He was always on the healthy line, while my mother will give us my brother, and I cookies, soda, or maybe a pastry treat when we were out. My dad would always buy us a fruit, milk, or a smoothie, if we asked him for a soda he'll answer us... sodas will keep your thirst away for 1 or 2 min and will enlarge your hips forever... So I grew up without sodas, maybe 1 or 2 now and then, only for special occasions, like big family outings, or cousins' b-days. Nowadays I don't drink sodas, and I'm trying to pass that on my daughter as well.