<p>why is letting your teen get high in the house the only other choice?</p>
<p>as a parent we hopefully guide our children thru each developmental stage, with age appropriate supports, so for instance when we are raising toddlers, it is a typical thing to childproof one’s home, to reduce the risks that the child will out of curiosity stick his finger in an electrical outlet, or bang her head on a glass cocktail table. Now little kids like exploring and experimenting with their environments, should we let them take those chances and not childproof our homes to “prevent accidents” that could be tragic. at the same time, we offer our toddlers trips to the playground, finger paints, board books, and music to dance to so they really don’t miss the electric sockets too much.</p>
<p>when we are raising teenagers, it is a typical thing to limit certain things being available, we ask our teens to leave the door open when entertaining in their room, we talk with them to help them develop their own values, encourage their exploration of life as safely as possible. Now we can’t “teen proof” the world, but I can tell you that I will teen proof my home, and no they will not be safer drinking pr getting high with my supervision. they will be safer putting off those choices and exploring other exciting things…hopefully by say 16 they’ve discovered a few activities, hobbies that they find more interesting than getting high for the sake of getting high.</p>
<p>oh and I’m curious, do you actually like getting high, drinking, with your mom looking in on you. I would find that really weird. as a parent it would seem like watching my toddler drinking floor cleaner and checking on him to be sure he hasn’t passed out.</p>