为什么如今的孩子喜欢喝咖啡?

I was 28 when I drank my first real cup of coffee. With two young children at the time, it changed the way I viewed my mornings. Now in my thirties, my coffee maker is the appliance in my kitchen most likely to get used on a daily basis. Recent news that coffee may be correlated with a variety of positive health benefits only fuels my desire for a daily cuppa.
我28岁才第一次喝到真正的咖啡。那时我有了两个小孩，咖啡改变了我对早晨的看法。现在我30多岁了，厨房里的咖啡壶成为我每天最常用的器具。最近有新闻报道咖啡跟一系列有益健康有关，燃起了我每天喝一杯咖啡的兴趣。

When I do grab a coffee on the go, I'm often shocked to see as many teenagers in line for their daily caffeine fix as adults. While I pick up a juice box or bottled water for my young daughters, I see children getting their own blended coffee drinks. Why are today's kids drinking coffee? Is what's good for the goose really good for the gander?
我每天忙着喝一杯咖啡时，非常震惊地看到许多青少年也跟成年人一样每天排队摄取固定咖啡因。当我拿果汁盒子或瓶装水给小女儿的时候，我发现孩子自己在喝混合咖啡饮料。为什么如今的小孩喝咖啡？对成人好的就真的对孩子好吗？

It's what mom and dad are doing.
这是爸爸妈妈经常做的

Like loads of habits, many children are introduced to coffee at home. Can I have a sip of your coffee? Worried more about the temperature than the caffeine, you may be inclined to let your 'tween or teenager have sip once your coffee has cooled off.
如同许多习惯，咖啡是在家里介绍给孩子的。我能喝一口你的咖啡吗？父母担心的不是咖啡因而是温度，当咖啡凉了之后你会同意你的孩子喝一口。

Think twice, though. Caffeine effects may be exacerbated in young children, severely impacting the amount of sleep they get on a daily basis. And while their minds and bodies are still growing and developing, sleep is crucial for kids.
然而，考虑一下。咖啡因的作用在小孩子身上会加重，严重影响他们每天的睡眠时间。由于他们的身体和大脑还处于发育成长阶段，睡眠对孩子来说非常重要。Kids are growing up too fast.
孩子太早熟

We worry about our children growing up too fast—we don't want them watching television shows that are too old for them, drinking alcohol before they reach the legal age of consumption, and we certainly don't want them having sex. Yet when it comes to coffee, parents are willing to let kids partake in this traditionally adult drink. Is it because there aren't any statistics on the risks of caffeine consumption in kids? Or is it because there aren't any hard and fast rules about how old you need to be to drink coffee?
我们担心孩子太早熟——我们不让他们看太成熟的电视节目，未达到法定年龄不能喝酒，当然不让他们性交。然而一旦提到咖啡，父母们很乐意让孩子一起分享这种习惯上成人饮料。难道是因为没有孩子喝咖啡危险数据显示吗？还是因为没有严厉稳固的条例规定多少岁才可以和咖啡？

That doesn't mean that parents should let their guard down. Coffee's been called a "gateway drug" by some critics of childhood consumption. If that's the case, should we be letting children get their energy from a beverage? The relationship between caffeine consumption in children and later adult behaviors hasn't fully been explored
这并不意味着父母应降低警觉。一些反对孩子喝咖啡的人把咖啡称为“诱导性毒品”。如果这样的话，那我们应该让孩子从这种饮料中获取能量吗？儿童吸取咖啡和成人的行为之间的关系还没有完全探测出来。The coffee habit doesn't come cheap.
喝咖啡习惯并不便宜。

For the same reason that I try to brew my own coffee at home instead of purchasing expensive (and often higher in caffeine) coffee drinks while I'm out and about, I can't afford for my kids to get hooked on coffee at a young age. It's an expensive habit. If your kids do drink coffee, insisting that they pay for it may make a difference in the amount that they're able to consume on a regular basis.
我试着自己在家煮咖啡，代替出门在外或即将出门在外面买昂贵（通常高含咖啡因）的咖啡。同样的理由，我不能够让孩子从小就迷上咖啡。这是一个昂贵的习惯。如果你的孩子真的喝咖啡，跟他们强调，他们花在咖啡上的钱对他们每天的日常开支有很大影响。Water consumption is important.
吸收水分是很重要的。

Are your children drinking enough water? Remember that coffee doesn't take the place of water in your child's diet, and they need to hydrate their bodies well for optimal growth, development, and health. If your child drinks coffee, they need even more water to help balance out the dehydration that may accompany diuretics.
你的孩子喝够多的水吗？记住在孩子的饮食中咖啡并不能代替水，而且他们的身体需要水分让他们以最佳状态发育， 成长，健康。如果你的孩子喝咖啡，他们需要更多的水平帮助他们平衡咖啡的利尿剂引起的脱水。Energy drinks are the same as coffee.
能量饮料跟咖啡一样。

Don't see your teenager drinking coffee, but do see an energy drink in their hand on regular basis? Energy drinks boast high levels of caffeine and a taste that may be easier for kids to handle. If you don't want your child drinking coffee, be sure to lump energy drinks into the same category, where they belong.
没看到你孩子每天都喝咖啡，不过看到他们每天喝能量饮料？能量饮料有高含量的咖啡因，少量品尝的话孩子就比较容易掌控。如果你不想你孩子喝咖啡，务必把属于他们的能量饮料也归入同一类。