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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. It is getting to the point where if they are home I have to make sure my kids are inside. The houses in my neighborhood are close together, and all the kids on the block just goof off/ play sports in the adjorning yards, so having these neighbors sitting out there As for minimizing running over others' lawns, all the lawns that are used (including theirs) are with their permission.

The biggest thing is that it is sending a bad message to my kids, especially my 12 year old son (who is starting to be too old to watch everything he does), that smoking is fine, and even normal. I grew up, went to college, and lived for a while in Philadelphia, and one of the reasons I moved away (to DC) was that Philly was just full of smokers. That is not the way I want to live, and it is especially not the way I want to raise my kids.

It is really hard to deal with these new neighbors, as they are always asking us over and trying to talk with us when all we want to do is distance ourselves from them. We do not want to smell the inside of their health (bleeggh, cigarette smoke)...[/quote]This is not the last time your kids will be exposed to something you don't approve of.  Use it as a teaching experience with your kids but leave your poor neighbors alone.  You can't control everything in your kids' universe, which of course you are already realizing with your 12-year-old.  It's going to get much worse as the kids get older but it won't be your neighbors who are the bad influence, it will be your kids' friends.  That's how my kid started smoking - because she started joining the theater kids when they took breaks during rehearsals.  Thank god she has finally quit smoking.[/quote]

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