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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.  
[b]I have given up.[/b] [/quote]

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.

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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.  [/quote]

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.  [/quote]

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