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Heres to all you AT'ers who enjoy a brew or two

skooma

skooma

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Now that thats outta the way, I hope this isn't a repost but my question is-

If you are/were raising a child, would you rather he drank or smoked pot? I'm not saying at age 6 or anything dumb. I'd say most people start experimenting like I did around 7th grade.

So, leaving aside the legal BS, just a simple question.- Would you rather your child smoke pot or drink?

If this a repost, I'm sorry.

I personally think its a no brainer- smoke the weed but I'm curious, laws aside, what you think.
 
That's a tough decision, I know I did both at an early age and I have two kids now. Luckily they are only 5 and 2 so I don't have to worry about it for a little while at least, but I think I'd rather them try a beer or two rather than smoke pot. And I'll have to add that I am in favor of legalized marijuana. I'd much rather have them do neither, but hopefully if they do try to experiment they will respect the alcohol or marijuana and not adbuse it.
 
The only problem I see with pot is you don?t really feel bad afterwards. When kids get drunk off beer they get a bad hangover and hopefully won?t enjoy or want to drink for a while. Bud?well why quit?
 
I'm having a :beer: right now.......for the question, never thought of it. I abused both as a teenager (among many other things) and had loads of fun. I'm just glad i grew out of it.
 
Originally posted by: MixMasterTang
That's a tough decision, I know I did both at an early age and I have two kids now. Luckily they are only 5 and 2 so I don't have to worry about it for a little while at least, but I think I'd rather them try a beer or two rather than smoke pot. And I'll have to add that I am in favor of legalized marijuana. I'd much rather have them do neither, but hopefully if they do try to experiment they will respect the alcohol or marijuana and not adbuse it.
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Thanks man, thats a great response but I am curious as to why you want them to do neither?

My boy is 10 and I've done everything you could imagine.

I'm kinda torn on this as he's 10 and asking some questions. I know weed is illegal and all but I have a hard time telling him booze is a better option. For instance, how many times have people killed someone "driving while high" ?

Aside from the obvious social/business relations that booze allots due to its legality, why would I tell him booze is safer than weed?
 
I would have my child do neither. Just watch the kids he hangs with, and like the commercials, know where he is at all times.
 
lol at the peole who say neither. you really think thats realistic???

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say hes not 10 but 16, you think "neither" is an option then?
 
Originally posted by: DaTT
I'm having a :beer: right now.......for the question, never thought of it. I abused both as a teenager (among many other things) and had loads of fun. I'm just glad i grew out of it.
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Clearly, you have no children or you wouled be contemplating it.

Remember also, not all kids "grow out" of it. Its fairly common knowledge that alcohol is more addictive than pot. Personally though, I think an addict is an addict, beer, wine, weed, grubs- he'll get addicted to anything.
 
Originally posted by: skooma
Originally posted by: MixMasterTang
That's a tough decision, I know I did both at an early age and I have two kids now. Luckily they are only 5 and 2 so I don't have to worry about it for a little while at least, but I think I'd rather them try a beer or two rather than smoke pot. And I'll have to add that I am in favor of legalized marijuana. I'd much rather have them do neither, but hopefully if they do try to experiment they will respect the alcohol or marijuana and not adbuse it.
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Thanks man, thats a great response but I am curious as to why you want them to do neither?

My boy is 10 and I've done everything you could imagine.

I'm kinda torn on this as he's 10 and asking some questions. I know weed is illegal and all but I have a hard time telling him booze is a better option. For instance, how many times have people killed someone "driving while high" ?

Aside from the obvious social/business relations that booze allots due to its legality, why would I tell him booze is safer than weed?
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I think it's just the protective nature of being a parent that I would rather them not do anything, because when your a teenager you already have an over-inflated sense of being nearly invincible (at least I did) and either one has the potential to lead to trouble.
 
If your kid is 10 you should be telling him both are equally a bad idea and neither are safe, but realistically booze is not safer than weed. Nobody had ever died from smoking too much weed, and much worse decisions are made while under the influence of alcohol than weed. So my vote is for pot, but not until about age 16 or so. Anything younger than that is too young.

Of course I tried booze years before I tried pot simply because everybody's parents had booze in the house. But once I started smoking pot I smoked a lot more frequently than I drank and it definitely had a negative effect on my motivation especially in college.

 
I'm 16 and I have never tried weed, OP. I have drank on occassion, because my parents let me. It is normal. You have to teach them to make the RIGHT decisions in life, not which bad decision is worse than the other.
 
&th grade???!!!! OMFG that explains a lot about you.

Way to young anyway. I'm not against the occational hit but jesus H christ. i don't think you should do either until your body is done maturing...about 21 for most people. earlier they have got to stunt your growth/development. maybe a beer once a month would be fine.
 
Originally posted by: MangoTBG
I plan on smoking with my kid, but not till he is a senior in highschool.
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I've smoked with my mom, stepdad and bro many times (after I was an adult). GF thinks its odd, I dont know if I ever could do the same thing with my kids.
 
Originally posted by: Xyclone
I'm 16 and I have never tried weed, OP. I have drank on occassion, because my parents let me. It is normal. You have to teach them to make the RIGHT decisions in life, not which bad decision is worse than the other.
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"normal"? i dunno, lets say my experienc is a lot different. Not knocking what you say because i had older brothers and sisters who didn't do anything but have a few beers up until college.

Way to young anyway. I'm not against the occational hit but jesus H christ. i don't think you should do either until your body is done maturing...about 21 for most people. earlier they have got to stunt your growth/development. maybe a beer once a month would be fine.
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dude, i'm not advocating anything. i'd be very happy if he did nothing but i know whats up.

and what you say is what i used to preach to the kids i coached in hockey. little animals 😛 but seriously, i know the body isn't ready for any of that abuse when you're a kid. i also know that i wqas told the same thing as a kid, it didn't matter.

don't get the idea that i'm telling him to experiment. i know very well the dangers, as does he and i think thats one of the reasons hes very curious. this is a smart, worldly kid .
 
Originally posted by: rdubbz420
Originally posted by: MangoTBG
I plan on smoking with my kid, but not till he is a senior in highschool.
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I've smoked with my mom, stepdad and bro many times (after I was an adult). GF thinks its odd, I dont know if I ever could do the same thing with my kids.
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i lived with a friend when i was a kid whose family smoked like that. it was all so normal 😉
 
The key is to let your kids know the concequences of their actions-- i.e. if you smoke pot and get busted, it's on you and we're not bailing your ass out of jail. That's what my parents did and I really had no desire to do either until my 1st year of college. With that said, I still do smoke and drink recreationally, but not near as much as some of the people whose parents made it out to be a forbidden sin that won't be tolerated at all. If you teach your kids to be smart about it, without openly promoting it, then I don't feel as though it will be a problem in your kids' lives.
 
Originally posted by: buck
Originally posted by: IAteYourMother
drinking. It's very much a cultural/social thing especially outside the United States
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I agree.
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yeah, but think of it. all your taking about is the world the us/europeans made.

anyway, fugg the political talk.

why wouldn't sitting around and smoking be the same? i mean, i have a lot of business partners who like drinking scotch and smoking a cigar. and not just "a" scotch.
 
Originally posted by: 2Xtreme21
The key is to let your kids know the concequences of their actions-- i.e. if you smoke pot and get busted, it's on you and we're not bailing your ass out of jail. That's what my parents did and I really had no desire to do either until my 1st year of college. With that said, I still do smoke and drink recreationally, but not near as much as some of the people whose parents made it out to be a forbidden sin that won't be tolerated at all. If you teach your kids to be smart about it, without openly promoting it, then I don't feel as though it will be a problem in your kids' lives.
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you never smoked or drank before college?

btw, i do like that approack your parents had.
 
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