Parenting and Pot 101

My mom is a criminal lawyer, and she would come home with these stories about all these people who get really fucked up. But I was intrigued more than anything, and I'd been wanting to smoke pot since I was 9 or 10. When I was 13, it became super important to me, and I thought my mom was really wrong. Even though she told me that as an adult it would be fine to smoke a little pot, she was pretty much against it. My parents are very liberal, and I should have been fine with that, but I pushed their limits

My brother ended up using cocaine, ecstasy and other narcotics. He is 12. Be careful what you tell them, but you should make sure you teach them before school does. If you can, get them excused from any substance abuse classes at school, and tell them "It's something I would rather teach you myself."

I really can't see a kid busting their parents. If they understood the consequences for their own life, no matter how wrong drugs are to them, it's a pretty stupid idea.
Anyway, peace.

 

yoh brudder iz muck hipper dan Uh, pig mommy lover

 

your hilarious

 

I don't even know what you said. And it's not funny. It's very serious. Don't make fun of my brother again.

My brothers friend told me yesterday that my brother made him take 6 doses of some kind of depressant/blood pressure reducer and the friend passed out in class could have easily died. This kid doesn't see limits. It's one thing to smoke a bit of grass. It's entirely different to be traficking narcotics at a middle school. He's a 12 year old drug pusher, and he doesn't care what he does.

In comparison, I'm really spiritual with my psychoactive intake. I take psychedelics and I use them to connect with my spirituality and learn about myself. It's different when it's a positive thing than when it's negative.

If your kid is crazy, don't introduce drugs to them. If they're intelligent, thoughtful, and can be deep, then it might be a good way for them to appreciate things, learn things, have fun, and bond with people.

About my brother, he is incredibly fucked up. This is entirely true, and he does not recognize where to draw the line in terms of substance use. He abuses them, and gets a thrill out of being a "badass." Does anyone have any advice about what to do about this?

 

yeah just hilarious.

lots of good advice ty

 

Sounds a lot like me when I was that age, besides the selling drugs. But I was taking quite a bit of drugs at that age. I eventually got put into some rehab classes a year ago.

 

What were you doing at that age? Were you that out of control?

 

you're on crack.

 

My advice, solicited of course, is to quit smoking pot (I did 38 years ago) and worship THE ALMIGHTY CANADIAN BEAVER GOD!


He's on your nickels, isn't he?

Well?

 

He might be our god, but saddly, hes some peoples fathers too.... *shutters*

 

my friends parents caught him and just told him not to let anyother adults find out and to act like they didnt know he did.. so basially they told him to just keep it on the DL.

 

10 is to young, keep it a secret for a little while longer

 

agreed.

 

That point I was doing whatever could be found, besides meth & heroin. (weed, coke, acid, E, shrooms, amphetamines, etc)

The list seems long, this was a daily thing for me.

 

Get to you daughter before DARE does, or better yet, opt out of DARE. (I was afraid of getting on some list if we opted out, but the first kid was handed such bullshit at DARE, and the parents are NOT allowed to be in the room when they teach it, and no one is allowed to have the syllabus for the program, that I advise opting out of this ridiculouw program.

Talk to her about how some things are for adults (alcohol, tobacco, sex, weed) and that certain things are good in moderation ect. Also, do warn her about the problems with getting busted, and like druminmama said, the prospect of losing your finacial aid for college.

But, be honest. Just make sure she knows that we don't talk to people at school, the teacher ect about mom and dad's funny cigarettes, and let her know why.

 

I can't believe some of the posts in this thread. I'm honestly shocked and a bit disturbed.

10 year olds smoking weed? WTF? A 10 year old hasn't even hit puberty yet. Just a year before that they were 9. In my mind that's just a baby, okay a big baby but way too young to be exposed to the drug world.

Has your daughter asked you what that was on the desk? If she didn't say anything maybe I'd just let it pass for now.

Do you smoke in the house? When do you smoke? Has she ever asked what that smell was? If you've kept it well hidden from her except for this incident I'd try and cover up my tracks whenever you smoke. Wait till she is a bit older to have that talk with her.

 

being honest with your kid and getting him stoned are two different things.don't lie to your kids,they can handle the truth much better.

 

I don't think we have DARE in BC. I would maybe talk to her when she's 11/12 - it depends on the maturity and the values she's developed. You should also explain reasons better than just getting stoned - I think my opinion of my parents would be a great deal lower if they used drugs/alchohol as an escape.

 

No she hasen't asked me, I don't even know if she saw it or not. I'm sure she's smelled it a while before, we decided that they were getting too old to be smelling it from our bedroom or whatever, we try to be very discreet ... but I think we may have been niave to expect her not to notice.