...than you did?
The boy is now 15. When I was 15, I was smoking, drinking booze and dabbling with dope. I am not stupid, I know that he is trying some combination of these now or will fairly soon. I know, to a certain extent, that there is nothing I can do about it. I am certainly not, however, one of these parents that tries to be his friends and overtly condone him doing any of this. He has, like I did, a lot of freedom and, like I did, will go out in the morning and not come back until later that night. Lots of time to indulge in whatever. I have obviously had the talks with him about booze, drugs etc. and, to an extent, have a lot of faith in the foundations of his upbringing that will, God willing, keep him away from purposefully doing some thing too stupid.
However, if it were just dope, booze and fags, I would feel a little bit more secure. I know that skink is much stronger than it was when I was a kid but it is, at least, not an immediate danger. I do know that there are different things around such as nitreous oxide which is everywhere presently amongst kids. I have spoken to him about this as well (as much as I know). I am fairly sure that stuff such as ecstasy and acid has reduced in popularity but I know that there are other pharmaceutical pills and whatnot around.
I know that, the more you tell kids to stop things, the more they are going to want to do it. As I say though, I do think it is important not to condone drug use or boozing at this age, to warn against the dangers and give information about what is around. This is pretty much all my parents could and did do and I still went and did stupid stuff. Have I got anymore chance with my child to stop him possibly harming myself?
The boy is now 15. When I was 15, I was smoking, drinking booze and dabbling with dope. I am not stupid, I know that he is trying some combination of these now or will fairly soon. I know, to a certain extent, that there is nothing I can do about it. I am certainly not, however, one of these parents that tries to be his friends and overtly condone him doing any of this. He has, like I did, a lot of freedom and, like I did, will go out in the morning and not come back until later that night. Lots of time to indulge in whatever. I have obviously had the talks with him about booze, drugs etc. and, to an extent, have a lot of faith in the foundations of his upbringing that will, God willing, keep him away from purposefully doing some thing too stupid.
However, if it were just dope, booze and fags, I would feel a little bit more secure. I know that skink is much stronger than it was when I was a kid but it is, at least, not an immediate danger. I do know that there are different things around such as nitreous oxide which is everywhere presently amongst kids. I have spoken to him about this as well (as much as I know). I am fairly sure that stuff such as ecstasy and acid has reduced in popularity but I know that there are other pharmaceutical pills and whatnot around.
I know that, the more you tell kids to stop things, the more they are going to want to do it. As I say though, I do think it is important not to condone drug use or boozing at this age, to warn against the dangers and give information about what is around. This is pretty much all my parents could and did do and I still went and did stupid stuff. Have I got anymore chance with my child to stop him possibly harming myself?
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