More on coffee...

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About coffee and anything with caffeine for kids--I try to avoid it 100%. First

of all, healthy kids have so much energy anyway, why give them stimulants?

Secondly, caffeine interferes with the absorption of calcium, always to be

careful about with all kids, and especially vegan kids. With our pre-teen (12)

son, when he hasn't gotten quite enough sleep (they sleep more at this almost

adolescent phase), and has an important and demanding event, like a game Sunday

morning when the bus leaves for Rio at 8am, a big test at 7am, etc., I give him

an iced tea, or even a Coke. He's so unaccustomed to caffeine that the effect

is strong, and takes care of these rare moments when he needs an extra boost.

Normally, however, this lifetime vegan kid has so much energy that we have to

turn him loose on the boardwalk to run 5-8km, a few days a week, just to use up

the excess energy!

Regards to all from the tropics,

Lynnea

 

Wendy McElroy <wendymc wrote:

1) I wouldn't give coffee drinks to my kids, I'd allow it in limited

amounts in the teen years. My daughter gets small amounts of hot and iced

tea, sometimes with soymilk (hot), and with a little sugar, but not large

amounts. We drink more tea in our household, so she sometimes has a quarter

cup when we have a mug of tea. Sometime decaf, sometimes caffeinated,

whatever we're drinking.

 

2) Our kids are vegan for health, not ethics, so I wouldn't have problems

with horse riding. (though we don't do it for lack of interest)

 

Wendy

http://crafter.blogspot.com

 

I need opinions from you very wise folks! What are your thoughts on: 1)

> riding horses, and 2) giving children coffee with a small amount of soy

> milk

> added (where the coffee is only a shade or so lighter than the coffee -

> not

> a whole lot of milk and a little bit of coffee)?

>