I know those sugar blasted juices are awful for kids. OG. Jordan never drinks those, never has. I've always done the shopping and I have never bought that type thing. I buy the pure juices with no sugar added. Both parents are health nuts, just wish the dad could be more particular/observant w/his son's teeth cleaning. He's a good dad, loves his son, but hygiene sometimes gets overlooked when they're in the mountains -- and they're there every weekend.
So far as their son's dental issues, his mom & I are sure it was caused by over a year of pure neglect and not making sure he brushed his teeth, even for an entire wk-end, and now that it's being done, he's finally getting excellent checkups. (All it takes is getting a British woman upset and SHE WILL TAKE CARE OF THINGS, and this mom raised enough hell to get some attention and did a darned good job of it. This was after 2 yrs of having her son in the dentists' chair on a reg basis!
His drink of choice is bottled water, but even more (and this is our little secret) he absolutely loves the 1/2 glass/wk I give him of my de-caf iced tea. I use a very small amount of sugar (promise) and a wedge of lemon, a few cubes of ice, and he begs for it. I tell his parents about it and they have never registered a complaint, so I will continue on. I think water is the most boring thing in the world to drink all day -- that's just me. But it's so good for us and Jordan drinks it for that reason. He is such a well disciplined little boy. I wish you could know him, he's a mind blower. Wish I could say that about my own children or grandchildren, but I have never met anyone like this young man. He's the biggest charmer without being a player that I've ever met....you know what I mean!
Funny thing, Jordan looks very much like my grandson. Jordan being 7 and RJ being 19. Sometimes I am overjoyed because it seems I have my sweet but wayward g'son as he was when he was smaller. But then reality hits and I realize they are 2 entirely different people. I know in my heart that I am even further endeared to this child because he looks so much like my g'son as a small child and it's almost like being able to have that beautiful time of my life back. Oh, how I wish!
This is the bad part....he drinks NO MILK ever anymore! He was once so addicted to milk, he would eat nothing, then did a complete 180 -- and now won't touch the stuff under any circumstances. He'll surely come around at some point, but they NEVER let him substitute it with soda or junk! His mom & I are very firm on that....so he's eating healthy if we could just keep the candy away and that's almost impossible, especially when his dad loves it so much. We try to be picky, but you can only do so much when he's in 3 different homes, mine included, on a regular basis. And this kid is the poster child for adaptable!
Totally off topic, but I haven't seen him in 2 wks, tho they've called, but I'm counting the minutes 'til I pick him up at school tomorrow. We're coming here & going to make Mac & Chees from scratch, his favorite and his mom will be thrilled! And he loves fresh veggies and fruit, so I don't think the diet played nearly as big a part in his dental issues as just plain not having him brush! aarrgghh!!!
Thank you for listening to my trials and tribulations, such as they are. Best and most positive way to end this, I wish Jordan were my grandson, I couldn't love him more.
So sad that this poor child is dead now, sounds like a greedy dentist, combined with ignorant parents, IMO. 
