I was flipping through a Woman's Day magazine and ran across this article (written by Paula Spencer) that cracked me up! This is how the article begins...
I'm standing in one of those parent-meeting clusters listening to my daughter's new soccer coach go over uniforms, practice times and contact info. "Is there anything else?" she asks, looking around...
"What about the snack schedule?" a mom pipes up. Heads nod in agreement.
My heart sinks. Ten-year-old girls can't run around for an hour without needing a juice box and crackers? I spend enough money feeding my own kids. And it's just one more thing I have to remember! No wonder obesity is a problem, when kids can't do an activity without the inevitable snack at the end of it!"
I'm not quite that extreme, but I did find it funny to see this in print when I have had similar thoughts! I don't mind having a schedule and bringing snacks. For those of you with kids in sports, you can probably attest to the fact that the kids do look forward to the snack almost more than playing the sport itself! Ha! Where I do agree that it gets a little ridiculous, though, is when the snack person isn't there or forgets to bring it and all the other parents FREAK OUT because there is no snack! And inevitably one of them volunteers to run to the store real quick to get something! Good grief! How about letting the kids (gasp) deal with a minor disappointment and wait five minutes until they can get a snack at home! (I realize that, since I'm saying this, it will probably be one of my children that throws the biggest fit the next time there's no snack... Ha!)
Happy snacking!
6 comments:
So, I was one of those kids who really liked the "snack time"!!!!! Just kidding, but I do remember biting off the ends of my licorice and drinking my gatorade through my new red straw after soccer games. Those were the good days!
At my soccer games (back in the day) we got cut up oranges and a cup or two of gatorade. That was it...nothing fancy. Do they get gourmet snacks now? It IS pretty funny that the kids are more excited about the snacks rather than the sport!!! Oh well, at least they are out there moving around rather than sitting in front of a video game all day, huh?
I had the same question -
i remember being excited for the oranges... -
is it now a gourmet meal? enquiring minds want to know!
Em
When I read that article in the magazine, I thought of you:-)
LOL! I'm not sure that's a good thing..? But, hey, at least you thought of me! Ha! (You do know me!)
Amen Sister!
Post a Comment