What did young kids drink in colonial America?

Water milk buttermilk (more or less spoiled milk) coffee tea. Sometimes ciders beer or wine depending on personal beliefs and the family's ability to afford or make it. Fruit juices were hard to come by. Most vegetable juices also didn't happen. Alot of these options are exclusive to the better off families. read more

Colonial Americans, at least many of them, believed alcohol could cure the sick, strengthen the weak, enliven the aged, and generally make the world a better place. They tippled, toasted, sipped, slurped, quaffed, and guzzled from dawn to dark. read more

Children in colonial times drank beer for a variety of reasons, primarily that it was easily available and it was safe. Our modern minds find that"safe" idea hard to imagine, but they did not have water purifiers or other ways to be sure their water sources were uncontaminated. read more