Giving Young Kids Coke

hgotsparkle

I think all of this "No added sugar" labelling is very misleading. My OH seems to think that makes things sugar free. It doesn't. It simply means that they haven't had to add any conventional sugars to the product.

Sharon87

I find it very odd the parents who give fizzy drinks to their kids most or every day. I never grew up having coke every day, but when I was a teenager I went on holiday with my friend who had a 1 year old brother. They were filling up his bottle with coke at least a couple times a day and her 5 year old sister also had lots of fizzy drinks. They wondered why her little brother was playing up when he went to school, I can't help think it's down to the sugar and artificial rubbish they fed him!

Also agree that you shouldn't brush teeth straight after having anything sugary. If you really need to brush your teeth, eat some cheese first as it lowers the acidity in your mouth.

Johnnytwostep

Wayne and Waynetta slob used to give their kids fizzy drinks. Says it all really on the people who think it is fine to give their young children them.

JReacher1

Johnnytwostep wrote: »

Wayne and Waynetta slob used to give their kids fizzy drinks. Says it all really on the people who think it is fine to give their young children them.

Although I don't give my kids fizzy drinks (2 & 4 years old) I would also not base my parenting decisions on a Harry Enfield comedy program. I think the fact you appear to seems to say a lot about you!

aileth

I'm 26. I was rarely allowed fizzy drinks when I was young, only allowed it as a treat on the rare occasions we went out for dinner. It was either orange cordial (with food) or water or milk.

We were allowed 50p worth of sweets a week, which we normally spent on penny mix as it felt like we got 'more' than splashing it on, say, a Mars bar. We used to buy all 50p at once and then me and my sister would make it last all week till the next 50p, rather than guzzle the whole lot and demand more.

My husband was basically allowed to do whatever he wanted. As a fairly daft teenager, he used to drink a 2litre bottle of coke a day. His mum gave him money for school, he went straight to the shop, necked it and went to school, spent the rest of the money on sweets.

The result? I have had zero intervention dental-wise. He rotted away his entire upper front set of teeth by the time he was 20 and has to have it capped regularly and has needed A LOT of dental work.

It makes me sad when I walk to work in the morning and see the hordes of kids WITH parents diving into the shop, seeing them come out with litres of fizzy drinks, spending their whole lunch money on bags of Haribo. I even saw one girl once eat a whole multi-pack of crisps in the morning while I was waiting for my tram. Her mother called it her breakfast.

Part of me could understand if the kids were taking pocket money, lying to parents and then buying such things, but it was the parents actually buying this stuff for them. Really sad stuff.

worried_jim

Spidernick wrote: »

Today I saw a young kid of three or four with a can of coke, not even diet coke, but the standard one full of sugar and caffeine.

Perhaps I am overreacting, but to my mind that is just wrong and the parents giving their kids this are incredibly irresponsible. What do others think? Thanks.

Actually Spidernick I am with you. Full fat sugary drinks should be banned period, let alone giving them to children.

LilElvis

worried_jim wrote: »

Actually Spidernick I am with you.Full fat sugary drinks should be banned period, let alone giving them to children.

Why???????

Savingdad

worried_jim wrote: »

Actually Spidernick I am with you. Full fat sugary drinks should be banned period, let alone giving them to children.

Plenty of carb calories in alcoholic drinks, should ban them too i guess
And as for full fat, there is no fat at all in coke..

worried_jim

Red Coke is commonly known as full fat coke- a generic term.

Hermione_Granger

peachyprice wrote: »

It's easy to brush a child's teeth after drinking full sugar coke or any other drink, it takes 2 mins, it's not quite so easy to flush artificial sweeteners from a child's body.

Before preaching to others, it might be advisable to actually learn about what you are preaching about.
If you were to brush a child's teeth soon after they had drunk coke or any other similar acidic drink, you would be doing far more harm than the actual drink itself would have done.
The acid in the drink would soften the enamel and brushing the teeth will seriously accelerate any possible errosion which is why all experts will say that you should leave the brushing for 45 minutes to 1 hour after the consumption of acidic food to allow saliva to neutralise the acid.