Wish everyone would just bring their own snacks to games and practice

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I did that in the fall. Alas, it didn't work.

Thank you for volunteering to coach. I'm sorry there was an aggressive snack mom who undercut your efforts.

I wonder where these snack moms are at dance, gymnastics, swim, martial arts? It seems like it's mostly children playing soccer, lacrosse, and baseball who will die if they don't get group snacks.

+1.

I also don't understand why the mom so pressed for coordinating snacks can just organize snacks or her own kid. I think it's usually a parents who has control issues and just needs something to do. They don't feel uselful unless they run a signup genius or something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I always did bananas for halftime - super easy and had the grocery store bag for the peels after. For after the game, I did a "goody bag" with a juice pouch, salty treat, sweet treat and just handed them out to the players. If I saw that some siblings consistently expected something, I put together extras.

Disclaimer: I enjoyed doing the after-game bag and tied the theme to the team name.

And you are the reason we all have to do this now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I always did bananas for halftime - super easy and had the grocery store bag for the peels after. For after the game, I did a "goody bag" with a juice pouch, salty treat, sweet treat and just handed them out to the players. If I saw that some siblings consistently expected something, I put together extras.

Disclaimer: I enjoyed doing the after-game bag and tied the theme to the team name.

And you are the reason we all have to do this now.

I don't think I am - no one else did it nor did I expect them to. I did it because I enjoyed doing it, not to one-up anyone. If there had been no sign-up, I wouldn't have suggested one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: I'm not 100% sure what you mean by "the snack culture"? IDK what that is, or why it is "out of control."

It's the shoving of snacks into any and all occasions (including adult meetings). Very few, if any, kids are working hard enough during a one-hour practice or game to need to refuel afterward.

That's just not true, though. My kid plays hard, and clearly needs a snack after an hour of soccer.

Not sure what you mean by "adult meetings" here. Is someone bringing bags of granola bars to meetings at your office?