I never told my parents, they just found out. I have a wicked family though and cannabis has always been accepted as a safe thing to do, regardless of it being illegal or not. It can be illegal, but if you use it in a smart manner, you won't get busted.

I remeber when my dad found out though. I was watching SNL one night, and one my fav. things i used to do was get mega fried, and laugh my ass off at the TV. Well, I fell asleep on the couch and I left my pipe on the table. My dad came down in the morning, saw me laying there, and saw the pipe. A few hours later he says to me, "I know what that was on the table this morning. I can't give you shit for something I used to do, but if I ever catch you smoking crack, I'll kick your ass" and that was that. They were always cool about it.

Every so often when I phone them they'll make a small crack about my weed smoking, in a fun way.