How come parents let children have coke or Pepsi, but don't what them drinking coffee?

Question

How come parents let children have coke or Pepsi, but don't what them drinking coffee?

Answer 1

would it not be weird to see a 7 year old drinking a cup of coffee

Answer 2

Good question .... and then people go around complaining that they're kids have adhd.  My partner gave the kids a glass of coke each when I wasn't looking once and oh my god!  They went deleriously hyper - I can't believe anyone would give it to their kids regularly.  It must be a terrible strain on their little systems, just one step short of child abuse!

Answer 3

my folks let me drink coffee, because they knew i wouldnt like it, which made me not want to drink coffee

Answer 4

Coffee has twice as much caffeine in it. That might have something to do with it.

Answer 5

They are in denile about the caffene, and their   kids cry if they dont get their sugar high

Answer 6

I don't know, I was drinking coffee as a kid.  Shoot I can't remember how old I was when I started drinking coffee.  Never really liked colas, well unless they have a little something else in them <G>  If my kids wanted a cup of coffee they could have it.  

Answer 7

my dad tells me that all the time though i'm 19 years old,anyway i dislike it,ieven tried to drink coffee with milk and it couldn't help either.but he's a doctor so i take his words in mind

Answer 8

Think about a Coke or Pepsi commercial in your head for a minute.  They are normally portraying fun, colorful, good times.  Coke and pepsi market themselves to EVERYONE (it seams), especially the younger generations.

While coffee seems to market themselves to a much older crowd.

Also, in our society, older people will get together to visit with each other over a cup of coffee.  

While coke and pepsi are consumed for lunch, dinner, snacktime, h**l, anytime you want it.

It's a societal behavior that coffee is an "adult" drink, while coke and pepsi is for anyone.