Does your teen drink coffee? How much?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So I have long thought that there is a link between the increase in teens drinking coffee/caffeinated drinks with the rise in anxiety levels among teens. I started reading about it and it’s only been studied a tiny bit. I wrote a survey that I wanted to send to higher schoolers to fill out. I just think everyone’s attention is on social media but that this is a social/cultural shift that no one is thinking about. Coffee was a grown up drink that has trickled down to high schoolers. What do you think?

My son does not drink coffee tea or soda and has horrible anxiety. Not that one person means you are wrong

[Anonymous]

8th grader started coffee this summer. She usually has a cup with french vanilla creamer and it makes her much more pleasant.

[Anonymous]

I’m not judging, bc I don’t really have a problem with it, but how does this even get started? I drink coffee every morning, my 3rd grader asked to taste it once and no one has ever wanted it since.

[Anonymous]

My teen DDs drink tea each morning. I drank coffee with a lot of milk and sugar in hs. I am American going several generations back but my mother and grandmother made me “coffee-milk” starting at a young age - coffee was and is a social event in my family (sitting around talking or playing games with a pot of coffee available).

I think a cup of coffee has a tiny bit more caffeine than 1 espresso shot, by the way (per the latte vs milky coffee discussion above).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m not judging, bc I don’t really have a problem with it, but how does this even get started? I drink coffee every morning, my 3rd grader asked to taste it once and no one has ever wanted it since.

Chocolate milk. It's the gateway drink for coffee.

[Anonymous]

My 12 year old has it maybe once a week, with a bit of milk and one sugar per cup. I would not mind if he wanted it every morning - I'm from Scandinavia and started around 10. Didn't stunt my growth and didn't stunt anybody else's (all Nordic nations are among the tallest in the world), but certainly made those dark mornings a little more tolerable.

[Anonymous]

15 and no

[Anonymous]

14yo DS has 1 cappuccino with me every morning. No sugar. He gets a solid 8h sleep, but is still sleepy in the mornings & coffee helps us both wake up.