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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't see why there is inherently anything wrong with letting your 11 year old drink coffee.  I started occasionally drinking coffee around 13 and regularly drinking coffee in high school. I have never been a morning person, and it helped me focus in school. However, if it affects their sleep, or if it makes them anxious or jittery, then that seems like it would not be a good idea (just as some adults don't like how caffeine makes them feel).  A lot of 11 year olds I know think coffee is too bitter as well and just don't like the taste.

As far as the stunting growth deal, that is a myth.  Look it up.  There are also plenty of healthy phytochemicals in coffee.

[b]In many parts of the world, children drink coffee and tea with no ill effect. Really I think this has more to do with a cultural feeling in the US that coffee is a grown up drink and that we don't like to see our kids do "adult" things, even relatively harmless things[/b].[/quote]

Yes, this. I grew up outside the US and coffee was never just a grown up drink. 
I remember liking the taste of coffee as young as age 5. 
We also drank sodas. There was no drinking age. I had margaritas at at 13. No stigmas, no taboos. 
I'm 45 now and have had a very successful life. My kids also like coffee. 
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