i cant remember if there's been a poll like this before.... but there is now. for those of you who dont have kids... just state what you would do if you did have some.
No i will never toke in front of my kids till they are over 20 years old.. Unless............. after they turn 18 and want to try it!!!!!!!!
yes, but when they are older...it will depend on what my husband at that point wants to do too, so i don't really know for sure.
I think I will once I catch them doing it behind my back...I'll scare them at first, make them think I'm going to punish them. And then I'll ask if they want to smoke with me (but they have to supply the weed )
My partner's kids are 11, 13 and 15. The eldest are both aware of my habit now and we have talked about marijuana, the pros, the cons etc. However the emphasis has been strongly placed on choice and also on the fact that regardless of any of our views the use of pot is illegal in England. We have always tried to imbue a general sense of responsibility into them rather than attempt to pass on our views on specific subjects. We're very lucky. They're damn good kids. Responsible and above all honest. I know I would never catch them at it behind our backs because if they wanted to something or did something they would tell me about it. Neither of us hide anything but then neither do we promote it however. In all honesty though it comes down to situation as much as anything. Now they are teens many of their friends at school have started to experiment with drink and drugs in general and pot more specifically. We both feel that they are responsible enough and armed with enough facts and anecdotal evidence to make up their own minds when they are ready to. To think a child (in the UK at least) isn't going to coming in to contact with drugs until their late teens is an irresponsible one and allows their first steps into the scene to be ones driven mostly by peer pressure. Peace.
nope never, never, never. maybe once they are older. i don't know. my kids are 9 and 5. i've seen parents smoke with there babies right there and it makes me sick! i remember a time some friends of ours came over with there 3 y/o and the parents were just puffing away with the kid there. wich i'm sure was getting buzzed by look in her eyes. i was totally disgusted how could you do that? totally defenceless and had no choice in the situation. totally wrong in my opinion. when my kids are older maybe. like in their 20's or something. for now it's a big no no in my books.
that sounds like my dad too...he isn't dying, yet, but he smokes like a chimney and has tried to stop but he just can't...it's frustrating and so sad. he hasn't smoked weed either, and it completely pisses me off how this country has the gall to legalize that poison in cigarettes but thinks a plant that God put on this earth is evil. it makes no sense.
The big JC agrees with you too.... "The importation and sale of marijuana is condemned and punished as a serious crime, but we accept as legitimate the manufacture and sale of an infinitely more addictive and deadly drug: the nicotine in cigarettes that cost the lives of 390,000 American citizens last year." -- Jimmy Carter, 1990
I'm sure I'll smoke in front of my kids, but not when they're real young. I'd only do it when they were old enough to understand the consequences and pros and cons. I have a friend who's parents occasionally smoke. I brought over some good stuff and built a bong in front of her mom and she smoked with us, but she has done a good job of always talking with her daughter. They've obviously had discussions about the responsible use of it and that's what I hope to do with my kids.
i don't have kids.. but this is all hypothetical here: i'd definetly smoke with my kids once they were older, like... 18 at least. but i'd make sure they knew what they were doing, and they should be total weed nerds like me or, if they don't want to smoke the herb, that's also cool my dad lives in the netherlands, and i've smoked with him before. cos i'm 18, and can legally do so in holland. my mum also knows i smoke, and i know she's done so in the past. right now me and my brother are trying to drop little hints that she should smoke with us
My kids are 6 and 7 and I always wait until they are in bed or not home when I smoke. I just think it is wrong and my son would for sure be upset because he is always telling me how bad it is to smoke cigarettes(I don't do that around them unless they are in the another room or I'm outside). I feel guilty for that because I don't want my kids to smoke and I am setting a bad example. Maybe when they are adults I will but I'd rather they not know. For some people smoking pot may cause them to want to try other drugs-I mean I sometimes think I'd like to try coke or whatever. I mean I don't think it is wrong that I smoke pot as long as I am a good mommy. I too have seen parents smoke pot and even crank in front of their little kids. It made me feel horrible.
My friend is 22, he has a 5 year old son. He smokes in front of his kid. I never smoke with him in front of his kid unless it's a joint, cause he thinks it's a cigarette. (second hand smoke isn't a problem as I blow it out the window whenever I rarely do that in front of him). But, dude, he smokes a 3 foot bong in front of his kid. It's like.. wrong.. But then, he also lets his kid play Vice City for ps2. And all that stuff. I dunno. Another friend of mine is 40 something and her kid is 18 now, she's smoked in front of her kid all his life, and he turned out just fine. (her kid doesn't even smoke)
same. but mainly cos i wouldnt want them to be inhaling it at that age. i'm not saying i'm entirely convinced by the claims that it will stunt your growth, but scared enough to take it into consideration.
Same here. I wouldn't do it until they are teens and when they know what they want to do in their lives. If they reject to me smoking in front of them, then I wouldn't. But if they don't care, then I might, but not too often probably.
I don't have any kids but I have friends who do and I refuse to smoke around them. It mainly has to do with my level of comfort ability and I'm just not comfortable getting high around kids. I'm not so sure that I'd get high around my own children if I had them. It really isn't an issue of honesty. It's more along the lines of me doing something illegal in front of a child that I'd be raising...children don't really get the whole "Do as I say, not as I do" thing and I feel it would be irresponsible on my part if I were to do that if I ever had my own kids. Not that I'd think they go out and get high just because I did, but consistency is very important and I wouldn't take my kids on a bank heist with me, either. (Side note: I just imagined robbing a bank...could you even fathom it? You'd be all stoned and shit and forget the plan...start laughing at the expressions on the faces of everyone...heh )
i dont have kids yet, i'm not even married, but i think once my kid turns about 14 or 15 (when i started smoking) i'll talk to him/her about it, like if they ever tried it or have thought about it..... and if they said no but it seemed liked they were kind of twisting the truth, i'd pull out an ounce and be like "well if ya ever wanna try it, i can supply it!"
My girls are 9 and 6 and my wife and I never smoke in front of them. I don't want my kids running around with a contact buzz before their minds have a chance to develop. I was exposed to pot and much more at a very young age and although I wouldn't blame my dark childhood on that fact alone, it definetly didn't help anything. When they are old enough to make their own decisions about it, I'll be glad to tell them the ups and downs of it, but I won't encourage it in any way.