Parents who do not disprove of marijuana

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my daughter isn't old enough to have this discussion with yet, she's 2. however, i still think about how this conversation is going to go. my husband and i have talked about how we would handle that situation. like when she tries it for the first time, do we get mad?
we feel that we won't be upset if she decides to smoke pot but when it comes to the hardcore shit, we'll be more than concern. as my husband has done every drug in the book and has had many bad experiences. one day we'll sit her down and let her know what her boundaries should be.

 

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We discussed marijuana with our kids at a pretty early age. When the older ones growing up we lived in a community of growers so they were used to seeing adults smoking it for much of their lives. They were mostly homeschooled so that knowlege wasn't a burden on them. The legalities and the privacy issues were discussed when they were around eight or so. My now 9 y/o understands what it is and the legal issues involved, but she is also homeschooled.

Once our older kids got older and began experimenting with weed we started with a don't ask don't tell smoking policy, but once they hit a certain age we smoked with them if they had decided to be pot smokers. One son doesn't and has never had the desire.

It's a tough decision to make. The knowledge of illegal activities at home is a heavy thing to lay on a kid, but to lie about it and hide what we feel is a sacred thing...idk.

Well whatever we did and whatever anyone thinks about it, we have some awesome kids. Of the four between 17 and 22 years, three are out of highschool, one has a university degree in of all things crimial justice, one is a college student, another a chef and another is still in HS homeschool. Three of the four smoke weed, none of them have had substance abuse issues and all are hardworking, unique young adults.

 

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Huh?

 

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well, my parents were totally opposed to drugs even though I found it to be an ok thing. The thing I learned from it was to be supportive, but to still have "the talk". I find it will be really hipocritical of me if I smoked pot and wouldn't let them/tell them.

 

Hmmm... I do not disapprove of marijuana although I would not recommend it either (where I live, you gotta be careful. Beware of the Davao Death Squads!) As for my wife, she definitely disapproves of it. So.... ask me again in about twelve or more years - our son will be old enough for the talk by then

 

I've been thinking this same thing, although my son has only just turned one so we have a while before the topic should come up, and who knows, maybe I'll have changed my views by then?

My way of thinking, I'd rather be honest with my kids and have them be honest with me. I'd like my son to be able to come to me if and when he decides he wants to try pot, so that we can talk about it, and then I think I'd prefer he smoked it with me at home where I knew he was safe.

 

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I'm not a parent but I have parents .
Their discussion with me - on this subject - was zero.
They monitored what I was doing...if they thought I was doing something they disapproved of I'd quickly know about it.
I guess their philosophy was "have a discussion if it is required."

 

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yeah, my son just turned three so all i do is just not smoke it around him. but when he gets older i dont want him telling his teachers about daddy's weed or whatever.