Dc are 12+13 and still it's a no!! Ds 15 has a medical condition so it's a no at home but he gets them when not in my presence I am sure! Pretty strict with pop tbh!
Soft drinks were a rarity in my children's lives and we never bought it for our home. Soda is nothing but garbage, and our society's epidemic of adult and childhood obesity is a testament to that.
So, juice? They had that watered down from 1, with meals. But not usually just by itself. If they are thirsty at non meal times they will have water. Fizzy drinks? Never!
Mine have a small glass of fresh juice with breakfast. Occasionally they might get squash, at the weekends say. Pop is only for special occasions or if we go out for a meal. Most of the time it is water or milk. Poor blighters
DD aged 3 has squash with her main meal but that's only because my ExH gives it her at meal times and I get "but daddy lets me". She doesn't have it at all on Nursery days as Nursery don't offer it.
Fizzy Drinks are not in the house at all, but I do let her occasionally have a sip of lemonade or something at a party or if we go for a pub lunch with my granddad and I have it (I don't drink alcohol when I have DD in my care). Thankfully me and her dad are the same on that.
Don't have DC but my parents let me have sips of fizzy drinks from age 1ish. I must have been having my own a few months/years after that. That would probably be called neglectful parenting now but I think I turned out ok, not addicted or anything like that haha
Mine get water, fruit juice, squash during the week. Ds (12) gets fizzy at the weekend. Dd(15) isn't keen on fizzy drinks but will have a fresh orange and lemonade in a tall glass with dinner on Sunday or if we're out for food. I buy diet drinks as ds has issues with the enamel on his teeth. I drink water and tea during the day and have a glass of fizzy stuff with dinner.
They're 16 and 12 and don't drink anything but water unless we are out for a meal or having a take away. They don't drink tea or coffee either. I was always perplexed by this idea that sugary carbonated drinks should be habitually consumed on a daily basis so never allowed that habit to develop. They're old enough to choose now and always have water.
I've never bought fizzy drinks, not for myself or guests, so we've just never had them available. The children never asked for them and don't drink them now they are adults. They had really weak milky tea from quite young, 2 or 3. Didn't have fruit juice either. Never really thought about it before.
8 and 11 here....still only milk and water. They dislike fizzy drinks and I've been so strict about them not drinking them, my ds assumed they were illegal
Er, never? I never buy sugar fizzy drinks, whether special or non-special occasions, at home. I'm 44. My parents never buy it. They are in their late 70s. Squash - maybe for a children's party, but I'd just as likely make them make homemade lemonade.
We have squash, milk and water available whenever they want. They often get Fanta with a takeaway and fizzy drinks when out at say Pizza Hut. At home, dh and I drink cola and they often have some too.
