How Much Soda Does Your Child Drink?

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Absolutely none. On occasion when someone offers them soda, they reply, "that's a grownup drink!" in a horrified voice. They are 4 and 5.

Agi G added this item on March 10, 2010

Sabrina T voted on March 10, 2010

Sabrina T commented on March 10, 2010 - Absolutely none here as well! its horrible for their developing bodies and so unnecessary!

Dolly B voted on March 10, 2010

mckenziesmommy commented on March 10, 2010 - I don't allow my daughter any pop either. I find it kinda scary when parents do because all that goes through my head is their poor teeth and little bodies can dehydrate from that.

Candace C voted on March 10, 2010

Shannon B voted on March 11, 2010

Shannon B commented on March 11, 2010 - I don't let my 4 year old drink any soda what-so-ever. I went to a bday party recently and the only drinks offered were Coke and Diet Coke *gasp* I don't even drink soda...so I was happy I had a bottle of water with me.

Momma11 commented on March 17, 2010 - My kids said that too - at that age. Now @ 9 & 12, they like sodas!

Nicole O voted on March 17, 2010

Sherry K voted on March 17, 2010

Sherry K commented on March 17, 2010 - None, My kids are 6 & 4, however my daughter tells everyone that will listen that she is drinking Diet Coke when in fact it is either water,juice, or milk!

Alicia W voted on March 18, 2010

Alicia W commented on March 18, 2010 - My two boys who are 7 & 4 have never even had a sip! But my oldest who is 14 has it for special occasions -- but she is older and we don't have it in the house.

Kristina L voted on March 18, 2010

Naomi M voted on March 18, 2010

Naomi M commented on March 18, 2010 - None - is right - the only place for soda is in a mixed drink. Look at the other chemicals and what the corporate soda companies are doing to the water supplies in the communities where they operate. Nothing good in those toxic drinks.

Erika C voted on March 18, 2010

Joanne R voted on March 18, 2010

Joanne R commented on March 18, 2010 - I think it is best to hold off on letting your children try any sugary food that is bad for them. If they have not had it, they will not miss it. Now...when they get old enough to go to friends house's, it becomes a challenge!

Ivy B commented on March 18, 2010 - The kids who are convinced soda is a "grown-up drink" might wonder who duped them into believing that lie when they see other kids drinking the stuff some day...

Melissa voted on March 18, 2010

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Emlie H voted on March 18, 2010

Emlie H commented on March 18, 2010 - Everything in moderation. A little soda now and again will not hurt anything.

Priscilla G commented on March 18, 2010 - everyones idea of moderation is different. No soda until adulthood is a type of moderation. I did not have soda until I was 10, in a rootbeer float. It was a treat. I believe sugary drinks should be treats. No soda for my kids.

Priscilla G voted on March 18, 2010

Donna S voted on March 18, 2010

Elizabeth F commented on March 18, 2010 - I agree... my son is 2, and I don't think little kids need soda (or "pop" as we say here in PA) ever. However, it is probably unrealistic to think that a 17 year old isn't going to drink soda. So, I guess it depends to me on how old the kid is...

sjk voted on March 18, 2010

sjk commented on March 18, 2010 - We don't make a big deal of it, but call soda a grown-up drink. Of course, at some point children will try it, but they are less likely to drink a lot of it if they aren't brought up drinking it. Moderation and teaching healthy habits are the key.

Aunt Janet D commented on March 18, 2010 - None, there are alturnatives to sodas, water is the best for everyone.

Aunt Janet D voted on March 18, 2010

Gail C voted on March 18, 2010

Gail C commented on March 18, 2010 - Pop, it's nothing but colored sugar water, and the diet is no better. Too many chemicals.

Carla A voted on March 18, 2010

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Sharon P commented on March 18, 2010 - It gets harder when they start having playdates at someone else's house and they discover that soda isn't a grown-up drink after all, at least not for those kids. Keep it out of the house and let them know that it's a special occasion drink.

Sharon P voted on March 18, 2010

Christine H commented on March 18, 2010 - I like your idea. I just wish nanna and grandma thought of soda that way, oh and uncle and auntie too. So frustrating when no one's on board.

Barbilee H commented on March 18, 2010 - NO SODA NO FRUIT JUICE NO POISON PLEASE

Katie C voted on March 18, 2010

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Ahna V commented on March 18, 2010 - Not as much as I do! :) I do not bring any high calorie soda in the house. I drink diet sodas and am struggling to get off diet sodas..but my kids do not drink it.

Leslie W commented on March 18, 2010 - There is no sane amount of soda to give your child -- no matter what age. Soda is all sugar and chemicals. Diet soda is even worse. There is NOTHING good about soda at all - ever. Poison. Pure poison.

L K voted on March 18, 2010

Tanya S commented on March 18, 2010 - My MIL thought it was amusing to give my son (1 at the time) sips of soda. After I told her she wouldn't be allowed to watch him anymore, she finally stopped. My kids are perfectly happy drinking water or milk. When they get juice, it is watered down.

Diane R voted on March 18, 2010

Dorothy H voted on March 18, 2010

Jen M commented on March 18, 2010 - Agree! Leaches calcium from bones, causes pancreatic cancer, empty calories (or worse, fake sugars). Let's just call it "cancer in a can."

Lauren S voted on March 18, 2010

Mary S commented on March 18, 2010 - "Cancer in a can" for sure! I just learned last week, from a Nutritionist, that the carbonation is made from mixing the mineral phosphate with SULFURIC ACID! The fizzing is a chemical reaction that doesn't stop once inside our digestive tract!

Debbie C voted on March 18, 2010

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Debbie C commented on March 18, 2010 - None. I'm surprised that this question asks "how much" instead of "do you"! There are too many chemicals in there for me to be comfortable!!

Abra H voted on March 18, 2010

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Zoe M commented on March 18, 2010 - I wasn't too happy to show up at a 2nd grade birthday party and find the only options my daughter had been given at the Jungle was Sprite or Diet Coke. I wasn't too thrilled, and my daughter knew it. Life goes on...

Anastasia B commented on March 18, 2010 - There isn't any soda in our house! As far as I am concerned it isn't even something edible! To me it is like drinking antifreeze...

Megan D voted on March 18, 2010

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Laura B commented on March 18, 2010 - I've got 4 school age kids. They can have sprite if we are at a restaurant. Now though my teenage sons are more apt to order iced tea. I keep it occasionally at our house. Since we have totally with held it they learned it should be had in moderation.

Laura B commented on March 18, 2010 - oops----meant "since we have not totally with held it they learned it should be had only in moderation".

itsacrazylifewith5 voted on March 18, 2010

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Kimberly G commented on March 18, 2010 - I have a niece who has been given soda since she was about 2 yrs and it horrifies me. I just don't think a child that young should even know about it. She asks for it like it's a drug. When she is denied or limited, she freaks out.

Brandee O voted on March 18, 2010

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Adria H commented on March 18, 2010 - We do not drink soda in my house. My kids do not even have a taste for it. Soda is horrible and a waste to purchase and consume.

Sheila S commented on March 18, 2010 - grow up drink??? In moderation??? I say never. Organic milk contains no hormones or antibiotics fed to cows. Every wonder why young girls have breasts at an early age? It is the antibiotics & hormones. Soda has no nutritional value at all. So NEVER.

Stacey H commented on March 18, 2010 - I am totally against soda. Being an expert in the field of eczema, I see many cases of eczema that are drastically improved just by reducing or eliminating caffeine, sugar, and soda pop.

Cerin P voted on March 18, 2010

Lori C voted on March 18, 2010

Christal M commented on March 18, 2010 - OMG, do we really nee to be having this debate? If you put a penny into a can of coke it eats the penny? Now, what do you think it does to little bodies?

Christal M commented on March 18, 2010 - What is the next debate going to be? Is it okay for my teenager to have energy drinks like Red Bull?

D H voted on March 18, 2010

Ann C commented on March 18, 2010 - soda leaches calcium from your bones. diet sodas are possibly more dangerous than regular. Aspartame, which has recently been renamed as AMINO SWEET to hide it from savvy consumers is nothing more than formaldehyde. POISON.

Nina K voted on March 18, 2010

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Jen L voted on March 19, 2010

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Carrie S commented on March 19, 2010 - I LOVE IT!!!!!

Amy R voted on March 19, 2010

Marla W commented on March 19, 2010 - NONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My has never had pop and never will. My son is 2 and drinks "water juice" heavy emphasis on the water.

Aunt Mary D voted on March 20, 2010

Aunt Mary D commented on March 20, 2010 - My "kids" are all grown. I have not bought soda in years!

Ashley D voted on March 20, 2010

Diana J voted on March 21, 2010

Aaron C voted on March 25, 2010

Cassandra S voted on March 25, 2010

MckinneyMom voted on March 26, 2010

SA Mamma H voted on March 26, 2010

Shannon H voted on March 29, 2010

Marianne L commented on March 30, 2010 - thank you! he gets NONE - except when my mother in law gives it to him - I become UNHINGED! i don't even drink it any longer...

Mommy B voted on April 7, 2010

Anita D voted on April 8, 2010

Heather B commented on April 11, 2010 - Soda shouldnt even BE a grown up drink! If it doesnt do anything good for our kids, it surley doest do anything good for us!

Jennifer W voted on April 11, 2010

Jae C voted on April 17, 2010

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Rebecca Y voted on May 3, 2010

Beth voted on May 7, 2010

Heather W voted on May 13, 2010

Michelle T voted on June 17, 2010

Diana D commented on June 18, 2010 - They only get it on special occasions, like birthday parties. Since we rarely drink it, they don't either.

Jaime commented on June 22, 2010 - i agree we lead by example only on specail occasion a sprite, as far as juice its motts tots juice or watered down juice kids are one and six

Christina Lynn B commented on July 6, 2010 - LOL. ..MY 4 YR OLD REPLIES ""YUCKKKKKKK SODA SO GROSS MAMA "" SODA IS JUST AS BAD AS A CHILD SUCKING DOWN JUICE ALL DAY IT ROTS THEIR TEETH EVEN BEING DILUTED !! IM AGAINST IT ALL THE WAY !!

Momof2 commented on July 11, 2010 - My son who is 4 has never had a drop of soda and I'll hold off on him having soda as long as I can. Milk and water is all he drinks and when he has juice, it's organic. We're always talking about what's healthy for him, so he never asks about soda.

Rachel D voted on July 21, 2010

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Christina N voted on September 13, 2010

Jasmines Momma B voted on September 14, 2010

Angie G voted on April 22, 2011

Clarissa A commented on May 3, 2011 - haha... I love it

Clarissa A voted on May 3, 2011

Mommy B commented on May 5, 2011 - same here. none at all! They are 3, 4, 6 and 8.

GypsyMommy voted on May 16, 2011

V. C voted on May 22, 2011

runmama voted on May 29, 2011

Heather commented on June 2, 2011 - my son likes water. i wouldnt go outta my way 2 offer him soda but wouldnt discourage it in reasonable amounts. i guess logic tells me, yes obviously it's unhealthy for you, but i think if you make a big deal out of it like anything else, theyll want it

Julie K commented on June 5, 2011 - NONE!!! NEVER!! As far as I'm concerned she can have it when she turns 18, but never before that. There is NO need for. It is poison. Like other moms. my kids think it is a "grown up" drink, just like alcohol.

Michelle W voted on June 6, 2011

Michelle W commented on June 6, 2011 - Moderation is the key! It's like saying abstinence works and denying that our children are having sex. They will eventually be exposed to things you don't want them to have. Encourage good choices, but recognize that bad ones will be out there too.

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How Much Soda Does Your Child Drink?

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Absolutely none. On occasion when someone offers them soda, they reply, "that's a grownup drink!" in a horrified voice. They are 4 and 5.

None there is no reason to feed kids poison. There are so many good choices as parents we decide what is in the house and what we serve at parties. I've had very happy parties with very little refined sugar to alter the kids minds - more good food &fun.

Do you all realize that most juices have as much sugar as soda. And from experience when you are so "NAZI" with things like soda and candy, just wait until they are on their own and are guzzling all the soda they can have, becasue mom wont let them.

Our kids get as much as they can drink at special events, but we don't have a drop in our house.

My son is allowed occasionally when we go out, but he always asks whether it has caffeine ;-)

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I am stupified by most of the responses here!My child now (18) as well as other parents,raising their own, this is the wisdom I am passing along! Your kids will be exposed to soda's at some point,it's inevitable!Teach them healthy& they'll B healthy!

I never forbade my daughter soda. When she was growing up, she drank soda, water, undiluted real fruit juice, and whole milk. She ate candy and chips. I just made sure that along with the junk food, she got balanced meals. She never had a weight problem.

Soda is poison and offering or allowing it to your kids is nuts... It's not just the wretched Corn Syrup, phosphoric acid, artificial colors, flavors and other chemicals they add that aren't even listed on the label. Spare your kids the poison...

Young children will develop a taste for whatever we offer. They can learn from a young age that certain things are not good for them even if other people partake. Parents must do what they say-exercise, drink water, eat veggies; no "grownup" poisons!

We do have it in the house and he can drink it if we are drinking it and occassionally if only he wants some. I tell him water and milk are healthier and that's usually what we are drinking anyway and he follows us. Moderation is key to everything.

teaching them to love water. we have no soda and very limited juice... I have a 5yo & 20 month old who LOVE water. Also, as a parent I set the example. I drink water and I may have a soda every month or so. Water, Soy Milk & Lemonade in our house. ;)

None. Zilch. There's no reason to ever drink these things, with or without sugar, caffeine, or whatever else they decide to put in or take out. Juice is very close to the same category. It's simply not necessary and can be harmful.

I don't give my daughter soda, but we don't drink it in our house anyway because it is wasted calories. I don't say no if she is offered a sip here and there though because if kids don't try things now they will binge on them later in life.

My 18 month old will drink a whole can coke if i let him. I limit him to 1 per day. If we eat out out he drinks milk or sprite.

My 11yo daughter has never liked soda! But my boys love it We limit it to one a day (when we have it in the house, which is not always). Most things are okay in moderation, and its better for them to learn now to moderate treats than to binge later on.

Make your own healthy soda! Buy sparkling water, and add a bit of juice to it. Voila! A wonderful healthy drink, that tastes better than soda! I do allow him to have regular soda when we go out to eat..or Bday ptys. Which is about 1 a week.

My girls are 4, 6 and 8. They only get soda on very special occasions, it is a real treat for them. They still recive watered down lemonade, even when we go out to resturants. For school lunches they get Minute Maid Fruit Waters, not Roaring Waters.

We don't drink a lot of soda. I don't like it much, but do enjoy an occasional root beer or Dr. Pepper. Oh, and Orange soda ice cream floats, yum! My kids drink a little with a meal about twice a month. We drink mostly water and milk, juice once a day.

None. At 3 and 5, why would they need it? Consumption of soda has been tied to heart disease, stroke, cancer, obesity, tooth decay, osteoporosis, diabetes, and dementia. We also limit juice. Water is the a healthy habit we would really like to develop

My kids are occasionally allowed to drink ginger ale or sprite. They drink mostly water, lemonade, or unsweet tea. We don't do "fake" sweeteners either.

Water, Natural Goats milk, herbal teas & occasionally seltzer water. That's what we keep in the house for the kids. Mom & dad are tapering off coffee. Me and the kids get a cup of water & lemon slices when eating out. It's cheaper & better for us.

Wow. I am amazed that I injested so much "poison" as a child in the 70's and '80's and am still alive to tell about it. Hershey bars, twinkies, Pepsi, Spaghetti-O's... My taste has changed, but somehow I graduated Magna Cum Laude and am active in Mensa.

My children have had the opportunity to taste soda but they do not like it because it is carbonated. My four year old has a fit if you try to give him soda and my 5 year old just doesn't ask for it. I don't keep it away, I just don't encourage it.

Our kids will have a little natural fruit "soda" or a little Sprite at Grandma's. That's it. We do go through quite a bit of juice, but it's usually just water.

None. Zip. Zero. Zilch. Nada. No reason for it. I don't drink it, so my child sees me modeling drinking plenty of water, a little 100% juice (watered down with no HFCS), milk and tea and coffee. There is understanding tea and coffee are for adults only.

I don't buy them soda, or have it at home for them, or when we go out, but I also wouldn't freak out if they had some at a friend's or a party or something, as long as it is not a regular occurance. A once in a while treat is different than a daily habit

None. My kids have never had a soda. My oldest of three is 8. Yes, eventually, they may try one but they are not used to drinking them, they are not in our house, and it will only be for special occasions. One day......

ZERO soda for both kids and parents on a regular basis. Once in a while a small glass at a birthday party or something like that, and NEVER EVER caffeine or artificial sweeteners!!!!

None at all. Even when it is offered to him he says no. He doesn't even like it, which is awesome! He makes this disgusted face too lol

My kids are 3 & 5, they don't get soda at home, they get juice, water & milk. But when we go to their grandma's house she gives them a can of Sierra Mist to split. Or if we go out to eat they can have orange soda or sprite. Once in awhile its fine

We rarely have soda in the house, but when we do, it's sugar free and they can only have 1 a day. We teach moderation- and regular teeth brushing and exercise. I had friends who were allowed no candy or soda. Once out of parental control, they binged.

Sometimes she is allowed cola when we eat out. That isn't often. She doesn't ever drink it at home.

My kids get none, at least from those who are in eye sight of me! I see my lil girl get soda and its kung fu mommy (lol)! They are to young and it is way to much sugar for their little bodies! I have to watch the family they alwasy try to sneak them some!

My daughter and I drink no soda. Haven't had it in the house until recently when my husband asked me to buy him some. So I bought him some Hansen's (they recently switched the formula from HFCS to cane sugar, yay!). He only drinks that occasionally.

My 12 year old quit drinking soda on his own (with LOTS of suggestion from me) and lost 18 pounds without changing anything else about his diet. He had put on weight, we thought, from the meds he was on...no more meds...no more soda...new HAPPY kid! YAY!

He is allowed a 1/2 cup at Birthday Parties and Holiday Parties. Special Occasions Only.

My kids get to have one kids soda at a restaurant once a week as a special treat (if we go out). If we don't go out that week, no soda that week. Moderation is my motto.

Not a drop! I gave it up when I was prego with my first and see no reason to bring it back into the house. Not only is it an added expense, but after not drinking it for so long I think it tastes foul!

Moderation in all things is the balance to a healthy life,not ignoring it's existence til you walk into it face first!Just cause you close your eye's doesn't mean the sun won't burn your skin!WearSPF!Ab-t soda- kids need healthy diets,they'll find junkFD.

occasional sip every few weeks

My kids are now 16, 15 and 14. They can drink soda only on weekends or parties. At home we make lemonade, or natural fruit with water and very little sugar. It has worked for us. They tried it for the first time when they were about 6 or 7 at a party.

At special occasions only. Daughter doesn't like the bubbles. She says it's "spicy" :) Fine with me!!! lol

Our boys don't drink soda at all. They don't need it and they won't miss it if they never had it. Where is it going to benefit them, in the long run soda will affect them.....such as weaken their bones, etc.

My kids are 6 and 4 and when ever we go out to eat lunch we let them choose sprite or root beer. When we go out for dinner they still have to drink milk!

I only let my ten year old have soda at someone elses bday party or at a restaurant and a rare occasion. My younger two boys don't ever get any. We don't buy it for the house unless we are having a get together.

Pretty much never. She's six, and I've never allowed it...so when someone gives it to her at a special event, she thinks it's gross and won't drink it. We occasionally (like, twice a year) have root beer floats as a treat.

Never ever offer soda to your babies...then when they grow up they will never have it even if somebody offers to them because I don´t know how they hate the gas if they don´t get used when babies.....Don´t buy soda for your house...

I have drank sodas since I was a young kid. My dad was a mechanic at soda factories so it was plentiful. I got dentures at 43 adn now i am almost 50 and have diabetes. I was drinking up to 6 sodas a day. Never think its gonna happen to you. Change now...

None. My husband and I don't drink soda so we don't have any in our house unless we have a party and everyone know we don't drink it. Since we don't drink it, our daughter has no idea what it is and, therefore, doesn't ask for it.

Both my husband and I drink soda, which I wish we didn't because I honestly think it is addictive. But we don't really offer it to our daugther. She has tried it by accident and does not like it at all. I think the goal should be everything in moderation.

None. Daughter is 4.5 and she and I both drink watered-down apple juice. She also drinks chocolate milk (Ovaltine). We are not an uber healthy family, but we don't see a need to get her addicted to extra sugar and additives at such an early age.

There is no need to drink sodas. Research shows that drinking one can a day, without a corresponding increase in physical activity, leads to weight gain of 10 pounds per year. Phosphoric acid in soda leaches calcium from bones. Drink more water.

1 can of soda is 10-11% high fructose corn syrup. That translates to 8 - 10 tsp. of sugar per can. Experiment: weigh a saucepan and boil out the water to a can of soda. Weigh the gooey syrup, about 39 grams. See the icky stuff you are drinking.

My kids almost never get pop! On special occasions....like going to the movies but never at home the, they are 6 weeks, 3 and 5.5 years. Me on the other hand, I'm trying to cut down on my intake, I know it's HORRID for your teeth, and it's empty calorie

Why is it necessary to even give it to your kids? There is over 13 Tablespoons of sugar in one glass. There are so many other options - plus kids are smart, if you explain why its bad for them - they'll actually help their friends make better choices .

We try for no more than once a week. It's an after school Friday treat. We occasionally go over our limit, but once a week is a reasonable workable limit for us. Rest of the time we drink milk, water, tea or some juice.

No soda, no juice - ever. Milk and water only.

None is best, but studies have shown that the more we "restrict" something from our diet the more tend to binge on it when we get the chance. Moderation is key. We were only allowed to drink Hansen all natural soda's when we were allowed at all.

NONE! My son is 8 years old an has never had a soda! I drink ocassionally, he gets juices, I have explained about tooth decay & sugar & caffeeine. . We recently attended a bowling birthday party & he said water pls.

We will occasionally have juice in the house and our daughter is allowed to have just a little once in a while. We never buy soda unless we're throwing a party at our house and we just let the remaining sodas sit in the cabinet for months.

My children don't drink any soda at all. I just explain to my oldest that its for adults because it hurts your teeth and the caffeine in it is not good for growing bodies. We don't make it an issue here, so it doesn't become one.

As hubby and I don't drink soda, we don't have any in the house. It's like dd doesn't know what it is yet, and she's in K. I know she'll know fairly soon. I'm still going to stick by the, "It's not something we buy" tactic.

My son might have a glass or can of pop a year. He generally drinks 100% juice or water. He does have Slurpees & Gatorade. I know pop and juice have sugar, but it's not just the sugar but the carbonation as well.

I rarely drink soda, mostly water (or juice + sparkling water, yummy !). My daughter was curious, so my husband gave her a taste, she didn't like it. I buy healthy balance juice (6 g sugar) & occasionally capri sun, that's it.

My kids are allowed non caffeinated on occasion. If we got out to dinner and I ask them if they want sprite, lemonade or milk they usually go for milk! Sometimes a small glass at home but I try to show them you can have anything in moderation!

The main ingredients of soda that are objectionable are lots of sugar, the equivalent of almost 10 teaspoons of sugar in a 12 oz can of coke, excessive caffeine which our children don't need, and phosphates that inhibilt calcium absorption. Not healthy

Soda is a restaurant drink, without caffeine. I grew up with a soda nazi mother and my brother and sister drinks soda all day. I've switched to iced tea!

Only water and milk at home. Juice and lemonade is an occasional restaurant treat. No requests for soda yet. I won't forbid it if it is a once in a while sort of thing, but I really hope it never comes up :) But my kids are 6 and 2.

I don't ban soda but I do ban as many refined sugars as I can (especially high fructose corn syrup) as well as artificial sweeteners. This effectively reduces the choices available to us. We have an occasional Fitz's root beer, for example. Just a treat!

Absolutely no soda, no juice. Only water and milk. He gets all the vitamins he needs from fruits and vegetables. I see no reason for sugary beverages.

Nada. Zip. Zilch. No way. Not at all. My baby will tell you very quick..."I don't drink soda." She doesn't even like sparkling water. :)

Zero. I don't keep it in the house and we don't drink it when we go out. And we don't drink juice unless we are sick. We do a lot of peppermint and dandelion teas in addition to plain old water. We don't even drink that much milk.

Really None. I only offered them milk or water until they were 3 or so. My 7 yr old won't touch anything else. My youngest loves everything but I limit him to Gatorade and a sip of my drink if we're in the car and his cup is empty.

My stepson is 14, allowed by his FATHER as much Mt Dew as he wants. No restraints on this child. His dad allows him to have anything he wants, when i say no, i am the Beatch. i give up!

None. I don't keep any in the house and my daughter has never had any and so she doesn't know what she is missing. I know that won't last forever but I am trying to teach her about nutrition. I know it isn't easy as she has a very sweet tooth but I try

wow my kids were around 5 or 6 when they got a taste of soda . Know they are older and they have it once in a great while at special things . We have always had it in our house but they know it is for special times like parties .