to give my dc coffee?

[Madmum24]

Genuine AIBU, I personally don't think I am, but am interested in the MN verdict.

My dc (12) recently did well in an exam and I suggested we go for a treat. She chose a well known coffee house, and wanted an iced coffee milkshake thing (which she has had once before)

So order it, then see two cashiers whispering together and one announces "Do you know that has coffee in it?" in a rather judgemental way. "Yes, it's fine thanks" I reply. Second cashier pipes up with "Are you suuuuure you don't want to change it for something without coffee in it?" Again I reply "It's fine thanks" cue strange looks from said cashier.

I am not a frequenter of these type of places so I genuinely don't know if there is an unwritten rule about children and one shot of espresso in a lot of milk coffee milkshakes.

So tell me MN, should I be ashamed of this purchase and stick to lemon barley water next time, or is the odd frappe going to do no harm?

Disclaimer: my kids eat really well, mostly home made meals, rarely fizzy drinks etc, so it is not as if we are trying to replace meals with poison coffee.

I thought you were going to say she was 6months or something not 12!. Lots of us drink coffee and we all had to start somewhere - like others have said the staff wouldn't have noticed if you had bought her a coke. Def NBU

I literally can't remember not drinking tea, and my earliest memories go back to about age 4. It's a cliche, but it never did me any harm (I was always top of the class at school and have never had any health issues). In fact tea was a family bonding thing and I find people who don't drink it weird. So, although I don't have DC, if I did I would not hesitate to let them have tea or milky coffee as soon as they were old enough for hot drinks. Coke would be banned but for the sugar not the caffeine.