BamaVol, I agree that no one's going to budge on their beliefs

MY own thoughts are that 10 years old...is still a little kid.
Limiting coffee, coke...for kids is a good thing.

I never said adolescents, kids whatever should be kept out of Starbucks. My thoughts were that if I see a little girl come into Starbucks by herself to reload up a Starbucks card and purchase a frappuccino (coffee blended), then yeah I will be surprised and have an opinion of the parents. Some people will have opinions that the parents raised her right to be so independent and to have early values about money. Some like me will have other opinions as well.

Sorry I didn't know that caffeine was used for some medical treatments but I'm not surprised...was there a point to this other than to enlighten me about the treatment? Light up some hash because it's been said they have medical benefits, cool. I highly doubt the girl was purchasing her drink for her asthma. As for assumptions, aren't we both making them..just opposite assumptions.

pinayexpat, sounds great! I'd love to take both my dog and kid to Starbucks (yeah I'm assuming Starbucks is there in Germany, they're everywhere ) and you're right I regret getting off topic from the original post. I love kids and Starbucks, individually as well as together. Just my 2 cents.