If you found your teen’s Vaping supplies would you confiscate?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My oldest became an example to the younger ones. Found her JUUL when she was 17. Cancelled her phone, took away the car, and told her to get a job and start looking for a place to live. She turned 18 two months later and was gone. Passed her the college bill a few months later, but since she couldn't pay it, she was disenrolled.

She was warned and had the option to heed the warning. But now she's free to vape and smoke every meal of the day if she wants.

She was vaping, so you kicked her out of the house and didn't pay for her college? And this is good, because why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My oldest became an example to the younger ones. Found her JUUL when she was 17. Cancelled her phone, took away the car, and told her to get a job and start looking for a place to live. She turned 18 two months later and was gone. Passed her the college bill a few months later, but since she couldn't pay it, she was disenrolled.

She was warned and had the option to heed the warning. But now she's free to vape and smoke every meal of the day if she wants.

That’s truly nuts! You never did anything as a teen? Good luck having a relationship with her or your grandkids in the future. I feel awful for her.

[Anonymous]

Yes along with extensive graphic research covering popcorn disease caused by these devices. ( lts as serious and bad as copd)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First time - I confiscated it and had a long talk.
Second time - I left it in its hiding place and monitored when it was missing so I could get an idea of how often it was being used and then confiscated it about two months later and had another talk.
Third time - DH found it in the car and left it.
Fourth time - I confiscated it when I walked in his room and he was stoned and it was out in the open in his room.
I have given up.

I get being tired. I don't get giving up.

Keep talking. Keep explaining how harmful it is to his lungs. And keep providing unpleasant concrete consequences for making the choice to do this to his body.
Your kid needs to know that he matters enough to you to care what he does to himself.

What you are saying sounds good, but I agree with the first poster. I have given up. We have talked and talked and talked. Our teen will not listen and is likely extremely addicted to nicotine now. He is also asthmatic, so it is even worse for his lungs. We tried everything. Everything. Absolutely nothing worked. We did not give him one red cent for over a year and threw away supplies many, many times. He somehow always manages to keep himself supplied. We had his doctors and therapist talk to him. He had all of his privileges revoked. Nothing matters more to him than his vaping. So we are not going to throw him out of the house, but he starts college next week and he will have to live in the dorms and with friends from now on. I am sick to death of finding his stupid pods in my house and listening to him whine about he doesnt have any money to do anything fun. He has chosen vaping and I honestly can not stand to watch anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First time - I confiscated it and had a long talk.
Second time - I left it in its hiding place and monitored when it was missing so I could get an idea of how often it was being used and then confiscated it about two months later and had another talk.
Third time - DH found it in the car and left it.
Fourth time - I confiscated it when I walked in his room and he was stoned and it was out in the open in his room.
I have given up.

I get being tired. I don't get giving up.

Keep talking. Keep explaining how harmful it is to his lungs. And keep providing unpleasant concrete consequences for making the choice to do this to his body.
Your kid needs to know that he matters enough to you to care what he does to himself.

What you are saying sounds good, but I agree with the first poster. I have given up. We have talked and talked and talked. Our teen will not listen and is likely extremely addicted to nicotine now. He is also asthmatic, so it is even worse for his lungs. We tried everything. Everything. Absolutely nothing worked. We did not give him one red cent for over a year and threw away supplies many, many times. He somehow always manages to keep himself supplied. We had his doctors and therapist talk to him. He had all of his privileges revoked. Nothing matters more to him than his vaping. So we are not going to throw him out of the house, but he starts college next week and he will have to live in the dorms and with friends from now on. I am sick to death of finding his stupid pods in my house and listening to him whine about he doesnt have any money to do anything fun. He has chosen vaping and I honestly can not stand to watch anymore.

This is kind of scary

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First time - I confiscated it and had a long talk.
Second time - I left it in its hiding place and monitored when it was missing so I could get an idea of how often it was being used and then confiscated it about two months later and had another talk.
Third time - DH found it in the car and left it.
Fourth time - I confiscated it when I walked in his room and he was stoned and it was out in the open in his room.
I have given up.

I get being tired. I don't get giving up.

Keep talking. Keep explaining how harmful it is to his lungs. And keep providing unpleasant concrete consequences for making the choice to do this to his body.
Your kid needs to know that he matters enough to you to care what he does to himself.

What you are saying sounds good, but I agree with the first poster. I have given up. We have talked and talked and talked. Our teen will not listen and is likely extremely addicted to nicotine now. He is also asthmatic, so it is even worse for his lungs. We tried everything. Everything. Absolutely nothing worked. We did not give him one red cent for over a year and threw away supplies many, many times. He somehow always manages to keep himself supplied. We had his doctors and therapist talk to him. He had all of his privileges revoked. Nothing matters more to him than his vaping. So we are not going to throw him out of the house, but he starts college next week and he will have to live in the dorms and with friends from now on. I am sick to death of finding his stupid pods in my house and listening to him whine about he doesnt have any money to do anything fun. He has chosen vaping and I honestly can not stand to watch anymore.

PP, I’m with you. I have twins and one is not into the vaping craze. She is focused on her sport and school work. None of her friends vape. Her brother is another story. We have talked to him so many times about it. I don’t smell the fruity aroma but I am still finding the juuls and pods occasionally. I just throw them in the trash and tell him if I find them, I’m throwing them in the trash where they belong. I check his room and backpack but they are stealthy in hiding stuff so I’m sure I miss things. He had a summer job and I could see his purchases on his debit cards from the alerts I get but he could still find a way to purchase or swap them. I’m just tired at this point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First time - I confiscated it and had a long talk.
Second time - I left it in its hiding place and monitored when it was missing so I could get an idea of how often it was being used and then confiscated it about two months later and had another talk.
Third time - DH found it in the car and left it.
Fourth time - I confiscated it when I walked in his room and he was stoned and it was out in the open in his room.
I have given up.

I get being tired. I don't get giving up.

Keep talking. Keep explaining how harmful it is to his lungs. And keep providing unpleasant concrete consequences for making the choice to do this to his body.
Your kid needs to know that he matters enough to you to care what he does to himself.

What you are saying sounds good, but I agree with the first poster. I have given up. We have talked and talked and talked. Our teen will not listen and is likely extremely addicted to nicotine now. He is also asthmatic, so it is even worse for his lungs. We tried everything. Everything. Absolutely nothing worked. We did not give him one red cent for over a year and threw away supplies many, many times. He somehow always manages to keep himself supplied. We had his doctors and therapist talk to him. He had all of his privileges revoked. Nothing matters more to him than his vaping. So we are not going to throw him out of the house, but he starts college next week and he will have to live in the dorms and with friends from now on. I am sick to death of finding his stupid pods in my house and listening to him whine about he doesnt have any money to do anything fun. He has chosen vaping and I honestly can not stand to watch anymore.

Different poster here --
I'm really, really sorry.

Were there any medication options, like Zyban to fight the nicotine addiction, or even something stronger like Vivitrol to stop the addiction? Do you know if he was self-medicating for anything, like ADHD? Not that you can force him, especially if he's 18 or soon to be. I just wondered if there were medical options. My heart breaks for you, though.

[Anonymous]

Have any of you introduced your child to a late stage lung cancer victim? If so, did it have any impact?

[Anonymous]

How many of the kids that are vaping are athletes?

[Anonymous]

I absolutely would confiscate the vaping supplies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have any of you introduced your child to a late stage lung cancer victim? If so, did it have any impact?

NP. I also have a teen vaper. He started because his friends were doing it and he wanted to be able to focus on school work late at night (he does have ADHD and was not medicated). It worked, a little bit too well and now he is addicted. We are having lots of conversations and have met with his pediatrician. The pediatrician is not that concerned about this lungs at this point -- vaping Juuls doesn't impact your lungs like cigarette smoking and it isn't clear if Juuls have the chemicals that cause popcorn lungs. At this point, his lungs are clear. The pediatrician wants him to choose between ADHD medication and nicotine as both are stimulants but after that meeting DS confided that many of his ADHD friends are doing both. He is trying to decide which one to do. DS is 18 and recognizing though that vaping isn't all that cool of a habit as he ages. It is a tough problem, I did confiscate the items prior to his 18th birthday when I found them.

[Anonymous]

Pp this is interesting my son has adhd too

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First time - I confiscated it and had a long talk.
Second time - I left it in its hiding place and monitored when it was missing so I could get an idea of how often it was being used and then confiscated it about two months later and had another talk.
Third time - DH found it in the car and left it.
Fourth time - I confiscated it when I walked in his room and he was stoned and it was out in the open in his room.
I have given up.

Do you think a lot of kids are vaping weed/thc? Just curious if vaping nicotine leads to vaping weed often?

Does smoking cigarettes lead to smoking weed? There's your answer (hint: No, because the "gateway drug" argument is a massive, steaming pile of horse manure).

It’s not though. I have several friends and family members in re overt they all said they tried things they wouldn’t have because they were high on weed. Those other substances were what lead to their addiction (cocaine, meth, opioids)

Your friends "graduated to the hard stuff" because they wanted to. At most, the fact that they had to get weed from a pusher instead of a legit shop gave them more of an opportunity to try other drugs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My oldest became an example to the younger ones. Found her JUUL when she was 17. Cancelled her phone, took away the car, and told her to get a job and start looking for a place to live. She turned 18 two months later and was gone. Passed her the college bill a few months later, but since she couldn't pay it, she was disenrolled.

She was warned and had the option to heed the warning. But now she's free to vape and smoke every meal of the day if she wants.

I really hope this is a troll post, or at least that there is more to the story than just vaping. If not, you are a freaking monster if this is your approach to discipline.

[Anonymous]

Pp totally agree. Awful!