Vaping rant

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Take the phone/iPad/car keys too. I’d go nuclear over this and my kids know it.

[Anonymous]

apparently the majority of tween and teens are vaping delta 8, it's no mystery why all these vape shops are opening near schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I’m the pp and I’m a high school teacher. I know exactly how it is. Op should stop coddling her and send her to school with her popcorn lung. Quit letting her stay home because of her stupid pen!

[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.

Quit being such a pansy. This will quickly spin out of control if you don’t learn how to grow a backbone, and soon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Quit being such a pansy. This will quickly spin out of control if you don’t learn how to grow a backbone, and soon.

Yeah that kid is doomed. Mom is convinced her mental health can’t withstand any consequences.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Quit being such a pansy. This will quickly spin out of control if you don’t learn how to grow a backbone, and soon.

We grounded her for 6 weeks, took her debit card away, checked every inch of her room, took away driving privileges. The issue is she can’t stay grounded forever and ALL of her friends are into this stuff.

Professional advice is to build back what they are allowed to do and make sure you convey you still love them. Boundaries and emotional support supposedly works better than punishment I can’t somehow make her live the rest of her teen years friendless or somehow get her all new friends. Tough to navigate….

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Quit being such a pansy. This will quickly spin out of control if you don’t learn how to grow a backbone, and soon.

We grounded her for 6 weeks, took her debit card away, checked every inch of her room, took away driving privileges. The issue is she can’t stay grounded forever and ALL of her friends are into this stuff.

Professional advice is to build back what they are allowed to do and make sure you convey you still love them. Boundaries and emotional support supposedly works better than punishment I can’t somehow make her live the rest of her teen years friendless or somehow get her all new friends. Tough to navigate….

I notice you didn't mention removing the phone.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Quit being such a pansy. This will quickly spin out of control if you don’t learn how to grow a backbone, and soon.

We grounded her for 6 weeks, took her debit card away, checked every inch of her room, took away driving privileges. The issue is she can’t stay grounded forever and ALL of her friends are into this stuff.

Professional advice is to build back what they are allowed to do and make sure you convey you still love them. Boundaries and emotional support supposedly works better than punishment I can’t somehow make her live the rest of her teen years friendless or somehow get her all new friends. Tough to navigate….

I would work harder to break up these damaging “friendships.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Quit being such a pansy. This will quickly spin out of control if you don’t learn how to grow a backbone, and soon.

We grounded her for 6 weeks, took her debit card away, checked every inch of her room, took away driving privileges. The issue is she can’t stay grounded forever and ALL of her friends are into this stuff.

Professional advice is to build back what they are allowed to do and make sure you convey you still love them. Boundaries and emotional support supposedly works better than punishment I can’t somehow make her live the rest of her teen years friendless or somehow get her all new friends. Tough to navigate….

I notice you didn't mention removing the phone.

+1. Also OP is way too vested in therapy-speak. “Emotional support,” “boundaries,” “mental health.” She is allowing her daughter to manipulate her instead of using common sense.

OP this vaping absolutely must stop. Start there and work backwards and stop with the excuses. You’re being a wimp, not a mother.

[Anonymous]

Are the sores viruses from sharing pens or like burns or blisters?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are the sores viruses from sharing pens or like burns or blisters?

They’re sores from the vapor you’re constantly inhaling . Like canker sores

[Anonymous]

I'm so sorry OP. This sounds horrible. I hope you get her the help she needs to stop.

[Anonymous]

It has been proven that the whole tough love and total abstinence approach to stopping substance abuse doesn’t work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It has been proven that the whole tough love and total abstinence approach to stopping substance abuse doesn’t work.

Really? Proven by whom?

[Anonymous]

Some of the research

https://nida.nih.gov/research-topics/harm-reduction