On 7/31/2014 11:31 AM, Janet Wilder wrote:
> On 7/31/2014 9:37 AM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>> On Thu, 31 Jul 2014 09:57:00 -0400, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 7/31/2014 5:57 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 22:10:34 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Daughter has been drinking the energy drinks but
>>>>> she's only allowed to have a couple of ounces at a time. Her
>>>>> friend drank a
>>>>> whole one and it landed her in the hospital. My friend's son did
>>>>> the same
>>>>> at about the same age and he too wound up in the hospital.
>>>>
>>>> Why then, would you buy that crap?
>>
>> children should not have them at all.
>> why would they need them?
>> Janet US
>>
>
> My kids would have been hanging from the ceilings. Always restricted
> sugar and never gave them anything caffeinated. I had one so hyper she
> would roll out of bed almost every night, but I refused to medicate her.
>
I don't see any point in giving teenagers what amounts to shots of
caffeine. Julie once mentioned her daughter has a Keurig coffee
machine. I think she also said they serve coffee at her school.
Personally, I can't fathom it.

My parents certainly didn't offer me a cup of coffee before I left the
house to go to school.

Jill