To give my 12 year old decaf coffee?

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DD likes the taste and smell of coffee. She has had a few sips or tea spoon full from my cup and has asked to drink coffee as a now and again treat. I'm not sure I should give her caffeinated coffee so have bought some decaf but my sil says I'm poisoning my tween.

What age do people start drinking normal coffee and AIBU to give dd decaf once a week?

The tanin in both tea and coffee prevents the absorption of iron from food, kids obviously need iron.
That’s why I didn’t give either to my kids.

Obsessive coffee drinker here but I would say it's unnecessary for a child but I'm in the minority here. Too much caffeine.

Ah, the clear skies of the moral high ground.
Just say, we enjoy lard too. Heeeeeee

Poisoning? Ffs I've been drinking proper coffee since age 8

Sorry am I on glue I've been drinking coffee since I was 8. I'm 55 in good health, not murdered, raped, burnt anything down..it's coffee not crack of heroin

Of course it's fine! I used to have a cup of tea before school from around year 5 onwards. Coffee from around year 8!

Please please make sure its decent coffee, ie single estate beans ground at home and NEVER use boiling water to make it

https://roundhillroastery.com/

for supplies

Youngest (14 now) has been half inching my Jimmys Iced Coffee (on offer at Tesco) for a while with no ill effects

https://www.jimmysicedcoffee.com/

Your SIL is talking nonsense. Just try to opt for a chemical free decaf. Good coffee has been proven time and time again to come with health benefits!

Same here.

Yanbu op children shouldn't be drinking coffee imo. It's disgusting seeing young teens walking around with coffee cups.

I didn't know this.

Which ones are chemical free?

Perhaps look into it for yourself.

Here is a consumer report about it.
www.consumerreports.org/coffee/is-decaffeinated-coffee-bad-for-you/

My 19 yo DD was drinking normal coffee from year7 maybe younger, younger two not really interested, I'm sure I drank it younger I'm not sure what the issue is? I don't allow energy drinks though ( well 19 yo can do as she pleases now obvs)!

It's coffee not crack. My 12 year old likes a coffee sometimes, maybe a couple of times a week. My 15 year old loves a daily iced latte.

Camp coffee is a concentrated coffee extract that was quite popular until about the 1960s, when real ground coffee was still considered quite bougie.

Fgs, what food or drink isn't 'processed'? Does she think milk goes into bottles directly from the cow, and water comes straight from some babbling brook somewhere?

Don't listen to people with eating disorders - and living your life according to unfounded fears about food is exactly that.

Mine had her first PSL today. A decaf but with the same amount of pumps of the syrup as usual (it's way too sweet for me). She doesn't want coffee, she wants sugar!

Same lol, I had terrible issues sleeping

No decaf coffee has any non-coffee chemicals in, no matter which way they've been processed to remove the caffeine. SIL is talking nonsense.

It's a brand of coffee concentrate made from chicory, water, sugar, and a little coffee.

I was mainlining tea from about 10, not seeing it's an issue!

Why?! It's probably better for you than a can of Diet Coke and that's still got caffeine in

I drank homemade mochas at that age - half a spoon of instant coffee and a spoonful or two of hot chocolate powder. Sometimes with skooshy cream.