
Have a 15 year old. He has been caught out several times smoking pot. We have made it clear this isn't acceptable.- We live in an area that goes out of the way to punish possession of pot pretty severely.- He's playing football and smoking will get you kicked off the team.- His grades aren't what they need to be, lots of C's when he is more than capable of getting A's.- He isn't taking care of his responsibilities (missing workouts, etc.)We recently took in a 16 year old boy as well who didn't have a place. For the most part, he's a good kid. Last night, we found them smoking pot together in his room. I'm really angry about this. I don't want cigarettes smoked, much less pot in the house. Plus, there have been a lot of kids over to the house lately and now I'm worried that they might have been sharing it with other kids here. I also think it's not much of a leap for either or both of them to start dealing it because of the crowd the older one was hanging with.I'm concerned about several things - this isn't just like having a beer at a friends. If they are smoking here at home, what are they trying to escape? There are a lot of downsides here. My 15 year old has said "it's not that bad, it's legal in other places... blah blah" but he's not of age, it isn't legal here and he's not taking care of his responsibilities.So because of the dishonesty and disrespecting our house, we've taken their phones and X-boxes. We have tried the no-drama approach but we have been ignored and there are no changes to his behavior. So it's time for something different.TL;DR - 15 yr old keeps smoking pot now they are doing it in the house and it's not acceptable to us. via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2vrLaYZ
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