Neighbor kid smoking mj on way to school. Would you tell parents? (Poll)

[KeithTalent]

Update: Talked to coworker again. She says she doesn't know the family (she is fairly new to the neighborhood). She's not sure how old he was, she said maybe middle school or high school. When you get to be our age and if you don't have kids or younger cousins/nephews/nieces/etc you lose the ability to accurately gauge the age of kids. College students look like little kids to me now, and only 8 years ago I was their age.

She was walking behind him and could smell that it was mj.

Based on this I would not say anything.

KT

 

[preslove]

nvm, op answered the questions.

Middle schooler? I'd tell them, if I knew them. Probably wouldn't if it were a highschooler.

 

[SaDiZTiKStyLeZ]

Then the little shithead will go & do it out of spite. Kids know EVERYTHING these days. You know?

 

[Oyeve]

Bat to the head, cop the weed.

 

[tedrodai]

How does she know it was weed?

^this

Someone I know has first hand experience (when he was a teenager) with rumors of this nature lol. The preacher actually came to their house to have an intervention, based off some rumor that was going around with no basis in truth, and it was a rather big mess...that was not funny at the time.

Anyways, I would see no problem telling the parents in an objective way, but no one else. To an adult, the whole snitch thing regarding someone still under the care of the parent(s) doesn't hold water to me. I probably wouldn't talk to the parents unless I knew them in this case, but I see nothing wrong with someone going to them (non-condecendingly) about a concern. Then let the parents deal with it or not as they see fit.

 

[OutHouse]

I would tell the patents. Same if the kid was chugging a beer. Parents should be aware of these things, especially things that could land thier kid with jail time and criminal record.

 

[FDF12389]

I would tell the patents. Same if the kid was chugging a beer. Parents should be aware of these things, especially things that could land thier kid with jail time and criminal record.

Yea, except she doesn't know how old he is, nor does she know the family. She should let it go.

 

[jhansman]

You send your kids to school and what do they do? Burn the books and fuck the teacher. It's not like public education is a bastion of higher learning. I mean, it was when I was there, but right after that, it went straight in the shitter. I didn't start smoking weed until after I graduated. That very night, in fact.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

You co worker tells kids parents about the weed. The kid then goes to the co workers house one night and keys their car.

Co worker then calls the Police and tells them about the kid as possible suspect. Kid then goes to jail.

ONLY IN AMERICA.

A kid stupid enough to get caught smoking by a casual passer by needs a wake up call.

 

[seepy83]

A kid stupid enough to get caught smoking by a casual passer by needs a wake up call.

This is one of the reasons that I said I would say it to the parents in the non-confrontational way that I posted earlier. You want to make them aware of what you think you saw, without making them feel like you're telling them what to do or how to raise their child. If they don't care that their kid is smoking pot, they might still care that their kid is smoking pot without any discretion at all. If they do care, then they can respond however they want. Either way, they know that you're not going to be calling the police or anything like that, and you won't bring it up with them again unless they ask you about it.

 

[Bateluer]

Yep. I'd likely be on the phone with the kid's parents before he made it to school . . . possibly with a cell phone picture to back me up.