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Anonymous wrote:My kindergartener would not get home without a meltdown if he didn't refuel after a sports game. So if you are signed up for snack and aren't planning to bring one, please let me know in advance so I can pack a PB&J.

Bananas are always great. Mini bags of pretzels. Cheese sticks. Crackers.

My goodness. Break the pattern.

How, exactly are you proposing that I should shift his metabolism?

Does your kindergartener get to eat something at school immediately after bkth PE & recess? If nit, does he have a meltdown at school?

I'm a NP, but my child goes to a school where there are no snacks in K and a very long day (Moco) and my child did have blood sugar meltdowns despite substantial breakfasts. Every child is different--some kids (and grown ups!) need to eat more frequently than others. Congrats if you and your kids can eat 3 squares a day and be fine. And for the record, I started the anti-post-game snack for my child's soccer team. In case you thought I was the giant snack bag distributing parent.

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Seriously there is a lot of standing around in baseball at the younger ages and very little activity for a lot of the kids.

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Kids don't need a f'ing snack every 40 minutes. I hope this trend dies soon.

this. Eat proper meals with your children at proper times. Constant snacking results in the staggering obesity epidemic in this country.

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Anonymous wrote:My kindergartener would not get home without a meltdown if he didn't refuel after a sports game. So if you are signed up for snack and aren't planning to bring one, please let me know in advance so I can pack a PB&J.

Bananas are always great. Mini bags of pretzels. Cheese sticks. Crackers.

My goodness. Break the pattern.

How, exactly are you proposing that I should shift his metabolism?

Does your kindergartener get to eat something at school immediately after bkth PE & recess? If nit, does he have a meltdown at school?

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Anonymous wrote:Cheese & crackers with a fruit, and water

This sounds more like lunch!

On an airplane.

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Anonymous wrote:My kindergartener would not get home without a meltdown if he didn't refuel after a sports game. So if you are signed up for snack and aren't planning to bring one, please let me know in advance so I can pack a PB&J.

Bananas are always great. Mini bags of pretzels. Cheese sticks. Crackers.

My goodness. Break the pattern.

How, exactly are you proposing that I should shift his metabolism?

He's not working that hard during a K game. He doesn't need the snack. He expects it.

Have you met him?

Not your "extra hungry" snowflake, no. But plenty of other 5 year olds, including two of my own.

Like maybe as many as twenty other human children? OMG. That's practically like a degree in knowing how to parent other people's children. Do you give out condescending unsolicited advice IRL or just online?

Just online. Enjoy the rest of the weekend with your pretzel-or-meltdown child.

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Anonymous wrote:My kindergartener would not get home without a meltdown if he didn't refuel after a sports game. So if you are signed up for snack and aren't planning to bring one, please let me know in advance so I can pack a PB&J.

Bananas are always great. Mini bags of pretzels. Cheese sticks. Crackers.

My goodness. Break the pattern.

How, exactly are you proposing that I should shift his metabolism?

He's not working that hard during a K game. He doesn't need the snack. He expects it.

Have you met him?

Not your "extra hungry" snowflake, no. But plenty of other 5 year olds, including two of my own.

Like maybe as many as twenty other human children? OMG. That's practically like a degree in knowing how to parent other people's children. Do you give out condescending unsolicited advice IRL or just online?

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Anonymous wrote:My kindergartener would not get home without a meltdown if he didn't refuel after a sports game. So if you are signed up for snack and aren't planning to bring one, please let me know in advance so I can pack a PB&J.

Bananas are always great. Mini bags of pretzels. Cheese sticks. Crackers.

My goodness. Break the pattern.

How, exactly are you proposing that I should shift his metabolism?

He's not working that hard during a K game. He doesn't need the snack. He expects it.

Have you met him?

Not your "extra hungry" snowflake, no. But plenty of other 5 year olds, including two of my own.

water and banana, or water and clementine/mandarin

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Anonymous wrote:What age?

By second grade it gets easy (if they are still doing snacks).

Things like prepackaged chip assortments, oreos, cheese sticks, mandatin oranges (Peels still on please! No one wants food that your hands were all over.), cheetos...al very popular. Think treats vs meal foods.

No, that's the problem! Not OP, but my child takes part in a 1hr soccer game, playing maybe half of that. She needs water and possibly a piece of fruit, not a package of cheetos! My kid doesn't need oreos and a juice box every Saturday afternoon.

So uptight. So many food issues.

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Anonymous wrote:Cheese & crackers with a fruit, and water

This sounds more like lunch!

Lunch for an overweight middle aged woman on a diet.

If this is lunch for your five year old, you are not properly nourishing them and would probably benefit from meeting with a nutritionist.

Anonymous wrote:Oranges cut into wedges, put in a gallon ziploc bag. Cheese sticks. Snack bags of honey nut cheerios.

Please don't bring nut-products. Some children might simply assume that the unlabeled bag of Cheerios have no-nuts.

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Anonymous wrote:My kindergartener would not get home without a meltdown if he didn't refuel after a sports game. So if you are signed up for snack and aren't planning to bring one, please let me know in advance so I can pack a PB&J.

Bananas are always great. Mini bags of pretzels. Cheese sticks. Crackers.

My goodness. Break the pattern.

How, exactly are you proposing that I should shift his metabolism?

He's not working that hard during a K game. He doesn't need the snack. He expects it.

Have you met him?

I make sure my child is adequately fueled before his one hour game/practice. He does not need a snack immediately after it ends. Stop the madness! Feed your child yourself.

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Anonymous wrote:My kindergartener would not get home without a meltdown if he didn't refuel after a sports game. So if you are signed up for snack and aren't planning to bring one, please let me know in advance so I can pack a PB&J.

Bananas are always great. Mini bags of pretzels. Cheese sticks. Crackers.

My goodness. Break the pattern.

How, exactly are you proposing that I should shift his metabolism?

He's not working that hard during a K game. He doesn't need the snack. He expects it.

I have suggested a few times that my kids' teams not do snacks and I have lots of parents thank me profusely. End the madness!