Coaches are role models, and they set the tone for the season. They also play a critical role in getting junk food and sugary drinks off the sidelines ...
soft drinks; pop; sports drinks
20 Healthy Team Snacks for Kids
Leaves are falling. Soccer balls are flying. Naturally, my thoughts turn to healthy team snacks. Since I first voiced my frustration over junky ...
Soccer Snacks on Steroids: Is THIS Why It Started?
Remember when soccer snacks were simple orange slices on the sidelines? Someone's mom brought a Tupperware container full of them for halftime. You ...
Soccer Mom On A Mission…Watch It!
Two years ago, I tromped around the soccer fields in my community, snapping photos of the snacks I was seeing. I set the photos to music and turned ...
What Are The Olympics Teaching Your Kids About Food?
"McDonald's is, like, the official restaurant of everything." That's what my nine year old said to me as we were watching the Olympics the other ...
Why I’m No Fan of Sports Drinks
The longer I am a parent, the more irritated I become about sports drinks. I am irritated that million-dollar marketing tactics are used to woo ...
Why I’m Glad I Bought The Gatorade
It was a case of poor planning. My husband and I had taken our nine year old, Henry, to an outdoor center to play mini golf and hit balls at the ...
Ambushed by Big Soda on the Soccer Field
Something happened on the soccer fields last weekend that made cupcakes seem tame by comparison: A rep from 7 Up worked the crowd, offering free diet ...
Sports Snack Handbook For Healthier Team Snacks
Wish there were healthier team snacks on the sidelines of youth sports? I can help you make it happen! Several years ago, I had a moment of ...
On the Front Lines of Snack-tivism
My son's day camp at the local university had everything going for it: Flexible drop-off for working parents, after-care swim lessons, a full day of ...
Soccer Mom on a Mission: The Music Video!
By now, most of you know that I get a little feisty about soccer snacks. And t-ball snacks. (Read "Soccer Mom Soapbox" and "That Mom: The Sequel"). I ...
Pop Life
Apparently, when six-year-old boys aren’t talking about Star Wars, they’re talking about pop. All of a sudden, Henry is full of tales about kids ...