Aren’t snacks after soccer games the worst? No, they don’t need sugar water and granola bars. Just go home and have lunch.

Gillian, absolutely the same on “no snacks on the road.” Mom and Dad not carry food for people.

We will make sure you’re fed at meal times and have fantastic restaurant options while out. At home you can grab what you want, if you make it and clean it up. Dinner is around d 7:30 or 8:00, so that after school snack will be hearty. But otherwise, kid, you’re gonna suck it up. It’s been like this since the kids were toddlers, when I became sick of being a walking snack cart. It is SO FREEING!

Ha! Agreed.

@SHU It was recommended by the dietician we were working with many years ago. Why eat meals of scary green stuff if the goldfish crackers are plentiful. It didn’t fix the problem, but it helped and it made me so much less scared to be out without food. Obviously we make exceptions in the right setting, but it feels a lot better to buy a $5 box of M&Ms at the Nutcracker (this MAY have happened Saturday, but intermission was at “Snack” time) when I know this isn’t how they are eating all the time. Plus it eliminates all the asking! No one asks for food outside of mealtime. It has been about 6-7 years at this point and they don’t remember anything else. This is how our family does it.

@Louise – people are scared of me when I’m hungry. So I’m fine with the occasional snack.

I am also on board with no snacks! My daughter does have snacks at daycare but luckily doesn’t expect them on the weekends (although I guess we do have one small snack after naptime, but she doesn’t usually eat much). I don’t usually bring food out and about with us and she doesn’t expect it.

I couldn’t agree more. We don’t snack in my family either. My 10 year old eats breakfast at 7.30, lunch at 1 and dinner at 6 and rarely eats in between. His school has morning snack time so I usually send him with a satsuma and little else. It always amazes me what children are being fed at the school gate at the end of the day, usually by parents who complain that their children are picky eaters. On the rare occasion that my son says he is hungry, I usually reply with joy, “amazing, your body’s hormones are working just perfectly then and reminding you that it’s nearly time to eat”. I’m not quite sure why we got so scared of being hungry.

That is very “Bringing Up Bebe” of you 🙂

Maybe we will try this template! (Though maybe 7, 11-12, 3-3, and 6?! We skew earlier . . .)

I feel like most people don’t share my hatred of snacks. Snacks are everywhere. Most of my kids friends go home to ENORMOUS snacks (mostly because they’re full from morning snacks, so they didn’t eat their lunch and are hungry for another “snack” but which ends up feeling like a full meal). Unfortunately, this means when kids visit they’re always hungry and I cave and do provide snacks (but almost never as much as their friends want!).

When we’re home alone on the weekends we avoid all snacking, but it is my nemesis the rest of the time!