tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31943569.post7792590413570833631..comments2024-01-28T07:29:31.518-08:00Comments on ONLINE PARENTING COACH: Is Your Teenager Smoking Marijuana?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31943569.post-48118100129109866902011-10-16T18:56:29.882-07:002011-10-16T18:56:29.882-07:00The only question here is, is cannabis smoking let...The only question here is, is cannabis smoking lethal or otherwise destructive? Aside from the fleeting thoughts of involuntary blabs, of course. Yet again, the addiction posed by marijuana can lead to bad circumstances all parents must avoid.drug rehab new yorkhttp://www.seafieldcenter.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31943569.post-25771123370842198962011-09-13T18:19:10.950-07:002011-09-13T18:19:10.950-07:00I understand your situation because I too have a 1...I understand your situation because I too have a 15 yr old that makes the grades, takes advanced courses, plays high school sports and thinks it is ok to smoke pot with his friends. I am ZERO TOLERANCE! Marijuana is illegal! Breaking the law is breaking the law-no excuses. Everyone has to deal with making choices in their lives, kids need to learn to start making smart choices now while we are there to help them. As adults it only gets harder. My son is still messing up, but he know the consequences from me if he chooses to make the wrong choice. I am not going to give in. My stance is ZERO TOLERANCE.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31943569.post-69438760964696160772011-09-01T13:13:44.317-07:002011-09-01T13:13:44.317-07:00My son who will turn 17 in October smokes pot, and...My son who will turn 17 in October smokes pot, and has been since he started high school. He is totally honest about his periodic use. Because of his honestly we have only administered two drug tests and both of the tests results were negative. In my discussions with him he confirms he does not smoke on a daily basis. I was not able to confirm if this is weekly or just a few times a month when he is with his friends. According to him, ALL his friends are smoking. I have taken away a cash supply to prevent his purchases and since he has very little money I have to believe this behavior is mostly recreational. According to him he doesn't drink, he doesn't like it, and his "drug" of choice is weed. He likes it and has no intention of never smoking it and has no desire to be a "goody-too-shoes" which is what he thinks I want him to be.<br /><br />He knows after 90 days the substance is totally out his system, so when he begins applying for jobs and/or colleges he knows he will have to abstain to pass drug tests. He told me once he starts working he will probably stop smoking, at least for awhile and most likely, when he is out of high school he will not have a desire to smoke anymore. <br /><br /> <br /><br />I've had repeated conversations with him and I'm convinced as an adult he will make every attempt to have lawmakers legalize marijuana in every state or he will move to a state where it is legal. He has done his own research and every argument about the health risks I throw at him he has a counter argument about how the health risks are not true. He knows many adults smoke pot and many believe it should be legal and in some states it his so it's difficult for me to dispute the negative effects of it when most of society has a different viewpoint.<br /><br /> <br /><br />He currently is not employed because his high basketball schedule is pretty intense. His grades as sophomore were horrible but he assures me this year he plans in making a huge improvement in his grades. The school year just began a week ago so time will tell.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Aside from his pot smoking and occasional disrespect he's a good kid. He keeps his room clean, does his own laundry, mows the lawn and when he uses one of cars returns it on-time and follows curfew most of the time and he has plan for his future.<br /><br /> <br /><br />As a parent of teenagers today, is it unreasonable to expect zero tolerance? Where can I find honest, unbiased information about the health risks, addictions etc? How many teens smoked a lot of pot in high school that are now productive young adult members of society?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31943569.post-44867420604813529322011-08-24T13:07:36.783-07:002011-08-24T13:07:36.783-07:00So now we are back in school and my son, who is a ...So now we are back in school and my son, who is a Junior in high school was sent home from school because he feel asleep in first period and looked sickly. Turns out that he admitted to me that he had smoked pot...wasn't the first time he said but he thinks there was absolutely nothing wrong with it because he did not hurt anyone. We told him that it was illegal, period, and house rule is that no alcohol or drugs, period. Three day discipline is in its second day, and he still has a "screw you" attitude....he was doing pretty good so far in school and was talking about making good grades this year, etc. Then this happens and he refuses to bring all of his books home and keep up with homework, all I am sure to get our goat. He is too stuck in his defiance to realize that he is hurting himself, not us. So finally to my question. He gets phone and computer back tomorrow, but I told him that his driving was a privilege and if he wants to drive to school again as he was before then he need to earn that back. Am I right in doing this. Reading through all of your writings I want to make this a discipline, not a punishment. Is it right to make him earn the car back for this offense, or am I turning an inconvenience into a catastrophy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31943569.post-7773411927276523232011-07-04T17:46:24.588-07:002011-07-04T17:46:24.588-07:00My 2 boys, 22 and 18, both claim pot turns off the...My 2 boys, 22 and 18, both claim pot turns off the "hell in their (professionally diagnosed) Asperger heads".....and they don't know how to live without it. Oldest got in legal trouble and must now avoid it. Youngest found that suddenly it made him paranoid rather than relaxed and he now avoids it as well and never leaves his room unless a doctor's appointment (at 18 - gave up his car, his drivers insurance, etc.....anxiety out the room, despite being on anxiety medication, mood stabilizer and ADHD medication diagnosed with "life disabling ADHD combined type".<br /><br />Oldest, 22, despite being a sports scholarship straight A college student, has lived on pot since age 18 (now 22) and is struggling now with how to live...as he is legally under drug testing now.....pot destroyed his life...he got to smoking so much he did things to afford it and then enter the law......<br /><br />A DAN! doc (Defeat Autism Now) saw both boys and stated that pot does help so many aspies BUT in aspies, it has a greater potential for a psychotic episode, and as such, he doesn't recommend it.) Oldest was just diagnosed bipolar on top of everything else.....our life is not fun. AS specialists say we cannot kick our boys out, as they will become the homeless of America....neither boy has much executive functioning, both are extremely mind blind and alexithymic......but something has to give.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com