Do you think a kid should have juice as the “special occasion drink” or pop?

**Do you think kids should have juice as the “special occasion drink” or pop?**

My kids can have juice and water as they please. If we are doing a physical activity (biking) we take water. And he has water next to his bed at night time. He's only 3 so hasn't had pop. And fair play that they can get there kids to drink water all the time, it is better for you x

I don't present anything as a "treat" because imo that makes it more desirable. But we'll offer squash or a smoothie every now and again at home, and if we're eating out. No pop. She's had a few little tries if my husband has a ginger beer or we have lemonade or something. We did just water/milk until 2.5 ish, she's 3.5 now. She still has a cup of milk with breakfast and after dinner. She loves a smoothie! We've just told her things have different energy in them so we don't have sugary food/drinks all the time and haven't had any issues yet.

My daughter only drinks water and oat milk on a daily basis. I don’t do ‘treats’ because I don’t want her viewing certain foods/drinks as better than others but we enjoy making smoothies together! If I fancy a hot chocolate, we’ll share it, and she has chocolate milkshake every now and then but it’s the Bonjour one so it’s secretly healthy 😅 but again I don’t present them as ‘treats’.
Juice, squash, and pop are just not things that I ever buy, I forget they exist 🤷🏼‍♀️
She’s allowed juice & squash but I wouldn’t buy them to have at home, and I wouldn’t allow pop at all unless it’s like lemonade at a party or something but I’d avoid it if possible

My kids are 4 and 2. They sometimes have juice at meals. We haven’t done any pop yet because they are so young but I won’t be against an occasional pop either when they are older.

I personally think having such strict rules like this is a negative

I plan to never buy soda, I wasn’t raised on it as a kid and still have zero desire for it as an adult. It’s pure garbage. Juice at least has nutritional value if you get the right kind, which is what we buy for our son

My kids are 6 & 2. They both drink squash throughout the day, can have as much as they want. They will have the occasional cup of milk when they ask, they will still drink water if I give it to them. My 6 year old enjoys a sprite or J20 when we go out for a meal & my 2 year old will have a fruit shoot. I don’t care as long as they drink and don’t dehydrate.

My daughter will be 2 in December. She’s never had juice - she only drinks water & whole milk. I MIGHT introduce her to a special occasion juice, but really don’t see the need … added sugar is a no for me. Definitely no pop. I don’t even drink pop or juice. 🤷🏼‍♀️

My daughters 2, she drinks water with apple juice or squash being a special treat. My boy is 11, he drinks squash, juice, water all day and only has pop every now and then. We don't ever really have pop in the house, we all like it but even as an adult its not really a drink I'd wanna consume everyday personally.

My boys get juice and water mixed. Every day

I dont want my son drinking soda unless we are eating out or its a special occasion and he is at least 4 years old. He is only 1 atm and has stolen sips of soda before but hates the carbonation so luckily he doesnt like it yet lol. We give him an ounce or two of pedialyte with every 7 or 8 ounces of water in his bottle. Only because he has been going through a phase of only drinking milk unless he has a bit of pedialyte in his water. He used to love just water but when he gets sick he just wants milk and last time he got sick he just didnt want to get back on the water. I dont like giving him juice yet. Maybe when he turns 2 he can have it watered down but apple juice is mainly just used to help him poop when he is constipated. Last time someone gave him juice he was pooping like crazy for 3 days😭😭 So, I prefer not to give it to him unless he needs it. Once every blue moon we'll give him chocolate milk but not daily.

We pretty much do water only day to day 🤍 My daughter will have juice on special occasions or with something like a meal/takeaway, but we don’t give fizzy drinks. Part of that is because we noticed a pattern where certain drinks seemed to make her wet nappies irritate her skin more and leave her sore, so water just works best for her. I’m not against treats at all, we’ve just found this is what suits her body best 🥰

My almost 4 year old drinks water all the time, juice and milk when she wants it. Never soda so far. She has flavored sparking water occasionally when my husband has it and shares.
We just recently stopped cutting her juice

My kids have water, apple juice, and one kid likes almond milk. They don’t like soda. So they would not consider that a treat. Lol

We haven’t introduced soda yet. Don’t plan to until my kid is quite a bit older. My son is allowed diluted juice quite frequently though.