Childrens Knowledge Of Weed

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koolhand77

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My buddy and I were talking about the nostalgic thing. We got some mid grades That I like to cook with but, we were toking on it for a bit. I really thought I was smoking the same shit from when I was in high school. smelled the same the high was the same. kinda werid. I like my high grade much better. mids are good to cook with.
 
Greymattertripp

Greymattertripp

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koolhand77 said:
My buddy and I were talking about the nostalgic thing. We got some mid grades That I like to cook with but, we were toking on it for a bit. I really thought I was smoking the same shit from when I was in high school. smelled the same the high was the same. kinda werid. I like my high grade much better. mids are good to cook with.
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LOL, I'd think I'd rather smell someone smoking it, than smoke it. But if I had some for free, maybe.
 
gogrow

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i plan to have the weed talk with my children at a young age also.... i grew up with my parents smoking weed in the house.... when i was about 4or5 they sat me down and talked to me about smoking, weed and cigarettes.... they explained that 1), they are only for grownups, 2) that cigarettes will kill you, but weed is okay; but it is illegal, so you cant tell anyone about it.... dont want mom and dad to go away....

i accepted it, understood it, and kept my little mouth shut; and had no interest in weed.... but i believe in a very open relationship with your kids; they are part of your family and should not be kept in the dark about things that go on in their home, unless it could be hurtful to them
 
SmokinBong83

SmokinBong83

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I think it depends on the child. As far as the age, my son's dad started smoking at 10 years old. I didn't start until I was 16.

I know a guy who did nothing but grow/sell smoke. His children knew at a young age (which they were also young when they lost their father), and knew during drug week they didn't need to say anything.

So I think it should be based on your child's maturity, not a number age. I know my kindergartener doesn't need to know WHAT I smoke but he does know I smoke regular cigs and rolled cigs.....even with "kids say the darnest things" he does good keeping secrets for being 5. Our current "secret" he has kept for the past 6 months+.

Jeni
 
The Stig

The Stig

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I think they first need to know how to keep secrets and also that not everything is what it looks like or people think (like with weed, everyone thinks its just another shitty drug)

So you can:
1 - when they are young try to teach them very well about it, and how it's not a bad thing but also that they need to keep it in secret (because we dont want a kid to rat they parents lol)
2 - wait until they are older (15 or so I would say) so you can have a more complex talk about it, and they will probably understand the whole idea better.
 
Sunnysideup

Sunnysideup

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I personally never told my kids that I smoked. I didn't smoke through their whole childhood either, I gave it up for a couple of years. Even when they became teenagers I didn't feel the need to share this with them. I am their parent foremost, I don't feel like I should be their friend. There is time enough for that when they are adults and able to make their own decisions. I would NEVER feel right asking my child to lie for me, it is something I would never consider doing...By telling them I smoke, I would also have to ask them to harbor that secret..doesn't seem fair to me, to ask my child to harbor a secret....No way. What I do in my bedroom behind a close door is MY business, not theirs. jmo.
 
gogrow

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to all the people that say you should wait until the kid is older (15 or so), i say that if the child doesnt know you smoke yet, then just leave em in the dark about it b/c you are obviously doing a good job in hiding it from them
 
Sunnysideup

Sunnysideup

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Thats what I am saying.
If they don't know, why tell them? Now, if they do know you need to address it, but, if they don't know....why tell them? What purpose would it serve?

gogrow said:
to all the people that say you should wait until the kid is older (15 or so), i say that if the child doesnt know you smoke yet, then just leave em in the dark about it b/c you are obviously doing a good job in hiding it from them
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Greymattertripp

Greymattertripp

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gogrow said:
to all the people that say you should wait until the kid is older (15 or so), i say that if the child doesnt know you smoke yet, then just leave em in the dark about it b/c you are obviously doing a good job in hiding it from them
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I disagree with this statement only because if the child goes to outside sources to seek the cannabis it could be laced or at the least of very low quality with contaminants like heavy metals, ferts, hair spray, bug spray, etc.

Not too mention the fact that the child could be safely experimenting at home, as many adults let their later teen children do with alcohol, instead of possibly driving while intoxicated getting hurt or raped, etc.

I think the common sense approach is to let your children know so they don't feel like you lied to them, my mother kept her cannabis consumption a secret from me until I was older and it caused some trust issues because I was ready and aware at a younger age that she was smoking something different from ciggs in her room because of the smell and school told me all drugs were evil and I saw real drug addicts (meth, heroin, coke) in the streets and such and started to wonder if my mother was going to end up like them because there was no communication of the fact that cannabis is much different on the body and mind than those substances and that she was using it to relieve stress and that is was less damaging than drinking beer every night.

Do you see my point? Kinda?
 
GordonFreeman

GordonFreeman

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My parents never have been able to smoke weed because of their jobs. But when i was a kid in about the 4th grade i found out that my brother smoked because one night i heard a car door shut so i went out their and seen him with his friend hotboxing his car. After that i realized he was reagurlay smoking in his room with his door unlocked half the time, and i would come in and watch him but act like i was interested in the tv. Slowley but surely i started to gather knowlege about this mysteries substance they called "green". First i realized that it made him have a good time, and that it made him feel better when he was sick. So a couple months of him smoking in his room i went in there and picked up a roach out of his ashtray and got high. This was in the 4th grade. After that i only smoked every now and again, until my brother found out i was stealing his roaches, and he got pretty mad and told me that my parents would kill him if they found out i smoked because of him. So i told him i wouldnt tell as long as he let me smoke with him. And i smoked about everyweekend, until he moved and went to college. Then weed just flew out of the picture for me until a few years later when i met some friends who smoked, and then i started smoking heavily. Point is i would let my kids figure out what weed was without me telling them, before i talked to them about it. Because i didnt even know what i was smoking until my bro told me about it when we started smoking together. Weed has never hurt me, or my schooling either. Im a senior in high school now and and taking Most of the advanced classes available at my school in fact.
 
Greymattertripp

Greymattertripp

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GordonFreeman said:
My parents never have been able to smoke weed because of their jobs. But when i was a kid in about the 4th grade i found out that my brother smoked because one night i heard a car door shut so i went out their and seen him with his friend hotboxing his car. After that i realized he was reagurlay smoking in his room with his door unlocked half the time, and i would come in and watch him but act like i was interested in the tv. Slowley but surely i started to gather knowlege about this mysteries substance they called "green". First i realized that it made him have a good time, and that it made him feel better when he was sick. So a couple months of him smoking in his room i went in there and picked up a roach out of his ashtray and got high. This was in the 4th grade. After that i only smoked every now and again, until my brother found out i was stealing his roaches, and he got pretty mad and told me that my parents would kill him if they found out i smoked because of him. So i told him i wouldnt tell as long as he let me smoke with him. And i smoked about everyweekend, until he moved and went to college. Then weed just flew out of the picture for me until a few years later when i met some friends who smoked, and then i started smoking heavily. Point is i would let my kids figure out what weed was without me telling them, before i talked to them about it. Because i didnt even know what i was smoking until my bro told me about it when we started smoking together. Weed has never hurt me, or my schooling either. Im a senior in high school now and and taking Most of the advanced classes available at my school in fact.
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Talking to your children about something that someone is going to talk to them about anyways is something you have to do.

When I was a kid I had kids coming up to me as early as 7th grade offering me weed, I didn't smoke, I didn't touch cannabis until I was almost 17 years old because I didn't want to be inebriated. When I tried it I realized it was something that could open your creative channels and as a musician thrived and grew consuming it.

Everyone should raise their kids how they feel fit so long as they are not molesting, beating, or other wise abusing them. That is what being a parent is all about right?
 
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