No pop:until 12 yrs.

[badgercat]

*shrugs*
I drank pop all the time as a kid, all the way through high school. And I have always been of a completely average or even low weight, and have cavity-free teeth. Maybe I just got lucky with the genes, but my mom almost always put a balanced meal on the table at dinner... so it's not as though I was drinking soda all the time while also eating fast food all the time. My mom is Type I diabetic so in general my diet was quite low-sugar/low-fat.

DBF and I keep a small variety of canned pop in our house, but it's as a treat (or "medicine" when I know I might need a little caffeine buzz to stay awake during a long day so I'll pack a can with my lunch ). Probably 90% of all the liquid we consume is water straight from the tap. I didn't get into that habit until college, when I realized that in the dining hall I could pay for soda or drink water for free. I'm sure my body is much better off for that change, but I don't think there's anything wrong with having soda once in a while.

[bikerHen]

I remember when soda was a treat. Way back in the 60's. Gosh I feel old!

In college and beyond I use to drink diet pepsi all the time. I stopped when my daughter was about 4 years old. She saw me drinking it and thought that was what one should drink. Twenty year later, she has a serious milk, juice and tea habit and like her mother only drinks an occasional soda. About all I drink now is water, coffee and tea. And an occasional Scotch or Margarita.

It's nice to know, as a mother, I got at least one thing right! bikerHen