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Anonymous wrote: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.

Yeah. Somebody always brings Dunkin donuts or elf fudge cookies after my son's soccer games.

I played travel soccer in the early 80s and it was always orange slices and water. No fat kids nowhere.

Do you have fat kids on your child's team now? We don't, even though someone brought cheetos last week

Not yet. The shit just adds up--- you should see the shit they get a school for bday parties and class parties. Now we have also added candy to the Valentines that are given out in class--WTF? We really need 24 extra pieces of candy-- in addition to the cupcakes and candy at the class party.

Your child's school requires candy to be given out with Valentines cards?!? Tragic

I have 3 kids in school. Never have they been innundated by too many sweets at school or activities. They don't have obese, fat or even overly chubby kids anywhere they go. Not in their entire schools (600 in one, 850+ in the other), not at soccer, scouts, even the couch potato activities like chess club and robotics. It just really isn't a problem in this area, so a little treat now and then is not such a big deal.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Yeah. Somebody always brings Dunkin donuts or elf fudge cookies after my son's soccer games.

I played travel soccer in the early 80s and it was always orange slices and water. No fat kids nowhere.

Do you have fat kids on your child's team now? We don't, even though someone brought cheetos last week

Not yet. The shit just adds up--- you should see the shit they get a school for bday parties and class parties. Now we have also added candy to the Valentines that are given out in class--WTF? We really need 24 extra pieces of candy-- in addition to the cupcakes and candy at the class party.

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.

Nothing is stopping you from doing this. Just be sure to tell your child loudly not to eat the nasty snacks brought by the other mommy.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Yeah. Somebody always brings Dunkin donuts or elf fudge cookies after my son's soccer games.

I played travel soccer in the early 80s and it was always orange slices and water. No fat kids nowhere.

Yeah, I brought orange slices to the soccer game the last time I had snack duty, and went home with almost as many as I'd brought. Most kids did politely say, no thank you...but they're so accustomed to the junk that you're the downer parent if you bring something healthy.
Team went BYO this year and I'm happy about it.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Yeah. Somebody always brings Dunkin donuts or elf fudge cookies after my son's soccer games.

I played travel soccer in the early 80s and it was always orange slices and water. No fat kids nowhere.

Now there are people who will only eat locally grown oranges or only organic tangerines from Florida or only the little cuties brand clementines. I remember eating oranges and not having to know which type I preferred.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Yeah. Somebody always brings Dunkin donuts or elf fudge cookies after my son's soccer games.

I played travel soccer in the early 80s and it was always orange slices and water. No fat kids nowhere.

Do you have fat kids on your child's team now? We don't, even though someone brought cheetos last week

Anonymous wrote: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.

Yeah. Somebody always brings Dunkin donuts or elf fudge cookies after my son's soccer games.

I played travel soccer in the early 80s and it was always orange slices and water. No fat kids nowhere.

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Anonymous wrote:If one parent is having a hissy fit about a snack, they are probably just a rude person or having a bad day or whatever. If multiple people are complaining, you should re-consider your snack. In most leagues, any kind of packaged crackers/chips/pretzel/granola bar kind of thing is perfectly acceptable. I have seen people have issues with things that aren't store-bought -- i.e. cut fruit or veggies - I'm guessing because they wonder if things were washed etc.

People would actually complain about this? I'm in a playgroup with a bunch of toddlers - who arguably would have weaker immune systems etc than older kids - and a few of the parents have brought cut-up fruit etc. We all loved it! Who in the world would be like DONT EAT THAT, IT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN WASHED!?!?!? F'ing crazy parents.

Raises hand: I would because some people aren't as careful about cleanliness and food safety. For example, their house might be clean, kitcehn might be clean but they might not wash their hands before handling food or they will wash their hands and on the way to cutting the fruit have no problem petting their dog or cat etc... I just don't need the headaches of worrying about it.

Well -- people are polite so they may not complain but they may just say "no thanks" and not take any for/give any to their kid. It is a legitimate issue because not everyone has the same standards for cleaniness. I'm not suggesting that restaurants are clean either but at least they are more "institutional" -- i.e. employees in gloves, no pets etc. Whereas with individual homes, you never know who is obsessive about food safety and who thinks it's ok to take to be making a snack, gets interrupted to change a diaper and then just returns to the snack without hand washing. The issue is not as rare as you'd think -- it's one of the reasons that many schools now ask for store bought treats for birthdays, teachers politely accept homemade thank yous like cookies/cakes etc. but generally discard them etc.

The hard boiled egg thing is like watercress and pimento cheese. Sure, people love that stuff but more people do not than do in most circles. I love deviled eggs! F-ing delicious! I would love if you brought deviled eggs. Just not a plain hard boiled egg.

OP, I often thought the same thing when my kids played soccer.

My husband and I were discussing little league snacks, and we remember coaches/parents bringing the entire team over to the snack shack after games. The snacks of choice: Jolly Ranchers, Hubba Bubba gum sticks (flavors like watermelon, very cherry, grape, etc), the chewing tabacco gum (Big League?), chocolate bars, Cheetos, Vess soda, shulshies, etc.

No one ever complained, and everyone just said thank you.

So very different now. Even if the snacks are better/healthier, the manners of the parents sure aren't.

Is it that difficult to just say thank you/no thank you and leave it at that?

1) I don't use a hand sanitizer hardly ever 2) Yeah I eat at restaurants and just hope they are doing a better job then cat lady does at her house 3) same for prepared food from the store (I am hoping gloves were used) but willful ignorance is a beautiful thing 4) no, I am ashamed to say that we haven;t gone to dinner parties- none of our friends have "dinner parties" and same for "play dates".

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Anonymous wrote:If one parent is having a hissy fit about a snack, they are probably just a rude person or having a bad day or whatever. If multiple people are complaining, you should re-consider your snack. In most leagues, any kind of packaged crackers/chips/pretzel/granola bar kind of thing is perfectly acceptable. I have seen people have issues with things that aren't store-bought -- i.e. cut fruit or veggies - I'm guessing because they wonder if things were washed etc.

People would actually complain about this? I'm in a playgroup with a bunch of toddlers - who arguably would have weaker immune systems etc than older kids - and a few of the parents have brought cut-up fruit etc. We all loved it! Who in the world would be like DONT EAT THAT, IT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN WASHED!?!?!? F'ing crazy parents.

Raises hand: I would because some people aren't as careful about cleanliness and food safety. For example, their house might be clean, kitcehn might be clean but they might not wash their hands before handling food or they will wash their hands and on the way to cutting the fruit have no problem petting their dog or cat etc... I just don't need the headaches of worrying about it.

So do you never ever eat out at a restaurant? By prepared food from the store? Go to dinner parties? Allow your children to eat at playdates? Step away from the hand sanitizer....

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Anonymous wrote:If one parent is having a hissy fit about a snack, they are probably just a rude person or having a bad day or whatever. If multiple people are complaining, you should re-consider your snack. In most leagues, any kind of packaged crackers/chips/pretzel/granola bar kind of thing is perfectly acceptable. I have seen people have issues with things that aren't store-bought -- i.e. cut fruit or veggies - I'm guessing because they wonder if things were washed etc.

People would actually complain about this? I'm in a playgroup with a bunch of toddlers - who arguably would have weaker immune systems etc than older kids - and a few of the parents have brought cut-up fruit etc. We all loved it! Who in the world would be like DONT EAT THAT, IT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN WASHED!?!?!? F'ing crazy parents.

Raises hand: I would because some people aren't as careful about cleanliness and food safety. For example, their house might be clean, kitcehn might be clean but they might not wash their hands before handling food or they will wash their hands and on the way to cutting the fruit have no problem petting their dog or cat etc... I just don't need the headaches of worrying about it.

Anonymous wrote:If one parent is having a hissy fit about a snack, they are probably just a rude person or having a bad day or whatever. If multiple people are complaining, you should re-consider your snack. In most leagues, any kind of packaged crackers/chips/pretzel/granola bar kind of thing is perfectly acceptable. I have seen people have issues with things that aren't store-bought -- i.e. cut fruit or veggies - I'm guessing because they wonder if things were washed etc.

People would actually complain about this? I'm in a playgroup with a bunch of toddlers - who arguably would have weaker immune systems etc than older kids - and a few of the parents have brought cut-up fruit etc. We all loved it! Who in the world would be like DONT EAT THAT, IT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN WASHED!?!?!? F'ing crazy parents.