your probably better of trying to find a place seculded out door's. if you have 6 more years with kids i'm geussing the oldest is 12, so he probably wouldnt even know what a marijuana plant looked like. it will probably stink up your house. and become very hard to hide. so either invest in some more cfl's soon and move it all into a closet, or find a nice hidden spot in outside. oh and to control the smell you can get a febreeze carbon filter for about 15 bucks at walmart, and it works pretty well.