I don't disagree with you, Morkai, especially if you include the massive amounts of fruit juice people give their kids since the 80s. I don't think that tea's all that bad, but I don't know if I'd give my 5 year old (and younger) coffee. But he's not my kid, so I really don't have a place to say anything.
Yeah, not a fan of what fruit juice has become, my kid will grow up on milk and water much like I did. I have never liked fizzy drinks thank goodness, my mum didn't either though so we never really had any at home. If the kid likes it then I can see it being one of those we are eating out special treats, but not a daily thing where it becomes their only fluid intake.
I don't know what age I started making my own tea, but it was definitely under 10. I might not have it every day, but most days in the winter and any time it rained. My grandmothers were really "nains" with one or both parents from the UK, so that's probably where they got it from. And I got it from them watching me in the afternoons. I absolutely hated the taste of coffee. I always loved the smell, but hated the taste until I picked up the habit. Now I prefer it to tea.
heh, you sound like me on the coffee. When I came to work in the states the only way to make tea was boiling water in the microwave which is a faff. So I figured that with enough cream and sugar I could make the coffee they provide for free mostly drinkable. I have since gotten a taste for it and can even drink it black.
Although I dunno if it's one of those weird pregnant things but the closer I get to moving back to the UK the more tea I seem to be drinking
I can see me giving my kiddo tea if he likes it without any sugar. I think I'll pass on a hyped up 5 yr old on coffee, really depends on whether he is hyper to start with. Then again the little squirt is probably already getting a taste for it since I told my boss I could still work while pregnant but if he wanted a coherent IT manager he better not expect me to be decaffeinated
He still gives me a hard time about my morning cup.
Have they done studies regarding the alcoholism rate/problem drinking rate with people who grew up in homes with a more open attitude towards alcohol to those who were mostly or totally abstinent? It'd be interesting to find out which turns out more responsible drinkers as adults. I know the rationale behind serving kids alcohol is that they develop a more mature attitude towards it when they are exposed to it without their parents around, but I wonder if it's true or not.
This I am very interested in, I do feel it was exactly the case for me. My husband on the other hand says hell no and that his mother getting him drunk for the first time was what made him binge so much as a teen.
My thought on the difference there is that she did not teach him any form of moderation. My parents on the other hand gave me a very small portion that I learned to savour over dinner. I'll also happily admit that I absolutely hated it when I first had it but I sure as hell was not going to turn it down, I was being treated like a grown up and that was special. Over time I learned to appreciate wine, especially after Dad switched from french to new world reds. My husband still cannot stand the taste of most alcohols especially wine. He did have a happy night with several hand grenades when we went to Bourbon Street recently but that was the first time in 10 years I have ever seen him drink.
Hence the potential fire storm we have coming up in a few years
