Would you allow your 10 year olds to have a Caramel Latte from McDonald’s?

[Workinghardeveryday]

He desperately wants one, been asking for months.

He always has a milkshake which is very unhealthy anyway, I am thinking about the caffeine.

Would you allow it?

@Workinghardeveryday a small one of those is about the equivalent of 2 cans of Diet Coke or half the quantity of Costa cappuccino. So I wouldn’t worry about his reaction, it’s most likely the excitement. I remember feeling ‘drunk’ the first time I had a Bacardi breezer

About the 16 year old comment, I grew up in one of the countries with higher coffee consumption ever. Children and teens were mot allowed coffee. Only around 18 or so that you would get it. No kidding.
It was always considered detrimental to children.
And as children we used to get shandy and sangria in summer, with the alcohol. I was allowed to drink cider before coffee! Same for my friends. Though, I met later in life someone who used to have a very milky weak coffee for breakfast each day! I found that really weird at the time.
My grandma used to take the coca cola off my brother, all angry, saying it had to much caffeine. Even passed his teens, which was quite funny.
Maybe there is more research into it by now, but what it was believed at the time, and I followed with mine, is no caffeine till quite late in life.
But for one day, of course is not an issue.

Goodness, my eldest has been drinking coffee since the age of 5, mainly an espresso or americano. The coffee doesn’t worry me at all but I wouldn’t want a 10-year old getting a taste for those very sweet and fattening drinks. The coffee element is the least of your worries!

@LemonWeb

Goodness, my eldest has been drinking coffee since the age of 5, mainly an espresso or americano. The coffee doesn’t worry me at all but I wouldn’t want a 10-year old getting a taste for those very sweet and fattening drinks. The coffee element is the least of your worries!

Best comment 😂 👏🏼

DS has been drinking coffee since he was 7 or 8. Only in the mornings of course.

Actually I agree with @LemonWeb. People have started to think these massive whipped-cream-and-sprinkles-covered frappacinos are coffee drinks when they are in fact more like having an ice cream sundae.

I would ask for decaf.

@Tigerwhocameforsupper

As someone who once ran a school trip where 30 kids all downed 4-5 espressos at the service station and were then high as kids for the next 8 hours I wish caffeine was banned for under 16’s!

Are you going to ban certain weather? All teachers know a windy day high as a kite kids.

OP

Glad he liked it and that you have not been reported to social services.

No. I do take mine toStarbucks to get decaf though.

My opinion is, the caffeine has definitely had an effect on him, not a negative one mood wise but I can definitely see a difference.

More likely from the caramel syrup and the general excitement as it sounds like it was quite a big deal to him. There wound be more caffeine in one of the watery cokes from McDonald's than one of those frappes

Cola has caffeine in. There's not enough caffeine in a latte to have any long term effect as an occasional treat.

@liveforsummer

My opinion is, the caffeine has definitely had an effect on him, not a negative one mood wise but I can definitely see a difference.

More likely from the caramel syrup and the general excitement as it sounds like it was quite a big deal to him. There wound be more caffeine in one of the watery cokes from McDonald's than one of those frappes

Why do you think that? When I googled it came up with 74mg of caffeine, compared to 32mg in a can of coke.

You know it’s got a coffee base?

@sashh oh absolutely. Along with snow, spiders and wasps. The other things guaranteed to ruin a lesson and send everyone crazy!

Yes I know it has a coffee base. It's described on the website as having a 'hint' of coffee. The caffeine is stated from 47 not 74 (I assume they had a regular not large) - a can of Diet Coke has 46mg. McDonald's drink is are more than a can with an adult meal and coffee is way down the ingredients list on the frappe, ahead of it is sugar and glucose is the main one on the syrup. That's why I think it's more likely the sugar (and a bit of placebo)

Yes, I said a can of coke was 32mg. It is

You can give the diet amount too if you want

I think the caffeine amount I found for the frappe was wrong, so I take that back.

I doubt it would be the sugar though, that’s an old wive’s tale.

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/02/21/well/eat/is-there-such-a-thing-as-a-sugar-high.amp.html

[quote Tigerwhocameforsupper]@sashh oh absolutely. Along with snow, spiders and wasps. The other things guaranteed to ruin a lesson and send everyone crazy![/quote]
I bought some cheap felt tip pens, they happened to be 'Frozen' themed. 17 year olds can go insane over felt tips, to the extent I bought other pens and only let the 'best behaved' or the 'table the birthday girl is sitting on' use them.

I also had to listen to 'let it go' sung very badly.

There is very little caffeine in them I love a Frappuccino but find McDonald’s more like a milk shake

Yes as a treat definitely!