grizz said:

Interesting question.

Hanky and I have a 6 year old daughter. No drugs are ever consumed in front of her, in fact, she has no idea what any of it is. At a friends once, a woman started packing a pipe in front of my daughter whom I removed from the situation. She'll find out about it all in her own good time and when she comes home with questions they will be answered honestly and openly.

Also, I very rarely indulge - and when I do - she is not around. There is ALWAYS someone 100% sober and in control at all times and I think that counts for alot. It's when both parents are completely off their rockers and devoid of any responsibilty when problems occur.

Our daughter is very bright, well adjusted and independant and extremely creative and artistically minded. I wouldn't have her any other way.

Anyways - just my POV for what it's worth.

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I know personally I would never put my daughter in a situation where any harm, whether physical or psychological could come to her.

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I hate to be busting your ovaries here, but.....
this is impossible, unless maybe you raise your daughter in a giant bubble like Bubble Boy or something.

Adamist said:

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I know personally I would never put my daughter in a situation where any harm, whether physical or psychological could come to her.

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I hate to be busting your ovaries here, but.....
this is impossible, unless maybe you raise your daughter in a giant bubble like Bubble Boy or something.

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grizz said:
I know personally I would never put my daughter in a situation where any harm, whether physical or psychological could come to her.

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I guess Catholic churchs are out of the question then.......

Dark_Star said:

grizz said:

I know personally I would never put my daughter in a situation where any harm, whether physical or psychological could come to her.

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I guess Catholic churchs are out of the question then.......

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I'm trying to read the whole thread before really replying, as people likely will cover most of what I will say anyway

paradis said:

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you wont be bothered to change a child's dipers as well even if you're stoned

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If this is the case, then you shouldn't smoke weed ever anyway. If smoking weed has the potential to make you so lazy that you would not even change your baby's dirty diaper, then you shouldn't be allowed anywhere near weed whether you have kids or not.

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And indeed, here is one!  THANK YOU.  Pot doesn't make you lazy.  Pot actually motivates me to do MORE :/.  Perhaps I am weird and have issues of my own, but...  I have *no* problem doing tasks at hand "under the influence".

And hey, maybe because they weren't my children (rather very younger siblings), but I found watching kids of greater than five years of age is immensely less difficult than watching kids of less than five years of age.  IMMENSELY.  Kids of five years and older can generally be trusted to read / listen to music / play with toys / watch tv all by themselves with a minimal amount of supervision.

Now, I'm NOT (that's NOT) saying that because of this you can hit level 3 and 4 trips...  By no means.  But really, you're likely experienced enough by the time you have kids that you can pop a few caps (level 1) or smoke a bowl now and again...  So long as you're not getting to a point more than you can handle.

It seems many people (and I've only read the first 50 posts or so, yet) seem to think for some reason your kids seeing you or being around you after smoking marijuana is going to scar them for life...  But they totally ignore alcohol because it's accepted.  Oh, but pot is ILLEGAL they scream - so is driving over the speed limit, and it's likely you and your parents did/do it .  But it's accepted.  Who is it accepted by?  "Society"

When I have kids, I hope to be in an enviornment where it is accepted that I may be toking...  Certainly I'm not blowing smoke in my kids' faces and acting like some beer-weed fratminded tool...  But I've been with (either alone or nearly alone) kids from ages of less than one month all the way up to age 10 while "under the influence" - and never had a problem, because I am responsible.

I grew up in two different households.  My dad and my stepmother - nothing went on there but alcohol, and mostly just dad, though big brother (that's me) would partake at dinner as well...  Stepdad and mother - semi-open pot-smoking house.  The bongs and other paraphenelia are kept out of the young ones' sight, partaken in a room they don't have access to, and well...  I must say that honestly my stepfather and I have spent a lot of time interacting and watching those kids whilst we were high.  I don't think we did any worse a job than if were were sober...  I think we did a BETTER job.  And I doubt the children were "freaked" out by us.  Meh.

I've got pages to read yet ^_^.  More later, possibly.