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

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This thread is hilarious.

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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.

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.

I explained to the rude mom in the situation above the coach wanted the snacks. She can take it up with him if she doesn't like it. I bring healthy snacks - bananas, watermelon, Cliff bars, string cheese. If the coach, the guy who is donating his time freely to coach her kid, wants a snack available, it's going to be available. She can parent her kid any way she wants. My kid will eat. Food will be available for others to eat.

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I explained to the rude mom in the situation above the coach wanted the snacks. She can take it up with him if she doesn't like it. I bring healthy snacks - bananas, watermelon, Cliff bars, string cheese. If the coach, the guy who is donating his time freely to coach her kid, wants a snack available, it's going to be available. She can parent her kid any way she wants. My kid will eat. Food will be available for others to eat.

I think it's great that you are trying to support the coach, but don't you think it's more than a little strange that you are now providing snacks to the whole team every week whether they want it or not? Are you new to this? It can be hard to figure out where to draw lines when your first child starts with sports, but this is really not a normal situation. The onus is on the parents to ensure that their kids are following the coach's guidelines if they agree with him, or to blow his directives off if not. The coach can take it up with them if he feels that 100% compliance is needed.

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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.

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.

I explained to the rude mom in the situation above the coach wanted the snacks. She can take it up with him if she doesn't like it. I bring healthy snacks - bananas, watermelon, Cliff bars, string cheese. If the coach, the guy who is donating his time freely to coach her kid, wants a snack available, it's going to be available. She can parent her kid any way she wants. My kid will eat. Food will be available for others to eat.

Then just bring a snack for the coach's kid every week. Problem solved.

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00:36, you clearly don't understand the meaning of the usage of "helicopter mom" and need to remediate your dcum vocabulary.

The mom who doesn't flip out over her kid drinking gatorade or eating a snack sized bag of flaming hot cheetos, especially after they just ran for an hour straight is the complete opposite of a helicopter mom.

[Anonymous]

I bring cupcakes for snacks - and often use neon gel frosting on them. Kids love it! If you don't want your kid eating snack after a game, instruct them not to. Otherwise, STFU.

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Anonymous wrote:I bring cupcakes for snacks - and often use neon gel frosting on them. Kids love it! If you don't want your kid eating snack after a game, instruct them not to. Otherwise, STFU.

Shout out to the cupcake lady!

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Anonymous wrote:I bring cupcakes for snacks - and often use neon gel frosting on them. Kids love it! If you don't want your kid eating snack after a game, instruct them not to. Otherwise, STFU.

Shout out to the cupcake lady!

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Bring it cupcake mom!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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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.

First of all, you are ruining your family life during the weekend if you are our for 4 hours for one single game.
Second of all, other parents might feed their kids closer to the game than you.
The point is, let parents take of the nutritional needs of their own children themselves. If they think the kid is starving right after the game, they will bring a snack or plan to go out to lunch immediately in a nearby restaurant. I go straight home if they live nearby.

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[quote]First of all, you are ruining your family life during the weekend if you are our for 4 hours for one single game.
Second of all, other parents might feed their kids closer to the game than you.
The point is, let parents take of the nutritional needs of their own children themselves. If they think the kid is starving right after the game, they will bring a snack or plan to go out to lunch immediately in a nearby restaurant. I go straight home if they live nearby.

You're so funny! You forgot to say 'I feel sorry for your kids'!

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First of all, you are ruining your family life during the weekend if you are our for 4 hours for one single game.
Second of all, other parents might feed their kids closer to the game than you.
The point is, let parents take of the nutritional needs of their own children themselves. If they think the kid is starving right after the game, they will bring a snack or plan to go out to lunch immediately in a nearby restaurant. I go straight home if they live nearby.

You're so funny! You forgot to say 'I feel sorry for your kids'!

[Anonymous]

For the anti-snack folks -- if you don't like the after-game snack, here are some suggestions:

1. Be "that mom" that lets your kid eat a snack someone else brought after every game, but doesn't sign up to bring a snack during the season, because you don't believe kids need snacks

2. Instruct your kid NOT to eat the snacks because they are unhealthy and supporting "emotional eating"

3. Bring your child's own special, healthy snack -- but only give it to him/her if he has burned a sufficient amount of calories and it it is not too close to a meal time

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How can you read this guy's mind? Why do you think he meant anything other than what he said? Is every coach the same? Last season we had a soccer coach who not only asked to have snack coordinated, but he brought brownies he made himself to every single practice. And the girls said the brownies were delicious. One time, they would not listen in practice, so he said no brownies. Was he anti snack?

How has no one brought this up? The coach brought brownies to each practice and used them as a reward for good behavior? That is really messed up. What age group was this?

[Anonymous]

Another parent of a travel team soccer player here - PP raises a good point. Games are 1.5 hours with 1 hour warm up. If the game is an away game, it could require 1-1.5 hours of travel on either end. It is perfectly normal for the whole adventure to take up 4-5 hours. My kid loves soccer and has been playing for many years. True it is a time commitment for our son and for the family, but don't you support your children doing things they love? Do you take them to music and dance lessons or sports practice or clubs? He loves to play and we love to watch him get joy from playing.

And by the way, he likes snacks

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Anonymous wrote:Another parent of a travel team soccer player here - PP raises a good point. Games are 1.5 hours with 1 hour warm up. If the game is an away game, it could require 1-1.5 hours of travel on either end. It is perfectly normal for the whole adventure to take up 4-5 hours. My kid loves soccer and has been playing for many years. True it is a time commitment for our son and for the family, but don't you support your children doing things they love? Do you take them to music and dance lessons or sports practice or clubs? He loves to play and we love to watch him get joy from playing.

And by the way, he likes snacks

So bring your own snacks! Why does it have to be a group snack? Why does one mom have to buy for everyone when each mom can get something weekly for each kid. So ridiculous.