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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here is a question for you all: How long do you think a child can go without eating? 1 hour? 2 hours? 
Do you think that a 13 year-old playing an active game of soccer for 90 minutes has to have snack ready and waiting for him to be consumed as soon as the game is over? Could he wait 30 minutes? Could he wait until he gets home for dinner?

I am not talking about water. Hydration is a different story.[/quote]

This is all really going to depend on things like when the child last ate and how much, how hard he played for how long, whether he's in the middle of a growth spurt, etc.  In our particular case, we have found that we do need to keep snacks in the car for our 14 year old, as he sometimes is just about crazed with hunger after a game.  One of his coaches told him a few years ago that you should just have a very light meal 2.5 hours before game time, and he's become almost superstitious about following that plan.  Our other child could go an entire day without eating no matter what sorts of activities he's doing.

But I don't really get why there has become a custom of bringing snacks for the whole team.  Occasionally bringing brownies or popsicles as a treat is nice, but in general it seems like everyone should just give their own child a snack whenever they think it makes sense.  I can see a need for an organized snack plan at tournaments, where the kids may be hanging out as a group for hours at a time away from their parents.

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Parents should handle this themselves. They know their children. No need for this to be a team event.[/quote]

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