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Article: Snack attacks never end
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- June 24, 2007
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'Snack." I hate the very word.
With four kids, I'm always on some list or other to provide them.
Or rather "it." "Snack" is now a plural. As in, "Mom, it's your turn
to bring 'snack.' "
I don't mean yogurt and fruit on a summer afternoon at my house.
I mean a sweet, sugary treat at every organized event the kids
attend. Every sports event, every school event, every church event,
every recreation-department event now includes "snack."
These kids can't go two hours without some sugary treat being
provided in some official capacity. (Being the snack mom and showing
up with mini-water bottles and packs of carrots could socially ruin
a child. I threaten my children with it, but I haven't ...