Parents should avoid giving children caffeine-containing foods or beverages. According to Judith Rapoport, M.D., chief of the Child Psychiatry Branch of the National Institute of Mental Health, most children don't react adversely to caffeine with the portions they typically consume. I don't do any more research on children and caffeine consumption because the outcomes were not out of the ordinary. Rapoport recommended that parents use common sense in giving their children normal portions of caffeinated foods and beverages, including soft drinks and iced tea. Caffeine causes hyperactivity in children.
Studies show children are no more sensitive to caffeine than adults.
Overall, the data reinforce the safety of moderate consumption of caffeine during pregnancy. For pregnant women who wish to consume caffeine-containing foods and beverages, Mills recommended 300 milligrams per day as a safe level of caffeine intake, the amount in three to five cups of coffee or several cans of soft drinks. Caffeine's effects are addictive, similar to serious drugs. O'Brien emphasized that whereas cocaine and heroin are highly addictive drugs and produce serious health, social and psychiatric effects, absolutely no evidence suggests that caffeine produces similar outcomes. Furthermore, comparing a safe substance such as caffeine to cocaine and heroin trivializes the dangerous effects of these substances and sends mixed messages to youth.