Cup of tea for 12yo

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As the title suggests is this U?

My 12yo ds is on his way home from school and it's freezing, has snowed all day. He doesn't like hot chocolate. Want to make him a nice warm drink for when he gets in.

Apologies for the most mundane question ever.

I'm not a tea drinker but my brother had a child sized cup of milky tea with his breakfast from the age of about 3 and it did him no harm!

Are you asking if it's U to give a 12 year old tea?

Of course not but if you didn't want to give him tea what about a hot squash. God I used to love that.

Actually I'm off to get myself one now

Does he like tea? If not hot squash, hot juice, but I really can't see the AIBU?

It's fine (assuming he likes it!) Add chocolate biscuits and he'll love you forever (I would anyway!)

My sister's kids had tea in their sippy cups from 2.

At 12? Totally fine. How do you know he likes tea, if you're asking whether it's ok for a 12 year old?

No. I don't think so.

My ds is 15 and has just started having the odd cup of tea. He also likes a peppermint tea.

I'm 47 and have been drinking tea since the age 2 and coffee at least since the age of 10. Seems very odd now but doesn't seem to have harmed me ... yet

amused One day when I was about 2, I was being a little bastard bothering my mum for some of her tea. So she made me a cup, extra strong in the hope I'd hate it.

I fucking loved it and I was on about six cups a day by the age of five and still am.

Has he ever drank tea? Been offered it? (I can remember drinking tea when I was about 8.)

Of course you can. My child has had the odd cup of tea from about age six. He's turned out fine.

Hot Ribena - yummy.
But tea is fine, if he likes it.
Does he like hot milk?

My 9 yr old DS had a cup of tea in Costa as a reward after standing in the freezing cold in just his cub uniform on rememberance Sunday! He especially loved the little tea pot

Yes I am, it's really never occurred to me before, my go to has always been hot chocolate but all of a sudden he doesn't like it.

Hot squash is a good idea, dh drinks that when he's not feeling well.

You will get people on here that will make out its worse than poison, but just ignore them.

Of course it's fine

Not sure why my username has changed the op was an old one :/ random

It's tea, not crack.

Sorry, the aibu is related to his age.

I don't know if he'd like it but it's a pretty inoffensive hot drink with milk and two sugars.

Why would this not be fine?

What are you afraid of? If it's caffeine; there's probably more in a bar of chocolate...

I second the suggestion for hot ribena it's amazing.

But also there's nothing wrong with tea for a 12 year old. My irish family used to make tea using hot milk for the kids. Sacrilege in terms of the sanctity of tea, but fine for the kids.

My kids have been drinking the odd cup of tea since they were about 5.

Earl Grey, English breakfast, whatever is on offer.

A couple of rich tea biscuits to dunk makes it even better.

My 2 and 5 year olds regularly drink tea! I buy decaf anyway so happy for them to have a cup

My nearly 3 year old loves tea! He drinks mine if he can get hold of it!! Obviously if it's really hot I keep it out of his reach!

There seems to be a general consensus and the kettle is on

Thanks for the replies everyone