Children & tea drinking...

[imaginewittynamehere]

At what age do you indoctrinate in introduce your children to the ritual of tea drinking?

Please dont give your kids those 'fruit infusions' they are like sucking on a lemon. Put them off for life. Good old fashioned PG tips with a bit of semi skimmed and half a sugar.

Where have you been hiding tr?

Ok as a non tea drinker (& being from a family of non tea drinkers) I just don't understand the whole tea thing anyway but have to admit I was shocked at a friends 2 year old drinking (admittedly very milky) tea.
DH & family are tea addicts extraordinaire (I have never known any family get through so many kettles!!) I was really wondering how early people start & also whether I am going to have to start the anti tea campaign with dd (1 1/2) just yet

dd had her first cup when she was about 7. She has the odd cup, but rarely finishes it. She makes it for me beautifully though, and that's the most important thing!

abouteve

there is mno need to FFS about it

what I am talking about is introducing children to something which they may later feel that they cannot do without

How many adults do you know that can't get themselves going in the morning without a cup of tea or coffee??

It IS addictive and it sdoes mess with your body

Now I ain't no angel, I can't get going in the morning without a fag and a glass of juice but thats another story

abouteve I agree with you on the subject of so called fruit teas. How anyone can drink them is beyond me. Herbal, yes.

I say, I say, I say ... why do hippies drink herbal tea?

Because proper tea is theft. Geddit?

Oh shocked horrified administer emetic forthwith!

We are nearly all addicted to caffeine and in denial in this country.

hey purple
I'm not hiding

how's everyone?

Fancy doing something tommorow?

thankyou spidermama

Oh Oh OH

And only now she tells us about her SORDID RELATIONSHIP WITH JUICE!!!!!!

Do you not like having teeth in your head, trinny?

It may be orange now, but give it a few years and you'll be selling your ass for just an egg cup of mango. Innocent Smoothies? I Don't Thinnk So.

I didn't drink tea until I was pregant with dd1 (when I was 32)

hated it all my life

but when I was pregnatn, I fainted one day and dh made me buttery toast and sugary tea and I think that ever since I have associated it with comfort

I now have about 3 cups a day

roffle colditz

I'm thinking of painting my doors and friend coming with dd's comp but could make it down at some point.

Is chicken dinner still on the menu?[hopeful emoticon]

Will msn you

Sorry for hijacking the thread imaginewittynamehere

still thinking of doing the dinner

and NOT cheating either

going to bed now, talk to you on msn in the morning

sorry for hijacking

WHAT DOORS?

Trinity, I wanted to jump on your head until you mentioned the fags, (fellow addict). Ok but I hate fruit teas. Love Rooisbos and should buy it but lost the taste. Anyway DD doesnt have caffeine shes only addicted to sugar

lol colditz

I'm addicted to caffiene, I like my cup of tea in themorning, there is nothing wrong with it. Life's too short and meaningless to deny ourselves simple pleasures like caffiene addictions

You have to be careful with tea because it impedes iron absorption in children (not sure up until what age). Having said that, my 3 year old loves drinking the dregs out of the bottom of my cup!

Imagine if we kept off everything that was harmful (?) to us, Alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, fats, sugar exhaust ommisons ect..... please add to this. Would we all live longer? Who knows because its never been proved.

Olive, Only 3 cups a day how do get through the day?

Now me near double digits and thats not even counting coffee!

I don't want to live longer though, life is long enough as it is. I'd rather carry on abusing my body a bit