Reply to 14 and 15 year olds- sex and drugs? Tell other parents or not?

Forum Index » Elementary School-Aged Kids

Reply to "14 and 15 year olds- sex and drugs? Tell other parents or not?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gain your child's trust. My son has realized over his years in high school that I'm here to support him and help him with whatever he needs and that I'm not here to be a ruthless detective. Some may disagree with me, but I truly think marijuana is harmless. Indeed, it can be a "gateway" drug, and it can be overused, but these things only happen when the user has some sort of social insecurity or high level of anxiety. Pot smoked in moderation, socially, is fine by me. I've also been okay with beer pong, so long as absolutely NOBODY who drinks drives. My son just graduated from a DC private, is playing varsity ball at a top 
NESCAC school, and is very focused and happy. I attribute a lot of that to the fact that my husband and I let him make his own choices; in doing that, he learned a lot about himself. I'm also at ease because he is honest; he even told me he tried ecstasy when he went to Europe with his friends this summer. Yeah, I'm ready for the angry replies to this post about how dangerous all these substances are, but I stand by my viewpoint that experimenting is fine. I guess the point of this rambling and somewhat incoherent post is that the most important thing is to make sure your teenager understands that you're on his/her side. Mutual trust is truly the best way of keeping up with what's going on with your kid[/quote]

Mutual trust is important and so is being a parent NOT a friend.  Friendly parent but not a peer.   Who is going to ensure that no one drives?  Girls and beer pong with random BJ's in the furnace room. Ever hear the summer story about the guy who had sex with 1 of a group of friends at a beach hook-up and 2 weeks later walked through a party twirling a condom getting ready to do her friend out on the lawn?    [/quote]

wtf....?[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics