Having Your Child Drink Soda at an Early Age

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Having your child drink soda at an early age How early is too early for your child to begin drinking cola? I was recently at the hospital with my wife during her surgery. After she was in surgery I decided to take a walk, I was tired of sitting for so long. Returning from my excursion I got on the elevator followed by a man, his wife, and their daughter. She could have only been about a year old. You could tell this when she walked, as will all children just learning to walk, they kind of stagger like a drunk person. They have little balance and coordination using their new found feet. I glanced down and seen that she was drinking from a bottle of mountain dew. Now who gives a child that young a soda with the highest sugars and the highest caffeine content? I ask the question again. How early is too early to give your child soda? There is a vintage ad from The Soda Pop Board of America that would like you to give your child soda as early as possible. By doing this the vintage ad claims it will help them later in life to be accepted and fit it. The vintage ad from The Soda Pop Board of America gives a very compelling argument using ethos, pathos, and logos that you should start giving your child soda as early as possible. The vintage ad from The Soda Pop Board of America would like you to think that it is never too early to have your child drink cola. The ad is using ethos to convince you that drinking cola at an early age is fine, actually better than fine and that it has positive outcomes from it. They do this by saying there have been “Laboratory test over the past few years.“ They use ethos to try and build up their credibility and authority by saying this. They are the Soda Pop Board of America; they should know what they are talking about. There are many things we want for our children, the one thing we want most of all for our children is that

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