Considering making a sign up genius for sports snacks? Is your kid older than 1st grade? Then DON'T

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am definitely anti-littering, but come on, people… this is not a big deal. The grownups I know like treating themselves to fancy coffee after a group run. Kids running in a soccer game for an hour straight can drink a 35-calorie Capri Sun and eat a bag of Pirates Booty. That is not what’s causing the obesity epidemic.

Literally none of the reasons in the OP were related to obesity, which no one thinks is caused by team sports.

No, the OP’s “reasons” were:
*WAAAAAHHHH I DON’T LIIIIIIIKE IIIIIIIT!!
*It is physically impossible for children or adults to pick up wrappers and not drop them on the ground (nonsense).
*blah blah blah “environment” (code for WAAAAHHH, I DON’T LIIIIIKE IIIIIIIT!!!”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LOL. I’m a coach and parents requested the snack sign up genius AND it filled up right away. I could personally care less, but if your panties are in a bunch bc of a sign up genius (that is totally optional btw) or because you may feel obligated to bring some veggie straws one time during the fall season, I would suggest some Xanax.

What you don’t get is that (1) we do feel obligated because if we don’t sign up we will get talked about as slacker parents, and (2) this becomes one of 700 little details associated with school and activities we have to take care of. It’s not hard to bring veggies straws to one game. What is hard is coordinating the damn veggies straws along with every other random thing we have to do. Some of us are stretched thin and looking to simplify things and don’t get why other parents are eager to create more obligations all the time.

Also 99% of the time this obligation falls on the mom or primary parent. Think of this thread when you see those other threads about moms drowning under the mental load. Everyone thinks their “one more thing” is NBD but there a lot of “one more things” when you have kids in elementary school.

Soooooo much melodrama. Seriously. Grow up. Get some actual problems.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is the point of your overly verbose rant? Teams aren’t going to stop having snacks because you whined on the internet.

You realize there are more posters here that agree with OP than don’t?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This seems like a bizarre thing to complain about.

I coach a rec sports team and do a sign up genius for snacks. But we only need 8 parents to volunteer per season, out of 15 families. And the spots are taken within a day, so clearly there are parents who don't mind bringing something. Also most parents on our team bring pretzels or pirates booty - not exactly super healthy, but not pure sugar. And if there were a kid on our team with an allergy, we would definitely accommodate (in fact, on another kid's team, there is a gluten allergy, so parents bring gluten free snacks).

Seriously, if it's too much for you, don't volunteer to bring something.

It’s not just about volunteering to bring snacks. I don’t want my kid having a snack after his game. It guarantees he won’t eat his next meal. We also try to avoid crap like Gatorade and Capri Sun but I’m not going to prevent him from eating/drinking the junk if the rest of his teammates have it in front of him.

Kids don’t need constant snacks. Our junk food culture is why we have such an obesity problem.

So you don’t want to parent? Then you don’t get to whine. Simple.

[Anonymous]

So many bad parents in this thread who don’t like it that they are being called out for constantly stuffing their kids with junk food. Of course snacks for kids over age six are ridiculous, but if you are the kind of parent who is constantly placating your kids with junk food, you’ll be angry at people who can parent without relying on junk food.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I always loved bringing team snacks. I think it helps builds cohesiveness and team spirit. It encourages all parents to be involved. And it’s fun for the kids.

Another problem parent above. Why do you need “involved parents” if the involvement is catering? Can you not build team spirit without food? Can the kids not have fun without food?

The idea that fun is not possible without snacks is a factor in the obesity epidemic.

It’s not the athletes getting obese. If you don’t want to participate, don’t sign up or speak to the other parents directly.

Or perhaps you could stop presuming that it’s fine to hand out junk food to a bunch of other people’s kids just because *you* are ok with it.

It *is* OK. If you don’t want your kid to eat it, TELL THEM NOT TO EAT IT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This seems like a bizarre thing to complain about.

I coach a rec sports team and do a sign up genius for snacks. But we only need 8 parents to volunteer per season, out of 15 families. And the spots are taken within a day, so clearly there are parents who don't mind bringing something. Also most parents on our team bring pretzels or pirates booty - not exactly super healthy, but not pure sugar. And if there were a kid on our team with an allergy, we would definitely accommodate (in fact, on another kid's team, there is a gluten allergy, so parents bring gluten free snacks).

Seriously, if it's too much for you, don't volunteer to bring something.

It’s not just about volunteering to bring snacks. I don’t want my kid having a snack after his game. It guarantees he won’t eat his next meal. We also try to avoid crap like Gatorade and Capri Sun but I’m not going to prevent him from eating/drinking the junk if the rest of his teammates have it in front of him.

Kids don’t need constant snacks. Our junk food culture is why we have such an obesity problem.

Oh geez, you don't even need to complain then. Tell your kid he's not allowed to have a snack. Sometimes the simplest solution is looking you right in the eye.

No, quit feeding him. No kid should have to turn down snacks multiple times a day. Either you and your family are overweight and don’t recognize it as unhealthy, or you have no trouble being naturally thin and have no empathy for people who have a hard time not eating or turning down sugar, etc.

No one is “feeding him.” Team snacks will continue. If you don’t want him to eat it, do your job, Mom and Dad.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What is the point of your overly verbose rant? Teams aren’t going to stop having snacks because you whined on the internet.

You realize there are more posters here that agree with OP than don’t?

+1

I think there’s one super defensive parent who is that one we all know, the one who is constantly slipping her kids junk food to bribe them to behave.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP. I agree, it’s awful. Luckily once your kid gets good, they get into travel teams where this is looked down upon. Not surprisingly the kids of the parents who insist on snacks are never the once who get good.

Oh dear. You’re one of those pathetic, insecure people who derives their self-esteem from their child’s sports performance.

Get therapy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:NP. I agree, it’s awful. Luckily once your kid gets good, they get into travel teams where this is looked down upon. Not surprisingly the kids of the parents who insist on snacks are never the once who get good.

Did that make you feel good? Because I can’t imagine that it did.

+1. Gross

What is gross is insisting your constant need to feed your kids junk food is more important than anyone else’s desires with respect to what they feed their children. It’s not enough for you to feed your own kids junk food. You need to offer it and push it on all other kids. It’s disgusting behavior.

Your face is more disgusting than a mini Gatorade

Though maybe we’ve figured out that the pro-junk food poster is actually a twelve-year-old who is mad that his mom said no to chips. That kind of makes sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP. I agree, it’s awful. Luckily once your kid gets good, they get into travel teams where this is looked down upon. Not surprisingly the kids of the parents who insist on snacks are never the once who get good.

Did that make you feel good? Because I can’t imagine that it did.

+1. Gross

What is gross is insisting your constant need to feed your kids junk food is more important than anyone else’s desires with respect to what they feed their children. It’s not enough for you to feed your own kids junk food. You need to offer it and push it on all other kids. It’s disgusting behavior.

YOUR
KIDS
DON’T
HAVE
TO
EAT
IT
DRAMA
QUEEN

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the point of your overly verbose rant? Teams aren’t going to stop having snacks because you whined on the internet.

You realize there are more posters here that agree with OP than don’t?

+1

I think there’s one super defensive parent who is that one we all know, the one who is constantly slipping her kids junk food to bribe them to behave.

Nope. I think the anti-snack whiners are absurd and have said so. I didn’t write several of the posts saying the same. Feel free to ask the mod, or, you know, get a life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So many bad parents in this thread who don’t like it that they are being called out for constantly stuffing their kids with junk food. Of course snacks for kids over age six are ridiculous, but if you are the kind of parent who is constantly placating your kids with junk food, you’ll be angry at people who can parent without relying on junk food.

So tell your kid no. What do you care what other parents do? Do your own job parenting your kids. You probably just don't want to tell your own kid they can't have a snack because you know they really want one and will gladly eat it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP. I agree, it’s awful. Luckily once your kid gets good, they get into travel teams where this is looked down upon. Not surprisingly the kids of the parents who insist on snacks are never the once who get good.

Did that make you feel good? Because I can’t imagine that it did.

+1. Gross

What is gross is insisting your constant need to feed your kids junk food is more important than anyone else’s desires with respect to what they feed their children. It’s not enough for you to feed your own kids junk food. You need to offer it and push it on all other kids. It’s disgusting behavior.

YOUR
KIDS
DON’T
HAVE
TO
EAT
IT
DRAMA
QUEEN

And you don’t have to bring Hostess Mini Cupcakes for the whole team because you can’t bear the looks you know you’ll get when you give them only to your kid. We know who is the real drama queen here. I mean, you are the one typing in all caps because you can’t bear the fact that people don’t like it when you force junk food on other people’s kids so they are as badly nourished as your own kids are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the point of your overly verbose rant? Teams aren’t going to stop having snacks because you whined on the internet.

You realize there are more posters here that agree with OP than don’t?

+1

I think there’s one super defensive parent who is that one we all know, the one who is constantly slipping her kids junk food to bribe them to behave.

Nope. I think the anti-snack whiners are absurd and have said so. I didn’t write several of the posts saying the same. Feel free to ask the mod, or, you know, get a life.

Stop bribing your kids with junk food. It’s bad parenting.