To not let DD(8) drink full sugar coke?

[Peaspleaselouise]

Quite happy to accept if I am.

But I don’t see why there is a need to give these products to a child when they’re so bad for their teeth and general health.

If she was given one at a party and wanted it, I of course wouldn’t stop her, but to be honest I don’t think she’d like it much anyway as she mainly drinks water (over squash etc, by her own choice, as she finds it too sweet and doesn’t quench her thirst).

I am worried about the a) the fact I might be seen as too strict in this regard and b) I don’t want the situation where she craves and binges on stuff when she’s older a small a result of me being too strict with it now.

Wtf is a high day

Stealth boast!

YANBU. It’s full of sugar and caffeine. I haven’t let any of my DC have Coca Cola and don’t really wish to, my eldest is eight and a half.

I wasn't allowed fizzy drinks as a child, so I never got a taste for them. Now, as an adult, I actively dislike them. I'd rather drink tap water than a fizzy drink. I honestly can barely swallow fizzy drinks, I find the sensation very unpleasant. I'd only drink one if I was dying of thirst with nothing else available to drink.

YANBU. It’s full of sugar and caffeine.

so is chocolate

I have 18 year old twin girls and we hardly have fizzy drinks in the house, occasionally I will buy a bottle (once a month approx) and if we go out to a pub they may have a Diet Coke then as they don't drink alcohol yet. I have noticed if they buy a 'meal deal' they may buy coke or Sprite, I never had fizzy drinks in the house when they were younger.

YANBU. You're correct in that the sugar and caffeine are not good for them.

When I was little, pop (fizzy drinks) was a treat that we got very occasionally. When we did get it, we usually got orange pop or root beer, sometimes Sprite, not Coke.

Wtf is a high day

High days and holidays. It means special occasions, parties, birthdays, treat days, days out, etc.

When I was little we had the "pop man" driving around the estates with a flatbed truck loaded with glass bottles of fizzy drink. My siblings and I were allowed to choose a flavour each and we could trade our empties back for money off the new ones.

A doctor told me coke was brilliant if children have a headache

My DC don't like the sensation of fizziness, luckily. I wouldn't give DS2 Coke mostly because of the caffeine. He has suspected ADHD. I dread to think what he'd be like on caffeine!

My 9 year old likes Diet Coke (as it’s what I drink) and has it if we eat out. My 11 year old only likes water. I don’t allow my 5 year old it as she has a very delicate constitution and it would probably make her sick.

Strange thing to be worrying about though if your dc isn’t even interested