Originally Posted by craftymissbeth:
My own belief on milk is that it isn't an essential dietary component. Everything that parents think the child needs from milk can also be found in other food sources.
Yes. This.
I was scrolling before I posted. Was going to say that I'm in the camp of serving whole until their 2nd birthday, and 1% after that ... IF they love milk and ask for it!! Milk isn't essential for humans. We can get the calcium, for example, in broccoli and other greens, and in calcium-fortified items like OJ.
I know you weren't posting a debate over this, but I just wanted to shout out my thoughts on milk. No one in my family (my parents, myself, and 2 brothers) grew up as milk drinkers beyond our
young childhood, and ended up pretty healthy.