Vaping rant

[Anonymous]

Teenager has had persistent cold/sore throat/sinus/ear infection drama for almost a month and a half. We’ve had 5 doctor appointments about this. Missed a lot of school. Pediatrician, urgent care, ENT. I find out today that she has been heavily vaping this whole time. Husband suspected it but I buried my head in the sand because I didn’t have proof and wanted to hope for the best. Now I’m irate. Mostly at myself for being so stupid.

[Anonymous]

You let her miss school so she could sit at home and vape, that’s hilarious!

[Anonymous]

Is it that nobody (you, school, docs) asked her? Or that y'all asked if she was smoking/vaping and she lied?

[Anonymous]

How did you find out? What is she vaping? Did you test for all d rugs?

[Anonymous]

I recently found out my DD’s canker sores were really vape mouth. So mad.

[Anonymous]

Sounds vile.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I recently found out my DD’s canker sores were really vape mouth. So mad.

Someone sent me screenshots of her on a social media account talking about how they are constantly vaping.

What did you do about it?

Child is almost an adult. I feel pretty powerless here. Stopped allowance. At the very least I’m not paying for this.

[Anonymous]

Do you think she’ll learn from this situation herself?

Vaping —> painful and ugly sore

Quitting vaping —> better

Don’t underestimate kids ability to learn stuff.

I feel like.. when I point stuff out to my dd, she doesn’t learn the lesson. She’ll object and make excuses. Plenty of times if I back off, she learns.

[Anonymous]

My daughter had the canker sores. I don’t know what to do. She has been grounded and we tried to share realistic, gross info about what this stuff is doing to her but so many of her friends are doing this stuff at school, right after school, etc.

If a teen gets cut off too much from their friend group that can be dangerous for mental health.

[Anonymous]

I'm so sorry. You're not alone. One of my kids was a pretty heavy user. We had our heads in the sand for a while.

It's an absolute epidemic. My DC seems to have tapered off a bit ... maybe because he can't afford it? We just keep trying to convey how terrible it is for them. I do wonder if your daughter's lingering illnesses will spark a realization that she's harming her health.

[Anonymous]

Tell her she’s going to school feeling like crap then. She isn’t contagious. She’s trashing her sinuses and respiratory system so she can deal with the discomfort. Don’t let her miss school anymore when she wakes up feeling bad. Have fun vaping and feeling like crap at schoooool

[Anonymous]

You don’t need a doctor, you need a drugdog.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tell her she’s going to school feeling like crap then. She isn’t contagious. She’s trashing her sinuses and respiratory system so she can deal with the discomfort. Don’t let her miss school anymore when she wakes up feeling bad. Have fun vaping and feeling like crap at schoooool

I mean ... this is how high school is now. The "popular" kids hang out in the bathrooms, vaping. Normal kids can't or won't even go in there. Sometimes I see kids I knew when they were little and they look like wasted 40-year-olds. It is really taking a toll.

[Anonymous]

It’s so addictive. I’m sorry!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My daughter had the canker sores. I don’t know what to do. She has been grounded and we tried to share realistic, gross info about what this stuff is doing to her but so many of her friends are doing this stuff at school, right after school, etc.

If a teen gets cut off too much from their friend group that can be dangerous for mental health.

I wouldn’t give a flying flip about her so-called “mental health” when she is destroying her physical health in this way.