Vaping in class?
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Op I was so wrong and naïve about all of this. I truly did not think kids in 7th and 8th grade were doing this. Friends just told me their daughter was recently at a 7th grade party and both boys and girls were openly vaping. I thought we had a few years before we had to worry about this. Who knows what they’re putting in it. |
Anonymous
It is a gateway to other substances. True fact. If kids are already openly doing this in 7th, they will be the kids drinking, smoking pot, and who knows what else first. The parents are either clueless or don’t care that their kids already have a terrible reputation. |
Anonymous
How do you know if your kid is doing it? I am 99.9% sure my DS is not. I have combed his room just organizing clothes, etc., and the the worst thing I have found was a condom. His friends do not drink or do drugs. He is nerdy and mainly likes to see movies and other normal activities with friends. He's a great kid. I feel blessed. |
Anonymous
One down and half the people on this message board to go. |
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What do you mean? |
Anonymous
NP but I know exactly - poster means one parent who has finally woken up to the fact that vaping (and other activities) most certainly do go on amongst the middle school crowd and vaping is rampant in highschool - all high schools. I have kids at some of the most widely discussed and popular schools on this board and they see it amongst their peers at school (on campus and off during school hours and after school) and at parties and social events, all the time. And to the PP further up,. You arent blessed you are lucky, for now. Being lucky today doesn't ensure your kid will always be nerdy and stay away from this stuff. Many (most?) nerdy middle schoolers start dabbling and partaking by sophomore or junior year of HS. I'm lucky that neither of my kids seems attracted to it but its that - luck. I constantly have conversations, take their "social desire temperature," pay attention to what they and their friends are doing and posting on social media, etc... and yet I still know that kids at this age are very adept at hiding things from their parents - no matter how vigilant I am and how close I think we are. Teenagers will experiment with behaviors and substances that their parents dont approve. |
Anonymous
They are not all doing it. My child is not and none of their friends are doing it. In fact she said her friends were very uncomfortable at a party recently where 7th grade boys/girls were openly vaping. It was the first time her friends had seen anyone doing it. Most of the grade still is not vaping. It is the group of faster kids that all have boyfriends/girlfriends apparently. By no means is it most of the kids. Give some of these kids some credit and don’t assume that everyone is doing these things. Some kids are still pretty naïve and young at heart and don’t want to be around anything like this. |
Anonymous
PP here. No where ever have I said they are all vaping and I have followed this thread closely. Noone says "they are all" doing it. My middle-schooler and high-schooler aren't vaping either and they think its gross. But yes, there are midle school kids who do and it usually is the kids who are also drinking and hooking up and "dating" - aka the fast crowd. That, of course continues on in high school and more kids join in each year. What my high schooler (a rising senior who has been at same school since middle) found really surprising was that some of the kids who weren't in the fast crowd, who weren't "partying" in 8th or even 9th, did start dabbling in some of those behaviors in 10th and 11th. And many of these kids were not necessarily the kids one would think would do so. Each year of school its a new ballgame as to who your kid will be and who he/she will hang out with and what their friend group will do. Just stay aware and stay engaged with your kid. |
Anonymous
| Vaping and teen sex correlate. Be on guard for boys with their JUUL devices. |
Anonymous
hahahaha. Love this. "It is the group of faster kids that all have boyfriends/girlfriends apparently." |
Anonymous
Yeah I would agree with the poster that kids that have girlfriends/boyfriends at 11 or 12 are on the faster track. Based on our experience, the kids that were girl crazy at an early age were the ones that started to party first. The sooner they start to party, the more likely they are to start experimenting with other things like drugs. I agree with people that are concerned of finding out seventh graders are vaping. |
Anonymous
| Good vape shops like Giant Vapes or GypsyVapes won’t ever sell anything to people under 21, I think the reason is obvious: teenagers are not allowed to vape, and parents’ duty is to look after their kids and prevent them from smoking, vaping, alcohol drinking, drugs, etc. I can’t even imagine a good school where children freely vape or smoke. |
Anonymous
| Nah! Kids from prestigious schools in the area, with well respected families, and poised and polished upbringing? They don't know what vaping is. at least, not to my knowledge. |
Anonymous
| To answer OP's original question, a Juul can be palmed so that the device is not visible. The vapor is not smelly, like smoke. Depending on the light conditions in the room and the size of the pull one takes on the device, the vapor is not particularly visible as one exhales. That said, you couldn't puff on one like a cigarette and have it go unnoticed. You could definitely do it while your teacher writes on the board, passes papers to another part of the classroom, or focuses on her or her computer screen. |