爲什麼如今的孩子喜歡喝咖啡?

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歲才第一次喝到真正的咖啡。那時我有了兩個小孩，咖啡改變了我對早晨的看法。現在我30多歲了，廚房裏的咖啡壺成爲我每天最常用的器具。最近有新聞報道咖啡跟一系列有益健康有關，燃起了我每天喝一杯咖啡的興趣。

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時，非常震驚地看到許多青少年也跟成年人一樣每天排隊攝取固定咖啡因。當我拿果汁盒子或瓶裝水給小女兒的時候，我發現孩子自己在喝混合咖啡飲料。爲什麼如今的小孩喝咖啡？對成人好的就真的對孩子好嗎？

It's what mom and dad are doing.
這是爸爸媽媽經常做的

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.
如同許多習慣，咖啡是在家裏介紹給孩子的。我能喝一口你的咖啡嗎？父母擔心的不是咖啡因而是溫度，當咖啡涼了之後你會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，考慮一下。咖啡因的作用在小孩子身上會加重，嚴重影響他們每天的睡眠時間。由於他們的身體和大腦還處於發育成長階段，睡眠對孩子來說非常重要。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?
我們擔心孩子太早熟——我們不讓他們看太成熟的電視節目，未達到法定年齡不能喝酒，當然不讓他們性交。然而一旦提到咖啡，父母們很樂意讓孩子一起分享這種習慣上成人飲料。難道是因爲沒有孩子喝咖啡危險數據顯示嗎？還是因爲沒有嚴厲穩固的條例規定多少歲纔可以和咖啡？

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
這並不意味着父母應降低警覺。一些反對孩子喝咖啡的人把咖啡稱爲“誘導性毒品”。如果這樣的話，那我們應該讓孩子從這種飲料中獲取能量嗎？兒童吸取咖啡和成人的行爲之間的關係還沒有完全探測出來。The coffee habit doesn't come cheap.
喝咖啡習慣並不便宜。

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.
我試着自己在家煮咖啡，代替出門在外或即將出門在外面買昂貴（通常高含咖啡因）的咖啡。同樣的理由，我不能夠讓孩子從小就迷上咖啡。這是一個昂貴的習慣。如果你的孩子真的喝咖啡，跟他們強調，他們花在咖啡上的錢對他們每天的日常開支有很大影響。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.
你的孩子喝夠多的水嗎？記住在孩子的飲食中咖啡並不能代替水，而且他們的身體需要水分讓他們以最佳狀態發育， 成長，健康。如果你的孩子喝咖啡，他們需要更多的水平幫助他們平衡咖啡的利尿劑引起的脫水。Energy drinks are the same as coffee.
能量飲料跟咖啡一樣。

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.
沒看到你孩子每天都喝咖啡，不過看到他們每天喝能量飲料？能量飲料有高含量的咖啡因，少量品嚐的話孩子就比較容易掌控。如果你不想你孩子喝咖啡，務必把屬於他們的能量飲料也歸入同一類。