When I was a child in the late fifties and early sixties sweet fizzy drinks were a once a week treat. If we wanted a drink in between times we drank water. We

When I was a child in the late fifties and early sixties sweet fizzy drinks were a once a week treat. If we wanted a drink in between times we drank water. We brought up out children (late '80s to late '90s) the same way, in fact that was not particularly unusual at the time here in Norway. When we visited friends in the US they were taken aback when my children asked for a drink of water instead of fizzy sweet stuff. It seems to me that a lot of the problems associated with sugar and other sweeteners would be solved simply by ingesting less of them. But I don't know how to convince anyone else to try bringing their children up that way.