That's your teen, not mine (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/the-hot-button/pot-booze-thats-your-teen-not-mine-parents-say-in-new-study/article2162614/)
Parents understimate their kids' consumption of alcohol and drugs, but overestimate that of other teens, new study says.
I'm shocked, shocked to learn this. ;)
I don't know how many times I head a parent talk of their kid as "he's very easily influenced by his friends". Yeah right. Always the angel.
Quote from: viper37 on September 15, 2011, 12:24:57 PM
I don't know how many times I head a parent talk of their kid as "he's very easily influenced by his friends". Yeah right. Always the angel.
You should hear how often those words are spoken in youth court. :lol:
In my immediate family we are quite open with these kinds of things. We often ended up discussing during lunches and dinners who was how high on what or how many months this other guy spent on a mental institution after his brain could cope no more. Outsiders joining these reunions were scandalized and could not fail decrying the companies we kept, claiming their children would never be allowed to join such a dodgy crowd. Invariably, shortly after these statements, I would meet their children on a club, high as kites on all kinds of shit. :lol:
I suspect my parents overestimated my consumption of pot or alcohol. They probably thought I'd at least experiment with it.
Quote from: Iormlund on September 15, 2011, 01:23:54 PM
Invariably, shortly after these statements, I would meet their children on a club, high as kites on all kinds of shit. :lol:
You met Malthus? ;) :D
Quote from: viper37 on September 15, 2011, 02:58:10 PM
Quote from: Barrister on September 15, 2011, 12:30:11 PM
Invariably, shortly after these statements, I would meet their children on a club, high as kites on all kinds of shit. :lol:
You met Malthus? ;) :D
:ultra: :ultra: :ultra:
Quote from: Razgovory on September 15, 2011, 02:40:03 PM
I suspect my parents overestimated my consumption of pot or alcohol. They probably thought I'd at least experiment with it.
This is me. I know they've done drugs because I've caught them with drugs in their possession. (I'm talking about the elder two.) I've also caught them stoned innumerable times because they're not very bright, or think I'm not. Either way, I always assume that they are the ones being the "bad influence" and treat them accordingly. Anymore, they just tell me when they're doing stuff they're not supposed to because they couldn't take lying to me anymore, and they were in trouble for doing it when they weren't, so it made more sense to just tell me.
The younger two, on the other hand, I KNOW have not done either. Jeremy is terrified it will screw up his diabetes, and Riley is afraid she'll end up like her elder brothers. At the same time, I would never blame another child if my kids did stupid stuff. If they're stupid enough to be "pressured" into doing it with others, then they deserve to be treated like an idiot and kept home.
Quote from: Razgovory on September 15, 2011, 02:40:03 PM
I suspect my parents overestimated my consumption of pot or alcohol. They probably thought I'd at least experiment with it.
I have. They don't really work.
Quote from: merithyn on September 15, 2011, 03:51:40 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on September 15, 2011, 02:40:03 PM
I suspect my parents overestimated my consumption of pot or alcohol. They probably thought I'd at least experiment with it.
This is me. I know they've done drugs because I've caught them with drugs in their possession. (I'm talking about the elder two.) I've also caught them stoned innumerable times because they're not very bright, or think I'm not. Either way, I always assume that they are the ones being the "bad influence" and treat them accordingly. Anymore, they just tell me when they're doing stuff they're not supposed to because they couldn't take lying to me anymore, and they were in trouble for doing it when they weren't, so it made more sense to just tell me.
The younger two, on the other hand, I KNOW have not done either. Jeremy is terrified it will screw up his diabetes, and Riley is afraid she'll end up like her elder brothers. At the same time, I would never blame another child if my kids did stupid stuff. If they're stupid enough to be "pressured" into doing it with others, then they deserve to be treated like an idiot and kept home.
How do you have four parents?
Quote from: viper37 on September 15, 2011, 02:58:10 PM
Quote from: Barrister on September 15, 2011, 12:30:11 PM
Invariably, shortly after these statements, I would meet their children on a club, high as kites on all kinds of shit. :lol:
You met Malthus? ;) :D
Yeah, BB was doin' rails off some hooker's tits in the washroom at the back of the club when I stumbled in ... fucker didn't even offer me some. :D
Rails *or* tits
Those pleats are caked with a melange of coke and bodily crust.
My parents didn't give a shit.
I used to smoke pot with my mom. She was dating a coke fiend at the time. Yeah, I'm the bad influence.
Quote from: merithyn on September 15, 2011, 03:51:40 PM
The younger two, on the other hand, I KNOW have not done either. Jeremy is terrified it will screw up his diabetes, and Riley is afraid she'll end up like her elder brothers. At the same time, I would never blame another child if my kids did stupid stuff. If they're stupid enough to be "pressured" into doing it with others, then they deserve to be treated like an idiot and kept home.
you're not such a bad mom :)
Quote from: Barrister on September 15, 2011, 03:00:38 PM
Quote from: viper37 on September 15, 2011, 02:58:10 PM
Quote from: Barrister on September 15, 2011, 12:30:11 PM
Invariably, shortly after these statements, I would meet their children on a club, high as kites on all kinds of shit. :lol:
You met Malthus? ;) :D
:ultra: :ultra: :ultra:
sorry bro, bad quote :(
Quote from: viper37 on September 16, 2011, 10:21:40 AM
Quote from: merithyn on September 15, 2011, 03:51:40 PM
The younger two, on the other hand, I KNOW have not done either. Jeremy is terrified it will screw up his diabetes, and Riley is afraid she'll end up like her elder brothers. At the same time, I would never blame another child if my kids did stupid stuff. If they're stupid enough to be "pressured" into doing it with others, then they deserve to be treated like an idiot and kept home.
you're not such a bad mom :)
:lol:
I never thought I was, but thanks nonetheless.
Quote from: Razgovory on September 15, 2011, 02:40:03 PM
I suspect my parents overestimated my consumption of pot or alcohol. They probably thought I'd at least experiment with it.
My mom, I think, has a fairly accurate idea of how much alcohol I used to drink, but probably overestimates my current consumption. She, I believe, thinks that I'll have a beer or 2 every month or so, but in fact the only alcohol I've had all year is a bottle of wine that a co-worker gave me for Christmas that aa and I split on New Year's Day. Actually, we only had a glass each and threw the rest out--it was some cheap, nasty crap.
OTOH, I think she figures that I used to smoke pot now and then, but in fact I never have.