How many of you...
Posted 07-05-2009 at 06:39 PM by BayAreaStoner
Now I know that we are all smokers on this site and I know everyone is all for it. But there are cigarette smokers out there that are all for smoking cigarettes, and we KNOW that tobacco kills in more ways then one but its legal and we smoke it around our children, well some people do anyway. How many of you on this site have children? And how open with your children about the fact that you smoke weed; something that is tought to them at school as being a bad illegal drug..
I personally think parents and children should be open with eachother. I was always able to go to my mom for anything. My mom knows everyting about me, and she is almost my best friend. So how do you feel about this??? I would love to know...
I personally think parents and children should be open with eachother. I was always able to go to my mom for anything. My mom knows everyting about me, and she is almost my best friend. So how do you feel about this??? I would love to know...
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Education at school is only a part of a child's life. Education at home is the most important thing to a child. Everyone has different beliefs on how children should be taught about cannabis. I will teach my daughter about the medicinal values cannabis brings to many people once she's old enough. Children who have parents that don't feel education should start from home will end up at the mercy of the refer madness scare tactics at school. ;-)Posted 07-08-2009 at 04:28 PM by Ms.Fox
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Thanks for taking to the time to read my blog Ms.Fox. I agree with what you had to offer, when you said that education should start at home and when the child is old enough.. I am curious tho; what is the "old enough" age? I have 3 children and my oldest is 11 going on 20. She is very intelligent and I have never lied to her when she has asked me questions...Posted 07-08-2009 at 04:46 PM by BayAreaStoner
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A specific age may be hard to attain. Some children mature faster than others. It's great to know you are so honest with her, and I think that's a great start. I would start by explaining why cannabis is so important to people. Then I would explain why it's important to you. ;-) She will most likely have a lot of questions for you, which should make it easier for you to feel more comfortable.Posted 07-08-2009 at 05:23 PM by Ms.Fox
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I have three children, with my oldest being 5. We do not smoke tobacco or weed around our children, however the oldest has been privy to a smoking session or two and has encountered my bong on one or two occasions. At this point, I don't think he would *quite* understand so we simply told him it was another kind of tobacco, like when we smoke cigarettes.
Ofcourse, this begged the question from him, "Well, why don't you smoke it outside, like cigarettes?"
To which I replied, "It's natural tobacco that doesn't have all the bad things in it like cigarettes, so we can smoke it inside." (Side note: my wife and I both recently started smoking cessation programs. The straw that broke the camel's back is when my son told us that we were going to die for smoking cigarettes.)
I think at this point he is simply to young to trust with sensitive information that he may not understand. However, once he's old enough to understand I don't think I'll have any problem telling him the truth. For right now though, a little white lie isn't hurting anyone.Posted 07-10-2009 at 04:10 PM by Rewfus82
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Telling your kids about smoking marijuana is kind of tricky. Society is generally coming around to the idea of it being socially normal. My wife and I told the two older ones only recently. One just came to live with us after being off at college. Before she didn't need to know, so we didn't tell her. We felt that to give out information of behavior that is considered illegal in some agencies to younger kids can be confusing and potentially dangerous (do not want to lose custody or have courts get involved with my family). We would generally be open with our kids with respect to other areas like sexuality and sexual orientation questions. So, if (and hopefully soon) marijuana is decriminalized in my country, I will feel more at ease discussing the topic of marijuana use with kids.
Good blog though. I miss San Francisco. Been a long time since I was last there.Posted 07-20-2009 at 08:50 PM by munki
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My kids knew everything from me /u only have 1 chance 2 tell them the truth (from u-r lips 2 there ears ) and then its all info from whoever ??My daughter is 36 and we are best friends !!Hold u-r babys close and never lie 2 them b-cuz monkey see monkey do ???Posted 07-26-2009 at 09:02 PM by chillen7
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Thanks for blogging. I wish that I could have been more honest about marijuana when I was growing up living at home. I was the 1st born of three and started smoking when I was about 15yrs old. My parents were totally against mj and I was always getting my ass kicked for it but still kept toking anyway. And 30 years later mj is still keeping me going. Oh here I go again, blah blah all I wanted to say was that I wish that my parents were more open about mj when I was growing up.Posted 08-04-2009 at 02:37 AM by Ray Gunn
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Its fine to be open about cannabis use so long as it is in sensible and educational manner. It is good to be able to educate our children on the things they do not learn at school and to help them understand that there is more to education on any matter than just what is taught in a classroom. The right age to talk about cannabis use is when u feel as a parent that the child is mature enough to understand and respect the views and information u have. I suppose it isnt good parenting to encourage children into illegal activity of any kind yet giving them the tools to make informative decisions as an adult would be considered good parenting. It depends again on the approach used and whether the information is valid. Im all for being open in discussion and having no barriers between parents and children as long as it is done in a sensible manner. Its a very good point you bring up about honesty with our children. Its best to come from your own mouth rather than someone else I guess?Posted 08-08-2009 at 10:50 AM by steovblyth
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My two children grew up around me smoking cannabis. I do not use tobacco, except an occasional cigar outside. We home schooled both children so we didn't have to worry about teachers pressuring them to tell on their parents. I had a friend that was busted after he had an argument with his daughter. She went to school and turned him in. It takes a lot of trust with your children or anyone else when you let them know that you are a cannabis consumer. I do believe it easier to build that trust with your children by always being trustworthy. My children are grown now and I must say, they trust me with information that I don't even want to know. I think it is maintaining the trust that your children have in you from the beginning. We have a very tight family. My daughter smokes on occasion and my son joins me for a smoke often. I grow for the two of us. Meanwhile, my wife just enjoys the joy that cannabis gives us and the good food I cook when I'm stoned. Having children that know you toke could cause trouble, but once they have an idea of what you are doing, you must decide whether to continue to grow that trust or let it die. Training our children what is right and what is wrong is a great responsibility. No, we didn't play Santa Claus and we didn't teach that marijuana is a gateway drug. Remember, you are building trust and trust can't be built on lies.Posted 08-14-2009 at 11:40 PM by Herb Fellow
