Encouraging daughter to give the marijuana a rest?

[Anonymous]

There is little stigma with using THC now. Your DD likely loves being the cool kid now. It's becoming ingrained into her identity. Your family may have likely normalized the THC culture in your home. All amount of cool THC social media influences and propaganda aimed at teens/ young adults is though the roof and hard to avoid now.

How is your kid getting their THC? Are they paying for it? Who is supplying them? Where do they buy it? Where do they keep it? Where do they use it?

I would do a dual parent intervention and revoke privileges while she lives at home and continue to counsel her.

Bring up studies that indicate all the problems they are discovering with THC usage. You may have to resort to more than gentle parenting techniques.

[Anonymous]

My 16 yr old developed psychosis from smoking weed. It’s not the same as the weed back in the day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate the stuff with a passion - but every two weeks? How old is she?

I don't see how her smoking every couple of weeks is any different than kids drinking on Friday nights in high school.

This is not to say I condone underage substance use. I don't. But it's going to happen. It's best to talk through responsible use, safety, how it impacts school, work, relationships, money.

Omg people. Teens drinking is not ok either. Alcohol and weed are not good for teens with developing brains.
It is possible and better for them to get through those years without it.

I’ve known a lot of low lifes who complain about how hard life is and have zero accountability and are constantly making excuses for not being successful or self sufficient. Marijuana use is a common denominator.
I may try it when I don’t need to be productive any more, which looks to be about age 70.

Sure, there might be some people who use sometimes without adverse affects but that is not the norm.

I never said it was OK. I said it is very common and parents can't stop it. They can only help their kids make wiser decisions.

Parents can stop it and also prevent it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate the stuff with a passion - but every two weeks? How old is she?

I don't see how her smoking every couple of weeks is any different than kids drinking on Friday nights in high school.

This is not to say I condone underage substance use. I don't. But it's going to happen. It's best to talk through responsible use, safety, how it impacts school, work, relationships, money.

Omg people. Teens drinking is not ok either. Alcohol and weed are not good for teens with developing brains.
It is possible and better for them to get through those years without it.

I’ve known a lot of low lifes who complain about how hard life is and have zero accountability and are constantly making excuses for not being successful or self sufficient. Marijuana use is a common denominator.
I may try it when I don’t need to be productive any more, which looks to be about age 70.

Sure, there might be some people who use sometimes without adverse affects but that is not the norm.

I never said it was OK. I said it is very common and parents can't stop it. They can only help their kids make wiser decisions.

You seem to be operating under the assumption that it is inevitable. Parents might not be able to stop it, but their words and actions can certainly affect the outcome.

[Anonymous]

If this is a serious enough problem that you’re posting here you need to reframe your outlook on this. Lose the “gentle parenting“ and “encourage her to give it a rest“ attitude and verbage. This is a hill you die on. All the posters saying that today’s weed is not the same as what was around when you were growing up are correct. This will derail her adulthood. Correct this now, any way you have to. Adjust privileges, get a therapist, switch schools if you have to. But ignore this at your peril. - MD

[Anonymous]

OP sounds AI generated.

[Anonymous]

Dcum is terrible when it comes to weed. These replies are funny.

I've had THC in my system the past 13 years. Heck, I just took a dab 10 minutes ago. I'm fine. Yes it can have some negative effects on a developing brain, but those effects are not severe, alcohol would be much more damaging. A few times a month will not permanently alter her brain.

[Anonymous]

this episode of Ask Lisa may help

https://drlisadamour.com/resource/how-do-i-get-my-teen-to-give-up-weed/