for the parents here..

have you or would you let you child when say 15 to 16 have a drink or few of alcohol or smoke some weed with you?
Seems to be a mixed bag type of thing. Many of my mates who are parents straight out refuse to do that and thats cool and whatever.
My parents let me have some drinks and some weed when I was 15 but only when they were around and only at the house.
Their logic being if you're going to do it, at least they would be there to know we were safe

thoughts?

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TexChik · F

We do not . Neither of our kids has reached 15 yet . My husband and I do not partake in illegal substances ( weed is illegal in Texas) and neither of us smoke . As for alcohol, when we are at the farm with lots of folks I can imagine they have snuck a frozen margarita or sangria out of one of the machines when we have them running . At home lots of people are peddling fentanyl laced street drugs and we had an issue with my son and that but got it stopped. Being a good parent is tough. Kids don’t have our common sense or experience. To be a good parent you have to be a tyrant at times . They can hate me for all the things I protected them from . They will definitely be alive and well if the choose to do that . 🤷🏻‍♀️