To think this shouldn't be allowed

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Every morning I see kids walking to middle school drinking rockstar/monster energy drinks.
I dread to think how this effects their behaviour in the classroom not to mention the health implications. AIBU to think these shouldnt be sold to under 16's or am I being a biddy

YANBU! Nasty stuff

I thought they came with health warnings on them now?

My teenage brother's school has banned them, and rightly so. Really bad for you.

sounds horrible. glad i'm not their teacher.

It's disgusting. DS and I see one particular boy every morning eating a pasty whilst slugging down a blue energy drink.

We've christened him pasty boy.

It is awfully sad though, he's already rather fat and eating a pasty and an energy drink for breakfast really isn't going to help!

There was a tv programme obn this a while ago. "Tonight" on ITV maybe.

Terrible drinks for anyone, not just teens.

A lot of my students eat and drink crap in the mornings - they come in smelling of Lucozade and cheese and onion crisps and yes, they're not in the best state to start learning anything.

There's a massive link between that and their parents not coming to parents' evening, too.

I'm inclined to agree with you, except it doesn't get round the problem of parents who give them to their dcs.......

YANBU, I have to constantly tell DS1 (yr 7) not to buy them on the way to school. He tells me he doesn't but I know he really wants to and of course I can't see what really happens.

I also work hard on making him have some sort of sensible breakfast even though he's not ready to eat that early.

It's possible it's my son you see in re mornings?!? I hope not, but it's possible, it's not just parents who don't care who's kids end up drinking them.

And it's always poorer students, too, but that would cost nearly £2 at our college. I just don't understand it. When my son was that age and growing several inches a year and I was broke, he had a big bowl of porridge every morning and didn't want anything to eat until lunch time.

I agree with pourquoimoi

Most buy them on the way too school and parents probably have no idea.

They're banned in our school, I confiscate them if I see them but no-one can keep an eye on them all the time.

It's not good for them but teenagers rarely make sensible diet choices. When I was at secondary, I survived on two galaxy caramels a day. Told my Dad I had a jacket potato though!

Red bull isn't actually allowed to be brought by under 16s so I presume the rest aren't either, I used to live off them and one day decided they smelt like bad breathe and haven't had one since, awful drinks makes my skin crawl when my nieces 13,11 & 9 come in from the shop with the 35p energy drinks... Even after being told they aren't allowed my sister still finds the cans in bags/bedroom bins!

We have banned it from school premises. We have had children experience heart palpitations in the past and sent them on an emergency visit to the doctors. Vile stuff that should not be sold to children.

Yanbu.

What with all this talk about possibly taxing sugary soft drinks, I think this current trend for energy drinks needs to be confronted too. I'd be happy of their sale was restricted in the same way as alcohol.

I do think they should apply the "no selling to under 16s" rule that Red Bull have to all the energy drinks. I love Red Bull myself, but I don't drink it often as I know how bad for you it is - teenagers generally don't care about how bad for them something is so they won't use the same caution!