I always bring extra snacks.

I agree with the OP, it's not her responsiblity to provide snack for siblings and my suggestion for the next team her child plays with is to make sure upfront that is known. But I also agree that any leftovers could be offered to the siblings but I'm not going out with the thought of buying for them.

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, to purposely exclude any of the children in attendance isn't very nice. Think of how that would make them feel.

I think this statement is crazy. Hello, entitled.

Siblings aren't being excluded on purpose- they are not on the team!! And to the other poster who said the siblings deserve a snack after sitting through the practice/game....what??? Thankfully some sane posters have pointed out that the siblings' parents are responsible for providing them snacks. Good lord.

Why is it so hard for parents these days to teach their kids to be considerate? Tell them "the snacks are for the team first. If there is any left over and something is offered, then you can have it. Otherwise don't ask" What about the parents who drag the siblings along? Why can't they just provide a snack for their kid?

You don't know the financial situation of all the players families and it might be quite a stretch for a parent to provide snack that one time for the team much less the team plus the siblings.

I agree with OP - it's a team snack and that's it.

OP - no one one my kids teams bring snacks for siblings. It is a snack for the team - to nourish the players not for all spectators. Why wouldn't the parents bring a snack for siblings they have with them watching - that is what we do as well as other parents. It has never been an issue. a couple times when a parent has brought a sweet or treat snack then the siblings whine that they want one but the simple answer is no.

I can see both sides.

On one hand: it isn't that much work to pack extra snacks for siblings.

On the other hand: why should the snack person be responsible for feeding the other kids? Why can't the parents bring snacks for siblings?

Also: how to you plan for siblings? Are you supposed to remember which player has siblings and how many? What if the siblings don't show? Then you'll have extra juice boxes that go...where? What if supplying snacks for 1 extra sibling required you to buy an extra set of juice boxes....and then that sibling didn't even show? Annoying.

The teams my kids have played on have always included siblings in snacks/pizza.

I always buy double so I can include siblings. They just had to sit through an hour+ of something they probably found completely boring.

But I would never demand something for my child from the snack parent. That is rude.

Stingy.

That seems cold an unnecessarily rigid, to be honest.

I always bring plenty of extras. Do you really want to tell a little kid watching his brother and 15 other kids drinking juice boxes that he can't have one?

Yeah, to purposely exclude any of the children in attendance isn't very nice. Think of how that would make them feel.

That being said, I wouldn't want to participate in this at all. I don't really want to stick around after practice and I don't want my kids filling up on goldfish crackers and ruining their appetite.

If the poor sibling is sitting patiently watching their brother or sisters game the least they deserve is a snack. How hard is it to bring extra? Are you a tight wad with everything? Honestly a few extra snacks will not break the bank.

I always bring enough so that there is a little extra to share with siblings if needed. While I can see your point, in my mind it just isn't that big of a deal to have extra.

My kid is on a soccer team this fall. Last spring, he was on a baseball team. With both teams, it is the same - parents are asked to share responsibility for bringing in a snack or drink (usually some sort of juice box) for the team after the game. We do a sign up sheet before the first game of the season to organize responsibility.

And, with both teams, it seems like parents with siblings (both older and younger) want their other child/ren to have said snack. With both teams, I have stayed firm on my "This is for players." (I was simply appalled when the 3rd grade child had a fit because the 1st grade sibling was getting a snack but he couldn't have some of the same.)

Last week, when I was on snack duty, I told the kids they could share the snacks with their siblings, but the snacks were for players only. Yesterday, I noticed immediately parents went up to the designated "snack parents" and said, "My younger child needs something."

Is providing for your own child suddenly out of the norm?????