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Kudos to Scott Swarm for eliminating postgame snacks for his children’s baseball team (“Winning isn’t everything, but the postgame snack . . . ,” Q, June 29).
Since when is the point of playing a sport to justify eating or drinking chips, cookies, candy and sugary drinks?
Healthy snack or not, some parents find it undesirable for their children to munch close to meals or bedtimes. Soccer halftime snacks of fruit (not gummy candy called “fruit” snacks) serve the legitimate purpose of refueling in the fast-paced game.
But the expectation of postgame snacks by players, parents and even younger siblings is an obnoxious reflection of our selfish society.
Sign me up for the new MASS–Mothers Admiring Scott Swarm.
