.

If they don't speak English how do they know to bring in a snack??? Isn't it just more emails they don't understand. lol

Just to make it clear, the majority of the parents that don't speak English also do not have email. They sign up for the team by signing up in person. I posted the snack schedule on signup genius and only got 2 sign ups. The rest of the time, the kid and a parent come over to me after the game, and the kid will tell me that their parent will bring the snack next week. I am assuming the kid tells their parent about snacks. All of these non-English speaking parents seem gung ho on the snack.

Sounds like they are just trying to fit in and not be the "clueless non-english people"

I would just tell the coach, I tried and only 2 people signed up so I am canning the idea. The End.

If the coach wants a snack that bad he can bring it.

[Anonymous]

If you must provide snack and a beverage, bananas and jugs of water. The bananas are a mix of immediate and longer sugar, so no spikes, and you can just refill the water bottles. Problem solved. Plus, bananas are cheap, very few allergies, and most kids like them. And extras can be used for tons of different things.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am a team snack mom too, and I organize snack because the coach requests it. Then when no one else volunteers, I step up. Why don't you step up to help the coach instead of complaining about those of us that do?

Oh yeah, what I should do instead is lecture the coach about how we should not be doing snack even though the coach has volunteered many hours of his/her free time to coach the team. If the coach wants snack, then I am going to make it happen. Too bad if you don't like it. You can take your dd back home for kelp and fruit.

You are delusional! Couch does not want snack because without it he cannot talk to his team for 15 minutes after the game. He could not care less. Coach asks for some parent (usually THAT mother) to just take care of "snacks" so he doesn't have to deal with this BS. It is the UBER-parents who came up with the snack idea and who continue to expect it.

You don't have to lecture the coach. You should say "no, no need" and believe me, you would be gladly joined by other parents.

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Are you on my team? Do you personally know my coach? My coach sent out an email and asked for a mom to organize snacks. Why is this such a big problem for you if the kids have a snack after the game? If the coach did not want snack, he would have said, the girls don't need a snack, so no need for a snack mom wouldn't he? What is your problem?

Did you read my post carefully? It is not that he does not want snack. HE DOES NOT GIVE A SHIT. He sends the same email to all parents season after season because it has become a norm without any real justification.

Well my coach was happy that there was snack. Like I said, you don't know my coach, so can you quit swearing at me on the internet? Are you always this angry about stuff? Have you had an anger management class?

Again, you are wrong. You "coach was happy" that he found THAT mother. "Pheww, one less BS to worry about."

To the PP, not all coaches are alike. Most coaches my kids have played for don't like snack. After a certain age, it seems babyish. DS is on a team now where the coach really wants something small to eat right after the game. He firmly believes kids need fuel immediately after a workout. This coach asked me to coordinate snacks this season. I informally asked the other parents, and they really don't want snack. I went back to the coach and explained the parents prefer the kids to not have a snack. He said he wanted something small after every game and parents could tell their kid not to eat it if they objected. Knowing the other parents feelings, I now bring drinks and a small snack to every game. One mom was very rude to me recently - said out loud I don't know why you need a snack this will ruin your dinner. Ugh, just don't have your kid eat it if you don't want it. It's so ride to comment on other people eating.

My kid is starving after a game. They have to get there an hour early for warm ups and the game is two hours long. With drive time, it's almost four hours from when we leave until we return. As a growing young man, he wants and eats what I bring. The other kids also eat the snack. It's not the kids who don't want the snack, it's their parents.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone else notice the snack coordinator mom is always "THAT" mom?

Stop the insanity. The kids barely break a sweat and if they do, all the better. They don't need to eat 200 calories of food/drink afterwards. They need to drink water and stick to their basic meals.

We are raising kids that emotionally eat.

I'm the PP "snack mom". I'm not sure what "THAT" mom means. If you mean a mom who continues to agree to volunteer to do things that support kids, coaches and teachers, then I guess I'm "that" mom.

The coach asked if someone would step up and organize this, and I said I would. I would never say that these kids "need" a snack, but I don't think it's such a bad thing either.

OP, my kid plays on a 9-11 baseball team. Usually parents bring gatorade. The soccer players run so much during a game I am sure most of them will really appreciate the drink.

The trend lately has been for parents to just bring a big bag of snack sized Frito Lays type chips (doritos, corn chips, funyums, etc). Those are simple and go very quickly. I think they come in 24 packs so all the siblings are covered. We have also seen a lotnof popsickles this year too. The parents put them in a cooler with a bag of ice and they maage to stay frozen.

Ignore the posters laying on their couches surfing dcum while they sip their 500 calorie Starbucks while bemoaning giving active, fit, athletic kids who just ran an hour straight a little treat. Their point of reference is skewed since it has been so many years since they have run anywhere, let alone for an hour straight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a team snack mom too, and I organize snack because the coach requests it. Then when no one else volunteers, I step up. Why don't you step up to help the coach instead of complaining about those of us that do?

Oh yeah, what I should do instead is lecture the coach about how we should not be doing snack even though the coach has volunteered many hours of his/her free time to coach the team. If the coach wants snack, then I am going to make it happen. Too bad if you don't like it. You can take your dd back home for kelp and fruit.

You are delusional! Couch does not want snack because without it he cannot talk to his team for 15 minutes after the game. He could not care less. Coach asks for some parent (usually THAT mother) to just take care of "snacks" so he doesn't have to deal with this BS. It is the UBER-parents who came up with the snack idea and who continue to expect it.

You don't have to lecture the coach. You should say "no, no need" and believe me, you would be gladly joined by other parents.

To the

Are you on my team? Do you personally know my coach? My coach sent out an email and asked for a mom to organize snacks. Why is this such a big problem for you if the kids have a snack after the game? If the coach did not want snack, he would have said, the girls don't need a snack, so no need for a snack mom wouldn't he? What is your problem?

Did you read my post carefully? It is not that he does not want snack. HE DOES NOT GIVE A SHIT. He sends the same email to all parents season after season because it has become a norm without any real justification.

Well my coach was happy that there was snack. Like I said, you don't know my coach, so can you quit swearing at me on the internet? Are you always this angry about stuff? Have you had an anger management class?

Again, you are wrong. You "coach was happy" that he found THAT mother. "Pheww, one less BS to worry about."

To the PP, not all coaches are alike. Most coaches my kids have played for don't like snack. After a certain age, it seems babyish. DS is on a team now where the coach really wants something small to eat right after the game. He firmly believes kids need fuel immediately after a workout. This coach asked me to coordinate snacks this season. I informally asked the other parents, and they really don't want snack. I went back to the coach and explained the parents prefer the kids to not have a snack. He said he wanted something small after every game and parents could tell their kid not to eat it if they objected. Knowing the other parents feelings, I now bring drinks and a small snack to every game. One mom was very rude to me recently - said out loud I don't know why you need a snack this will ruin your dinner. Ugh, just don't have your kid eat it if you don't want it. It's so ride to comment on other people eating.

My kid is starving after a game. They have to get there an hour early for warm ups and the game is two hours long. With drive time, it's almost four hours from when we leave until we return. As a growing young man, he wants and eats what I bring. The other kids also eat the snack. It's not the kids who don't want the snack, it's their parents.

Well duh, of course the kids want the snack. What kids don't want snacks? NONE! It is the parent's job to say we don't want the snacks. You asked all the parents, they said they didn't want them. The coach still did and somehow you felt obligated to bring them weekly? And the parents are obviously ticked off because you asked for their opinion, they told you and you still bring snacks. Get a backbone lady!! The coach went to you because you were the easy target. Tell him the parents don't want it and he, as the coach, can discuss it with them. It is not your job/problem. The moms can all bring their own snack IF they want their kid to have it. No need for a coach or a snack mom to force this issue.

And all of this drama above is just another reason why there should be no snacks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone else notice the snack coordinator mom is always "THAT" mom?

Stop the insanity. The kids barely break a sweat and if they do, all the better. They don't need to eat 200 calories of food/drink afterwards. They need to drink water and stick to their basic meals.

We are raising kids that emotionally eat.

I'm the PP "snack mom". I'm not sure what "THAT" mom means. If you mean a mom who continues to agree to volunteer to do things that support kids, coaches and teachers, then I guess I'm "that" mom.

The coach asked if someone would step up and organize this, and I said I would. I would never say that these kids "need" a snack, but I don't think it's such a bad thing either.

OP, my kid plays on a 9-11 baseball team. Usually parents bring gatorade. The soccer players run so much during a game I am sure most of them will really appreciate the drink.

The trend lately has been for parents to just bring a big bag of snack sized Frito Lays type chips (doritos, corn chips, funyums, etc). Those are simple and go very quickly. I think they come in 24 packs so all the siblings are covered. We have also seen a lotnof popsickles this year too. The parents put them in a cooler with a bag of ice and they maage to stay frozen.

Ignore the posters laying on their couches surfing dcum while they sip their 500 calorie Starbucks while bemoaning giving active, fit, athletic kids who just ran an hour straight a little treat. Their point of reference is skewed since it has been so many years since they have run anywhere, let alone for an hour straight.

Helicopter Alert!!!