Children and Coffee / myLot

Turkmenistan

April 4, 2007 2:53am CST

My twelve year old niece announced the other day that she was having her daily cup of coffee. Her mom did not believe her, thinking that it was hot chocolate. After she smelled it, she was suprised. I know that coffee has caffiene, but so does soda. Has anyone ever heard of a child being badly affected from drinking coffee regularly?

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songbirdnaimh

@songbirdnaimh (1422)

• United States

4 Apr 07

I'm always so appalled when I hear this, BUT.... then I think about soda and I'm not really sure if there is any difference, other than the fact that we don't expect kids to drink coffee, so it has become an adult drink. Hmmmmm... I guess I would say that giving a child caffeine daily, in any form, wouldn't be a good thing.

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@Rozie37 (15499)

• Turkmenistan

5 Apr 07

That is the whole problem with the situation. No one has been giving Miss Thing coffee, she has been helping herself. Although, she is only twelve, she is the youngest of six and has always been to grown for her age.

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delia3391

@delia3391 (12)

• China

4 Apr 07

although i do not know how much effect about coffee to children, but i know 1 cup/day is not good for her healthy, so pls tell him do not do this, and in my opinion, coffee do not taste well....

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baietzika

@baietzika (586)

• Romania

4 Apr 07

cofee has olso good and bad efects on our body...but i am notr sure about the effect ot has on kids. when i was her age my mother used to give me littlecofee...and suyrprise now i don't drink cofee at all. if you try to interdict her it will be worse.

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@aweins (4199)

• India

4 Apr 07

no, i dont think that one cup of coffee wil harm in any way to your 12 year old child. one cup cannot harm.