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[quote=Anonymous]Gahhhh!

I am a new team parent this season, and I have not seen or heard of any drama regarding the snack schedule... but the parents on my team seem like a pretty normal bunch.

But yeah, for the record, I really wish my kids did not have juice, donuts, chips, and cookies after every freaking soccer game.  I let them have ONE snack and ONE juice box, because all their friends are doing it, and I don't want to be dragging my kid away.  But really I wish we went back to the good old days of oranges and water.

And, I think you're kidding yourself if you don't think it matters to the obesity discussion.  True, a bag of chips is not going to kill a healthy 8 year old who just played soccer for an hour.  But I think long term you are developing kids' mentalities about snacks in general.  If you feed them chips and cookies for snacks every soccer game when they are 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 -- what do you think they're going to reach for when they're 30?

And, since I'm ranting -- I had nothing to do with the birthday party policy at our school getting changed, but I APPLAUD it!  My kid studies better and is a happier, nicer kid when he is not fed cupcakes in the middle of the morning.

Seriously, I've thought about bringing grapes for snack.  I'd do it except I'm a wimp and I think A) the parents would think I was trying to make some sort of "statement"; and B) the kids probably wouldn't eat them.[/quote]

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