I would only allow my child to have the white of the hard boiled egg...assuming the egg is from a free range chicken.

and this is why kids are obese. Why do we even have to have snacks at EVERY event? Serioualy i don't think kids can make it down the street withouth a snack in their hand. Like we are on a wilderness adventure.

Maybe if the eggs are dyed, and handed out from a basket...

Anonymous wrote:No snack drama here either but very funny, hard boiled egg. My kids would be so upset if everyone else got orange slices and chips and mine got an egg!

I'm fine with orange slices and pita chips too. I would never hand out hard-boiled eggs to other kids, unless I'd seen another kid look like they wanted one. I brought DD an egg yesterday at school - I met her at after-care right before back-to-school night and knew she'd be hungry. She gobbled that thing right up.

I mean because what you really want after a sweaty soccer match is a smelly egg and gross fingers.

The egg snacker has got to be the one who hands out apples at Halloween.

We once were on a soccer team with an allergic child. The mom made a strong statement at the first practice that unless we wanted to see ambulances coming no nuts could be served to anyone at the game including spectators. Not sure how she planned to notify the other team of that. She had a list of approved foods. That was the end of the snack after the game. I know she was doing what she needed to for her child. I am not sure how her child visits a grocery store or a mall..

No snack drama here either but very funny, hard boiled egg. My kids would be so upset if everyone else got orange slices and chips and mine got an egg!

Anonymous wrote:I'd also rather bring my own snack. Because I'll bring my kid a hard-boiled egg, a peach and water, while someone else brings Gatorade and Doritos.

I snatch those damn Doritos out of my 7 year old's hands and make him graze in the outfield. And of course we don't go anywhere without an oilcloth pouch of rainwater.

All of this snack nonsense stops as soon as your kids move into competitive (i.e. tryout or travel) teams. Thankfully. For some reason they have to be given snacks for a 45 minute game where they hardly do anything, but once they get competitive and really start to burn calories, nobody feeds 'em.

My kids looked forward to the whole snack thing. It was a nice way to end the game. Wait till high school. My kids have variously needed to provide "spirit" treats for another player before every game, dinner for the team or snacks which involved personalized gift bags. But that's part of the team thing too.

Anonymous wrote:This year we had sign-up slots for both end-of-game and halftime snack. For first-grade soccer. They have no assigned positions and at any given time half the team is demonstrating cartwheels or ninja moves. And yet somehow they can't run around for more than 30 minutes without catering?

This is hilarious.

Snacking together is team building and the kids think its special. I have 2 kids on multiple teams and have never had a problem. I have also in the past been responsible for managing the sign up list. Some parents don't sign up. They are always happy to have their kids eat the snack but somehow feel no need to volunteer. No doubt the same parents that can't remember to contribute to the PTA. So as the parent responsible for the list that means I've been the one to bring snack to multiple games while those families don't contribute at all. Its not a big expense and gives my kids an additional opportunity to contribute, share, and be a team player. The kids don't all have to like every snack - sometimes my kids don't like what I give them. I don't think you need to take it personally. But by all means OP if it puts you out to such an extreme don't participate.

Through two seasons of tball and soccer, we've not had any snack drama. If there's a snak schedule, sign up if you wish, or not. Regardless, allow your child to have a post-game snack with her teammates, or allow her to take it for later. I think the idea behind the team snack is to reward the kids' effort in playing the game. Not really a big deal unless you make it into one.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd also rather bring my own snack. Because I'll bring my kid a hard-boiled egg, a peach and water, while someone else brings Gatorade and Doritos.

A hard boiled egg????

Hahahahahahaha! I can't stop giggling.

I don't get it???

I just keep seeing the look on the faces of twelve 5 year olds, who just received a hard boiled egg as an after game snack. It gives me the giggles.

I know, you aren't bringing it for the team, just your own kid, but it is funny picture to imagine.

It's like the kid who showed up to elementary school with liverwurst and mustard sandwiches.