RonB wrote:

If a kid is fed purified water during most of it's youth, what is the
effect of not being exposed to common bacteria, minerals and other
things that do occur in regular drinking water? Some day they might
have to drink the real stuff. It would be bad to get a case of
Montezuma's Revenge from perfectly good tap water. ;o)

You're not getting bacteria from tap water if you live in the USA, as all
municipal water sources are required to be chlorinated/ozonated to kill
microorganisms.

As to tap water, my local water comes from snowmelt, is chlorinated, and has
some minerals in it at a high pH so that it doesn't rot out pipes. It's
delicious.

Jon