Quote Originally Posted by ericwt
I am not a parent or a kid. I am 40 years old and will never have kids.

But I was curious.. When and what are you going to tell your kids about Marijuana?

Are you going to be honest and open about it?

Are you going to say "Do as I say not as I do"?

If you are open about it what are you going to tell them about the dangers of talking about it to others.

One of the reasons I ask is a few years ago in an area in the south there was some DARE officers that did a presentation at a school. They showed some pot and let kids smell it. One of the little girls told the officers she recognized the smell from home.

I think the girl was in like 2 or 3rd grade. The results of this was the girls parents getting busted for their personal grow.

I do not have to tell you they lost custody of there little girl. The girl had no idea what she was saying, I mean she was just a little girl. Kids don't know how serious this is.

Just curious about what you thought.
my wife probably isn't going to like it... but she doesn't nessicarily see things the way i do... anyways.. i will educate my son about it.. i can't tell you when i will, becasue it's one of those things you just start seeing signs to, and then it's time to tell them about it, there's no set age... just like sex, when you start seeing signs they're getting sexually involved with someone, it's time to talk about it... you have to wait until the child is ready, and capable of understanding what you're saying.

i won't be one of 'those parents' and you know what i mean.. i do it now, obviously, i'm not going to turn around and say 'it's bad evil and you will not do it and blah blah' even if i have long since quit smoking... i will be like this with all subjects... and if there's some new thing i don't know about, i will educate myself on the facts, before i even talk to him about it.. since i was 10 or younger, i made a decision, and that decision was when i had kid(s) i would listen to the subject at hand, take in the feelings associated, educate myself with the facts on it (if needed, if i already know about it, i don't really need to go and research do i? lol) and make a calm rational decision over it...

if my kid grows up, and starts smoking weed, i won't try to stop him... i honestly won't.. cuz we all know, if the kid wants to do it, HE WILL, so why even bother with trying to stop it, atleast with something as harmful as marijuana... i will however, ask that he only does it in the house, and does not go around telling everyone, ask that he keeps it as close to himself as he possibly can... (assuming it's still illegal then) so he doesn't create waves for himself, or us (the parents) i'd rather have him doing it in the house, where it's 'safe' so to speak, then running around the street, doing it god knows where and risking a shit storm over it....

there's always going to be things parents don't agree with their kids doing, but some of those things, even alot of them, are perfectly harmless... (virtually) i don't really see the point in banishing it out of the saftey of their home... especially when that decision will likely, just end up with it coming back on him or us... it just doesn't make sense...

i will tell my son, EVERYTHING i know about it, not just the dangers, i'll also tell him what it has to offer, spiritually, emotionally, and medicinally.... a person can only make a good decision, based on what they know, knowledge is power, there's no point in leaving out certain parts of a 'truth' to try and influence the decision... i want my sons decisions to be right ones, not based on half hidden truths....