Ive been smoking for a little more than half a year now, and im thinking about telling my parents about this hobby i very much enjoy. Is there a specific way i should break it to them? Like what should i say to make them more comfortable? Obviously im hoping theyre gonna be cool with it but what should i say or mention to convince them that it's okay? Or should i not tell them at all? (Im only 16)
My parents are really chill. Like, ive done some bad things that normal parents should ground their child for. But usually my parents are pretty chill about it as long as i talk with them and we have an understanding. My parents also smoke weed as well and they dont think i know so.. idrk u tell me
Hm, if you have a history of an open and honest relationship, it seems like a good idea to tell them. They will probably be a little bit concerned, but just be patient and calm. What is the worst that could happen? They might tell you that you can't do it in their house anymore. So what? My experience from being 16 says that if you want to do something, you'll find a way to do it anyway.
I feel like it be a big relief and take a lot of weight off my shoulders and quit hiding my true self lol i dont really know why else
Honestly, you should really wait a couple of years to smoke pot. Your brain is still developing. I know that you won't take this advice, and I didn't either when I was 16, but I feel obligated to offer it regardless.
I appreciate the advice but i dont know... i really like smoking pot... lol i dont do it too much either, probably just once a week i get high
in general i advise telling parents as little as possible.... however, its funny as an adult to realize what that funny stuff mom was smoking that she was trying to hide.... and years later i got it! and now i see my friends hide their consumption from their own kids!
I don't know your parents so I don't know what they will do. I smoked weed with my parents all the time when I was your age.
it sounds like you have a good relationship with your parents, to the point that they have raised you well enough to have a bad conscience when you are not honest with them. I think that having a bad conscience will hinder your growth a whole lot more than smoking pot will. so yea you should talk to them if it really weighs on you that much. keep a good conscience. plus that is something that will also benefit your character later in life too if you keep a good relationship with your parents. but you also run the risk of them not approving and then you doing it behind their back, which will damage your relationship and your conscience. if you do tell them, be sure to tell them how often. if its really only once a week that may work in your favor. i used to be terrified my parents would find out and ground me or something, but then when they found out they actually started funding my smoking habit! 0.o then they changed their mind about a year later and made me stop! 0.o
This in reality is the most wise answer. Smoking weed can mess with the development of the endocrine system, which is maturing during puberty. and this is one of the reasons negative connotations are still associated with it. I smoke daily and don't hide it from my kids. I don't blatantly smoke around them and stuff, but nor do I go out of my way to hide it and whenever asked, I have always been truthful about it drugs with them. Being anything less than 100% honest with your kids about drugs is setting them up for possible problems with drugs.
