Dr. Leana Wen explains what health and nutrition groups advise your kids to drink and how much. ... Those 9 to 13 years old should drink between 54 to 61 ounces, which is about 7 to 7.5 cups.

Sweet Drink-Fat Kids Link February 7, 2005 / 12:36 PM EST / WebMD For preschoolers at risk for weight problems, even one or two soft drinks a day add too many pounds, new research shows.

For Amy Wildenstein, 43, a pediatric physical therapist in Mechanicsburg, Pa., going out for drinks with her 8- and 9-year-old children has become a fun family outing.

My 19-year-old drinks like an apprentice frat dude. ... But for now I’ll just say that my grown-ish kids, perhaps like your kids, drink. And they drink badly. They drink rum with Diet Coke.