And the unknown could be especially troublesome for the developing brains of
Children and adolescents. Logic dictates that when you are dependent on a drug, you are really upsetting the normal balances of neurochemistry in the brain. The fact that kids have withdrawal signs and symptoms when the caffeine is stopped is a good indication that something has been profoundly disturbed in the brain.
Exactly where that leads is anybody is guess which is to say there is little good research on the effects of caffeine on kid is developing brains