Because snack culture is out of control, and my kids don’t eat snacks at after-school activities due to allergies.

Kids really will live without stuffing Goldfish into their faces every five seconds.

Pick one:
1) I missed the email in the 400 emails I got about end of year activities and events
2) I meant to, but forgot
3) I wish they didn't do snacks, and am hoping that by avoiding it for awhile the organizers eventually stop asking for this.
4) I thought I did sign up, but I'm confusing this sign up with the sign up for a volunteer shift

Anonymous wrote:Because I wish they would stop pushing junk food at every activity. Plus my kid is allergic to dairy and nuts which means they can’t eat most of the snacks anyways.

Agreed. Most of the snacks are empty calorie junk -- chips, crackers, pretzels, fruit snacks. Anything actually healthy is too messy, not individually packaged, contains an allergen, or has to be refrigerated. So it's just processed junk food. I don't see the point in contributing to that.

Who cares? I don't understand why they don't just tack on a snack fee at the beginning of the year and then go buy shelf stable snacks in bulk at Costco one time. Is it really a good use of everyone's time for the teachers to set up these sign up sheets, have to send out multiple reminders for people to sign up, then families to separately go out and buy snacks every week? Why? Why would anyone organize it this way?

Is the point to make sure kids have access to snacks, or is it to add yet another item to every family's to do list? I get why someone might just opt out. Or forget. Or think "my kid never even eats the snack and this is a hassle, why am I participating in this."

Add in the fact that there are always a laundry list of rules about what snacks are allowed and you get to the point where there are only like 4 permitted snacks anyway. So ask families to Venmo you some money and then go to Costco once and get a bunch of those snacks at the lowest per-unit price possible. Heck, see if a parent will volunteer to do this -- I would happily make one Costco run early in the year if it means I never get an email about freaking snack sign up again.

Because I don’t want to and the kids don’t need snacks.

Because everyone else signed up for the easy stuff like napkins, and the only thing left is like “store-bought individually packaged slices of fresh mango”

I'm a mom of an only and I always sign up, largely because I'm sensitive to the fact if you have more than 1 kid you are getting multiple requests for this kind of thing for every activity your kids are in. It can add up.

Also, I don't look to see who didn't show up because it's irrelevant. I can do it, I'm happy to do it, so I do it. If I can't, then I don't and that's fine to.

Because I wish they would stop pushing junk food at every activity. Plus my kid is allergic to dairy and nuts which means they can’t eat most of the snacks anyways.

Anonymous wrote:Because I don't want to. I'd rather give money at the start of the year once, and have them use that to get snacks.

This. It would be so much more efficient to do things this way!!

Because I don't want to. I'd rather give money at the start of the year once, and have them use that to get snacks.

Anonymous wrote:I don't sign up because my older son doesn't eat snacks. At all.

My younger kid does like snacks, so I've provided twice for his class, enough for 3-4 weeks of snacks.

Selfish 🐷

Because they don’t consider it a good use of their limited time to go pick up a specific snack item that was requested.

Why don’t you wonder why the dads don’t sign up? They are presumably just as wealthy as their wives?

Anonymous wrote:I don't sign up because my older son doesn't eat snacks. At all.

My younger kid does like snacks, so I've provided twice for his class, enough for 3-4 weeks of snacks.

So if the event is not in service to your child, then you don't donate.

I don't sign up because my older son doesn't eat snacks. At all.

My younger kid does like snacks, so I've provided twice for his class, enough for 3-4 weeks of snacks.

do not sign up to send in snacks and drinks to school events related to an after school activity?

Is it a control thing? These are wealthy sahm moms too. The signups are created by the teachers running the programs.