Is softdrink good for the child?

NO - soft drinks are not good for little ones, anything like that has too much sugar for them and their teeth will suffer. Like you say, it is OK for her to make a judgment (however wrong) about her own kids, but she should definitely take notice of what you say when it comes to offering drinks to your child. You are quite right in your understanding that anything with excess sugar including sweets are bad for a child's teeth. We don't stop our little one having sweets, but we definitely keep an eye on how many she has, and tell her when she has had enough. Every time we go to the dentist, she is very proud of the good comments she gets. Also note that after eating or drinking anything acidic, you should not make them clean their teeth straight away, you should wait at least half an hour or so...

If you look at most juice they all contain about as mush added sugar as sodas do. With the out break of the swine flu I would be giving or drinking any thing with any added sugar. One can of soda will lower your immune system by 50% with in 10 minutes of drinking it. That makes catching the swine flu raise about 50% and making it much harder for the body to recover. Water is so much healthier and can be flavored with out sugar.

Softdrinks are dangerous not just for children but for adults too. I know that sodas affect your kidney greatly. My aunt got a kidney failure because of drinking too many coke. You are right. Those drinks are hazardous. I try to avoid them as much as I can and drink water instead. I wonder why wouldn't she just give her children milk. It's the best drink I know for children that are growing up.

hi jndlponti, you are not wrong at all, your friend is, but for other reasons than the one you describe as not familiar with that being a complicaton. Basically soft drinks are just sugar and empty calories and no small child needs that rotting their teeth and getting the habit of thinking this kind of junk is normal. Juice too can also be bad for the teeth as a high sugar content and will affect the second teeth which are already forming in the gums. The best drinks for small children are water and milk, indeed for a child of any age, and fruit juice sometimes but fresh not ready packaged.

Soft drink is horrible, nasty stuff full of chemicals that are addictive and very bad for your health. You are right and a good friend to point this out to her, but people have to choose for themselves. We can only make them aware of the dangers of putting chemicals into our bodies, they have to choose for themselves! The best sweet drink is real fruit juice, the kind that is freshly juiced, not in a container. Water is the best, although most tap water here is loaded with chemicals too, so we buy natural spring water to drink!

Anything if taken too much is not good especially soft drinks. And for whom? A two year old child? That's definitely bad for the baby. You should suggest your friend to consult a doctor or go to pediatrics so that she can understand clearly the harmful effects of soft drinks to babies. This should be acted asap to avoid possible complications. I hope you can convince your friend. shadow41

yes, first of all the cold drink is not a natural drink and has chemicals and addictives added to it which are not good for the health. it contains caffiene which is an addictive material and people gets addicted once they drink it.

The kiddo needs water. Even when she is given juice, it should be half water half juice as children need plenty of water and don't know enough to ask. As for softdrinks, that's a no-no. Soft drinks contain lots of sugar which will have the little one bouncing like a bit of popcorn. The diet soft drinks contain chemicals that have been known to cause cancer in rats and mice, who have systems somewhat like ours. * The soda habit is hard to break, but it is worth future health to break it.

I guess it depends on how much and how often a child is given pop. I suppose a small glass every once in a while might not hurt things. However, I'm not giving my children any pop until they're at least 5-years-old, and then I'm going to limit it. They don't need the sugar, not the caffeine. My kids are hyper enough without it. My daughter, who's almost 5, has only ever had a little bit of 7-up, and this was when she was sick, and a little kit of SunKist. That's it. She usually drinks apple juice, water, milk and Kool-Aid. She can't miss what she never really had. My son, who's 2, has never drank pop, and he's had the same stuff as my daughter. He's hyper as a jackrabbit. lol I'll figure out the pope situation when I cross that bridge.

The acidity of cola beverages is not the same as the acidity of lime or other natural fruit juices because that of carbonated and soda drinks are the same as that of of synthetic vinegar that can pierce and tear down intestines and stomach lining. Those of fruits are natural and even have alkaline, anti-oxidant and healing power. Cola drinks is very rich in sugar to hide the acidic taste so that the children who drinks too much of this will soon get either diabetic or gingivitis or cavities. Cola drinks are but a harmful mixture of phosphoric acid, sugar, caffeine, artificial color and flavoring which will eventually harm drinkers as it can corrode stomach linings and can destroy the alkaline-acid balance of the kidneys, and it can also ruin the liver. The mother will surely regret what she is doing. She should not be ignorant of what is good and bad when it comes to feeding her children. Iced tea is not also advisable because it has caffeine which is an addictive substance that will make the child hyperactive and restless. So your friend is very wrong and must learn a lot about healthy diet if she wants to be a good mother to her children.

Soft drinks are not good for children. They are not "good" for adults. The acidity in a soda is not the same as the acidity in fruit juice.

Softdrinks are not good for anyone, especially kids. It's not just the acid in softdrinks. The health hazard of softdrinks has more to do with being carbonated. Carbonated drinks cause the body to lose calcium, so if the baby doesn't stop drinking softdrinks, he or she would surely not grow properly because his or her bones would be weak. Softdrinks also have a very high sugar content, especially colas, so the baby would be preparing to have diabetes at such an early age.

Hi jndlponti Well two year olds drinking soda doesn't sound good at all, this is too young in my opinion, children get addicted to soft drinks very fast and they should not be allowed to have some until get a little older, well at least older than two years of course... it is much better if they give the child some natural fruit juices, way way better some soda and all... anyways have a nice day jndlponti!

basically, she believes that all things acidic are the same without even realizing that the acid which comes from juices are so darn different from that which comes from soda or softdrinks. Acids in general are bad for kids but then again she forgot the fact that the acid from juices are citric acid, etc which is very essential in protecting the kids from getting sick...

soda is so not good for anyone because it has so much sugar in it and it damages the growing teeth of the young ones. if juice is given, it should be diluted.

I would like to say that its not the best for them. If she is giving her baby juices as well, I am sure they're getting their daily amount needed for healthy growth. If it was just soda, then maybe I would worry they werent getting vitamins needed. I also worry about their teeth with all that sugar and acid. In a perfect world I would say no soda. Obviously its not a perfect world so I say dont worry about her. If he or she is growing, her teeth are okay, she's thriving and happy, then she's good. dl

I think there is a balance to everything in life. My son (3 yrs) drinks mostly water and milk but there are occassions for other things like juice and soda. I don't mind giving him a small glass of soda when we have pizza for dinner. I also don't mind giving him juice on occassion. I don't think it will harm him in such small amounts and he does not demand it. In fact, when you ask him what he wants to drink, he says water mostly or milk. I think if we deprive kids of things they tend to go over board when they are older. If we allow them free reign they take advantage. I try to teach my children balance, on all fronts.

I think children is not allowed to drink soft drinks or any soda or acidic drinks. Two years old child is still very young to allow for that drinks. What is really good for a child is a milk recommended by the Doctor.

You are not wrong. Hospitals give kids juice. They do not however give them pop. I give my children juice. It is watered down juice though. Juice does have a lot of sugar in it so that is why I water it down. But pop is bad for adults, why would it be OK for kids?

It is not good for a child to drink too much of juice....it make them silk always...lime juice is goo so far is not too much...what ever food you it...has a limit...if it too much it cause sickness to you.....the child should be cushioned.....no what is good for her and what is not good..... dass