Best Beverages for Teens

rhtexasgal

I have two teen boys and for the most part, they drink water, flavored water (either with water enhancer or a little juice) and as a treat, chocolate milk. As a rule, they don't care for milk any more but adding chocolate is another story. One boy will drink soda all the time if we let him but we don't buy it at all and the other one hates soda of any kind so no worries there!

I will occasionally make a pitcher of fresh lemonade but I will use monk fruit with just a little sugar instead of full-blown sugar.

JennyThompson180

My two boys drink milk like they are calves. They easily drink a gallon a day, and they would drink more if I didn't put my foot down. I slowed down one by offering to make him protein shakes with it instead. My other son didn't care for the protein powders I have tried so far.
Both wigged out when I offered to add raw eggs like I put in mine.

Unknown

This content has been removed.

JennyThompson180

It's a classic combo, and you can't tell once it's blended. But yeah, I hear you.

One weird thing we do when we try something new, is I serve it in stemware at the evening meal. My youngest requested we try passion fruit juice, since it was in his Spanish vocabulary. So we served it soon after at the dinner table; water in the tumbler and the juice in a martini glass for those who wanted to sample it. It makes it a bit more special and encourages conversation about the new flavor.