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| *JollyVolly | May 31 2009, 07:46 AM Post #1 |
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Scary Shit If you've got teenage kids, this is scary to read. I don't think either of my kids would ever do anything so stupid.....but I guess other parents thought the same thing and were wrong. So do you drug test your kids....even if there is no indication that they are using? Edited by JollyVolly, May 31 2009, 07:48 AM.
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| *TennesseeTuxedo | May 31 2009, 08:39 AM Post #2 |
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When we grew up, parents worried more about alcohol and pot. Now parents have to be concerned about virtually anything from meth, heroin, and smoking candy cigarettes. You can't protect your kids forever. You have to teach them better before they get ahold of this stuff. |
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| *JollyVolly | May 31 2009, 09:48 AM Post #3 |
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But as I said......you never know.....My kids and I probably talk about drugs and stuff weekly....not some formal sit....just about kids they know that do drugs and what's going on in the world. They will talk about damn near ANYTHING except what's going on in their personal lives....crushes they have or who's texting them or whatever. No matter what you've done though.....it causes concern to read stuff like that. |
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| *Zippy | May 31 2009, 09:50 AM Post #4 |
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I dont think there is a parent on the planet who thinks their kids could do anything so stupid...yet many kids do exactly that. I have a friend who's son is in rehab now for Heroin, and it's not at all a family you would guess would have a problem like this. One of the better schools in the state, very well-to-do, close family, etc. It can happen to anyone. No, I dont think you drug test your kids if there is no indication that they are using. I say this because there is always indication when someone is using. Particularly with heroin, cocaine and meth. Talking to your kids and paying attention to their lives is the best way to see problems |
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| *JollyVolly | May 31 2009, 10:34 AM Post #5 |
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Well, I'm doing that. It's kind of man on man coverage. I spend a LOT of time with my son with baseball and my wife spends a LOT of time with my daughter with cheerleading and we all talk a lot, but as you say about your friend, you can do a good job and still have bad things happen. |
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| *Zippy | May 31 2009, 11:52 AM Post #6 |
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Burning Man, 2009 FOREVER
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Yeah, he and his wife certainly did everything right. The truth is, you just cant completely control your kids. I hope I'm going to be able to sorta just point mine in the right direction...and my wife does a good guilt trip. |
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| gallavol | May 31 2009, 01:28 PM Post #7 |
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I think the point here is that just because you are upper middle class and do all the right things for and with your kids, this drug can find them. More middle class kids are turning up dead or addicted to heroin because its the new "in" thing to do for that class of kids and it is cheaper than it has ever been. Whereas the getto kids have been around it all their lives and know the very real reasons to avoid it This is a complete shift in the paradigm of drug addiction. It doesn't get as much play as the problem warrants. |
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