As a child, and still to this day, I have always been my mom's sidekick... always. Anything and everything she did I wanted to do as well, which I'm sure always kept her on her toes to do the right thing because she always had me less than one step behind her.
I remember Saturday mornings always being my favorite. She was off from work and I would get to enjoy her the entire morning before other festivities took place. I remember I would wake up and run down stairs to crawl in bed with her and have our Saturday snuggles, which were the best. Once we were up and moving we would head to the kitchen and I would wait while she fixed the coffee.
Anyone remember Chip from Beauty and The Beast? Yeah, I owned that coffee cup! After Mom finished making the coffee we would go sit on the back porch and chat all morning all while I, an eight-or-so year old, drank coffee.
Looking back I don't know if it was such a good idea to let a child drink coffee. Still to this day I cringe at the thought of starting my morning without it. I remember in high school I would get up two hours early before school started so I could go to Starbucks beforehand. On the days I don't go into work to help my dad I can drink a whole 12-cup carafe of coffee, no big deal. I'm just saying, I may have a coffee problem.
Though there are plenty of things much worse that a child could do, I'm still not so sure that I would let my child drink coffee with me. As much as I cherish these moments of when I was a child I think I'll let my kid have their own fix, maybe chocolate milk with added syrup...maybe apple juice garnished with an apple wedge...I'm not really sure.
I would like to say I will never give my child coffee but over the years I have fallen in my mother's footsteps more than a time or two. Since I currently don't have children I can't say what I would and would not let my child do other than the obvious, ya know like roller blade while juggling knives or something. My childless self is screaming "heck no I am not giving my kid coffee, I'm sure they will have more energy than I can handle as is!" Who knows though, maybe my kid will be like me and need a pick-me-up.
So my question to you is: Would you let your eight year old, give or take, have coffee?
Very interesting. I did not drink coffee until I was 19. But now with Starbucks, I see kids ordering it all the time. My thirteen year old likes the taste and I occasionally let him sip off of mine (especially when he's grumpy - he's not a morning person), but I would never let him have a whole cup. Why? I don't know. I lived in Puerto Rico for a year and they let their kids drink coffee...
ReplyDeleteI'm sure I will let my kid have a sip or two. I don't have much reasoning as to why I wouldn't let my child have coffee other than hyper purposes. Thanks for stopping by!
ReplyDeleteI let my kids drink chai tea sometimes, but I don't think I could let them drink coffee. Mostly because that means I would have to buy more of it. I don't want to share my stash!
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