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[raymondchouku]

Would you let your children [if or when you have kids] drink or consume caffeine (i.e., coffee, choco beans, etc.)? If so what age, do you think, is an appropriate age for someone to begin drinking/consuming caffeine?

I don't plan on having children so this is a non-issue, but... If I did have kids, I would not let them have coffee until mid teens. There are approximately 90 mgs of caffeine per cup of coffee and while Coca Cola/Mountain Dew does contain caffeine it would take 2.5-3 to equal that contained in a single cup. Although, I think there are particular implications for kids drinking soda as well... A lot of kids don't like it because the carbonation makes it feel like its burning their tongue and label it hot.

tagging some people who I know are within or beyond my age group: @Vikki @Drew_B @eclipsoul @RandAlThor @Lovely_Cornchips @LoveYooShaSha @Panda

 

[Ahsoka]

I mean imo I’m too young for kids and don’t want them, but I wouldn’t let them have coffee until their mid teens either.

 

[raymondchouku]

I mean imo I’m too young for kids and don’t want them

Tell that to Farrah Abraham...

 

[Soogi]

probably around midteens yea, i think a small cup of coffee every once in a while should be fine. if its something like a starbucks frappucino probably a little younger even tbh, but not as a daily thing either. i definitely wouldnt be cool w energy drinks of any kind tho, regardless of age

 

[Bopper]

Thinking about my eight year old nephew, we’ve kinda got lucky with him. He’s had coca cola before, but he’s not a fan of fizzy drinks so sticks to either milk or squash. My mum drinks decaf coffee at home, and when he had a sip of it he hated the taste of that too.

 

[Ahsoka]

Tell that to Farrah Abraham...

I didn’t know who she was until now, but I could never get pregnant as a teen and be happy with it
Not that there’s anything wrong with it, I just couldn’t do it personally.

 

[raymondchouku]

I didn’t know who she was until now, but I could never get pregnant as a teen and be happy with it
Not that there’s anything wrong with it, I just couldn’t do it personally.

the thing that kills me about her is that she had her kid and then decided to star in adult films... I don't know how someone who already has a kid thinks that starring in such films would be the right move

 

[RandAlThor]

I dont like coffee at all even the smell so there is none in my house and its highly unlikely a spouse would drink it. So thats a non internal issue.
Tea the same i have tried some herbal teas for like colds ect and just find it annoying to make ect.

soda i drink a ton of so trying to limit that would be a fools errand. Maybe i would push diet as that is what i drink lol. (most kids would hate it )

 

[Ahsoka]

the thing that kills me about her is that she had her kid and then decided to star in adult films... I don't know how someone who already has a kid thinks that starring in such films would be the right move

Well I guess she needs to earn money somehow

 

[raymondchouku]

He’s had coca cola before, but he’s not a fan of fizzy drinks

I'm gonna need Americans to start saying fizzy drinks because it sound more elegant than soda or pop or soda-pop... But yeah I have never met that many kids who like carbonated drinks until they are double digits (i.e., 10).

 

[raymondchouku]

soda i drink a ton of so trying to limit that would be a fools errand.

I have found that carbonated water with natural fruit flavors tends to curb my appetite for soda.

 

[raymondchouku]

Well I guess she needs to earn money somehow

I had a friend who thought they used body doubles and was like I wouldn't be doing anything the stunt doubles would be doing the work... but I was 15 so I thought she was right. lol

 

[raymondchouku]

@Vikki But I bet if she made an onlyfans they would pay her to watch her brush her hair or do weird asmr like whispering the phone book.. People pay for the weirdest sh*t these days. Influencers can pose with a jar of cleanser and get $300k

 

[Bopper]

I'm gonna need Americans to start saying fizzy drinks because it sound more elegant than soda or pop or soda-pop... But yeah I have never met that many kids who like carbonated drinks until they are double digits (i.e., 10).

We call the more sugary stuff pop rather than soda, but we use fizzy drinks as a general term too, including fizzy water (which he also hates)

 

[raymondchouku]

including fizzy water (which he also hates)

People in my life hate it too.. They say it tastes salty.

 

[The_LastRomeo]

I've been drinking coffee since I was 7 and I'm fine, my mom was since 2 (idek about that guys) I'll probably let them try at 10 years and see if they like it if they don't that's for them

 

[dark_tranquility]

Since my kids don't exist yet.
I would say no.

 

[eclipsoul]

mid-teens i guess? i'm not into caffeine products much by myself but i suppose that would be a good age to let my child consume it if they wanted to. i wouldn't be too strict of a parent but also i wouldn't let my child end up living like a character from euphoria.