Appropriate snacks for soccer 6 year olds?

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Anonymous wrote:Why can't vegetarians eat rice crispy treats?

They are made with melted butter.

Are there really kids at age 6 who are various levels of vegan/ovo-vegetarian/lacto-vegetarian/ovo-lacto vegetarian? I mean a dairy intolerance sure, but vegan 6 year olds? Thank god my children went through youth soccer before all this craziness. Our team at age 6 seemed to have normal kids and normal families. In Bethesda even!

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. People have strong feelings about snacks. I wish I could muster up the energy to care this much. No wait. I don't. Because it is crazy.

This.

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Anonymous wrote:Some asshat brought CUPCAKES (with brightly neon frosting) as a group snack to my kid's soccer game last weekend. Please don't do that.

Pretty sure you're the one who sounds like the asshat here.

Nope. It was obnoxious. Several kids couldn't eat them because of food allergies and started crying.

Allergies to cupcakes? WTF? A note needs to go out prior to the first game so other parents can be alerted - especially me because I'm one of those that brings cupcakes. I don't do nuts or strawberries because so many kids are allergic to those but I've never heard of CUPCAKE allergies. I don't care if you think I'm an asshat. Kids love the CUPCAKES and my kids get to choose the frosting. If you don't like what other parents bring, dedicate yourself to providing the snacks for the season or tell you kid not to eat what I bring.

Some kids have issues with the red and other color dyes in those cupcakes. The frosting is the issue which is why many of us stick to chocolate or vanilla. I 2bring our own snacks. I get tired of inconsiderate people who bring crap or do not consider there are kids with food allergies - my kids have allergies to specific fruit, which means they cannot have most juices , those gummy things, crappy popsicles and much more. Common sense is to bring crackers, fruit, cheese, veggies - something reasonable. Not just neon colored cupcakes.

I'm probably going to get slammed here, but I have a hard time believing there were multiple kids on one team with actual allergies to food dyes. I'm guessing some of those "allergies" were actually created in the minds orthorexic mothers.

Kids with nut allergies can't eat store bought cupcakes. Nor can kids with egg, milk, or wheat allergies. You really didn't know this?

What are the chances of so many kids on one team legitimately having these kind of allergies? Pretty small, I'm guessing.

And if that's the case then crackers are out because of wheat, many cheeses have dye in them, apparently some kids on this team are allergic to fruit, so that basically leaves water as the only safe snack. Except not in plastic bottles of course.

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Anonymous wrote:Why can't vegetarians eat rice crispy treats?

They are made with melted butter.

Vegetarians can eat butter. Even in melted form.

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there really doesn't need to be food at every event attended by a group of people, be it kids. water -- sure. my kid's practice is from 5-6pm. i want him to come home and eat dinner. i don't care if he doesn't have watermelon slices or neon cupcakes. to each their own.

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Anonymous wrote:Why can't vegetarians eat rice crispy treats?

They are made with melted butter.

Vegetarians can eat butter. Even in melted form.

Isn't butter made from animal fat? Oh, wait a minute. Duh, yes, it is churned from milk. Of course it is fine.

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We always bring Oreos. Safe for allergy sufferers. If you don't want your kid to eat it, tell him not to eat it. I couldn't give a shit.

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Anonymous wrote:there really doesn't need to be food at every event attended by a group of people, be it kids. water -- sure. my kid's practice is from 5-6pm. i want him to come home and eat dinner. i don't care if he doesn't have watermelon slices or neon cupcakes. to each their own.

If your team is providing snacks after practice then totally agree. Ours only did snacks after games on Saturdays, which my kids enjoyed.

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I avoid peanuts. I do not make any other accommodations. If your kid is gluten- or dye- or dairy-intolerant, or vegetarian or vegan, sorry. This will be a good lesson for them that the world does not bend over backward to your whims.

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I've never heard of snacks after practice, only games.

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Anonymous wrote:Why can't vegetarians eat rice crispy treats?

They are made with melted butter.

Are there really kids at age 6 who are various levels of vegan/ovo-vegetarian/lacto-vegetarian/ovo-lacto vegetarian? I mean a dairy intolerance sure, but vegan 6 year olds? Thank god my children went through youth soccer before all this craziness. Our team at age 6 seemed to have normal kids and normal families. In Bethesda even!

Vegetarian generally eat diary. It isn't the butter in them. Yes, my 6 year old is a lacto-ovo vegetarian. We do not eat marshmallows that are not vegetarian as it is made of gelatin.

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Anonymous wrote:I avoid peanuts. I do not make any other accommodations. If your kid is gluten- or dye- or dairy-intolerant, or vegetarian or vegan, sorry. This will be a good lesson for them that the world does not bend over backward to your whims.

Its not a whim. I have no issue with it as we bring our own snacks but if you cannot bring something my child will eat and reasonable then I'm not bring food for your kid.

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Anonymous wrote:Besides, I don't think you can reasonably expect a soccer group to accommodate your vegetarian/vegan/low carb diet choices.

Its unreasonable to expect parents bring reasonable snacks of fruits, veggies, crackers, and more healthy options.

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I can't get that worked up about it, but I wish that the snacks tended to be healthier, especially as supposedly athletic events. Everything doesn't need a damn cupcake afterwards. Save it for birthday parties.

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It's funny because the snack I brought Saturday for after the game was lemonade, grapes and potato chips. The kids all accepted the potato chips and lemonade but hardly anyone accepted the grapes. Then I put those grapes out for dinner, and hardly anyone ate them. So even when you try to provide healthy alternatives, they aren't always appreciated or eaten. Just like at school, with the increase in fruits and veggies, our garbage cans are getting very healthy.