Jenny
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Back to topic at hand. I will be completely honest here. If my child wants to try to drink or smoke a joint for the first time. I would really rather they did it in my presence and only with the substance bought by me personally (I'll get into that later). Better in front of me, than some strange place with a bunch of "friends" or people he or she do not know. Because face it, your kids will be exposed and it's their choice as to if they will cave into the pressure to try it. It's up to us to inform them of what is ok or not. And if they are adamant of trying it than like I said, at home and completely supervised. We plan on keeping an open mind about all this.
Hard drugs.. NO NO and NO never would I condone that. Just because of personal experience. I am an ex raver, was completely immersed in it. I've done everything BUT stick a needle in my arm or smoke cr*** (you get the point). Funny how when you're doing them you still have your no no's. Unfortunetly though, became an addict of one of the worst drugs in my opinion (meth). Those were some very very hard times for me but with the help of my DH (who was also a meth addict at the time) and a tragic event we quit for good. Have been clean for many years now. Now, I KNOW there isn't really anything you can do to stop your kids from experimenting. I will try to dissuade them from ever doing any kind of drug. But I also want to keep an open channel that if they DO do it that it's OK to come to me and explain it and help them so they don't do it again. The last thing I want is to make them feel like they can't tell me .
As I mentioned before, about alcohol and weed. Those are the lesser evils in my mind out of anything. Pot is not as bad as liquor to me but I live in Canada, it's not a huge deal here. Being a recreational smoker myself (Do not judge me on this, I DO NOT smoke it infront my kids and I make sure they're gone for the weekends before I partake), I just don't find pot as being a bad thing. BUT BUT BUT, it's only in moderation! Same goes for drinking. So like I said previously, if they want to try those two, then I would prefer it in front of me and supervised when the time comes. And only if I'm able to acquire the substances myself!
This is my opinion on it
Back to topic at hand. I will be completely honest here. If my child wants to try to drink or smoke a joint for the first time. I would really rather they did it in my presence and only with the substance bought by me personally (I'll get into that later). Better in front of me, than some strange place with a bunch of "friends" or people he or she do not know. Because face it, your kids will be exposed and it's their choice as to if they will cave into the pressure to try it. It's up to us to inform them of what is ok or not. And if they are adamant of trying it than like I said, at home and completely supervised. We plan on keeping an open mind about all this.
Hard drugs.. NO NO and NO never would I condone that. Just because of personal experience. I am an ex raver, was completely immersed in it. I've done everything BUT stick a needle in my arm or smoke cr*** (you get the point). Funny how when you're doing them you still have your no no's. Unfortunetly though, became an addict of one of the worst drugs in my opinion (meth). Those were some very very hard times for me but with the help of my DH (who was also a meth addict at the time) and a tragic event we quit for good. Have been clean for many years now. Now, I KNOW there isn't really anything you can do to stop your kids from experimenting. I will try to dissuade them from ever doing any kind of drug. But I also want to keep an open channel that if they DO do it that it's OK to come to me and explain it and help them so they don't do it again. The last thing I want is to make them feel like they can't tell me .
As I mentioned before, about alcohol and weed. Those are the lesser evils in my mind out of anything. Pot is not as bad as liquor to me but I live in Canada, it's not a huge deal here. Being a recreational smoker myself (Do not judge me on this, I DO NOT smoke it infront my kids and I make sure they're gone for the weekends before I partake), I just don't find pot as being a bad thing. BUT BUT BUT, it's only in moderation! Same goes for drinking. So like I said previously, if they want to try those two, then I would prefer it in front of me and supervised when the time comes. And only if I'm able to acquire the substances myself!
This is my opinion on it