How do your childen feel about your growing?

[The Hemp Goddess]

My kid wrinkles his nose, sneezes and then barks at me.
But that's pretty much it.

LOL--Mine, too.

My kids are grown and my grandkids are actually grown up too--21 and 18. However, we handled it kind of like Ston-loc, but this was way before "fight club". It was one of those things we did not talk about outside the family, like Uncle Pete's drinking, Aunt Cora's bankruptcy, or Great-grams dementia (we did not know about Alzheimer's in those days). I believe that we simply lived our lives more privately then, than we do now. I never understand when I buy things online, a little thing pops up asking if I want to "share" that information---why in the @#$% would anyone care if I bought a spice rack? For goodness sakes, not everyone needs to know every little thing about someone's day....I do not want you to text me a picture of your lunch....(end of rant).

On a lighter note, in the early 80s, I worked at a stock brokerage firm and one of the brokers was quite open with his young daughter. He did get worried though one day when she came home from school with something they had made from pipe cleaners. She proudly held it up and declared "Daddy, look what we made in school today with bong cleaners." He worried for days about getting a call from the school, but it never came. That always cracks me up.

 

[Rosebud]

It was tough on me when our daughter turned 40... holy crap, how could that be?

 

[Rosebud]

LOLTHG, i was just going to text you a pic of my coffee.

 

[WeedHopper]

Hey teach,,,, my Daddy says these are great Bong Cleaners. :rofl:

 

[N.E.wguy]

Word! I have a few pics that almost bring a tear to my eye of each of my girls out in the garden.. Aint posting them here, but if you could imagine a 5 and 8 yr old out watering 7' tall 8' around plants.... Thats about as amazing as mother nature gets...

Yep I have pics as well that are permanently imprinted in my mind of them running around OD plants sitting beside em and the plants are taller then them and stuff lol. Every good memory replaces a bad one in my mind.

Fortunately for me we have the right to grow, so that makes my situation similar to yours as not having to worry much.

I have a son that's 3, & a daughter is 7.

Does it bother me that my wife is one of those people that just Hates mmj YES.

Is it hard to find a way to have that not effect what is said about the plant? That is hard to say.

She will present the way she sees it fit to and I will in turn tell them how we all feel here that it is a medicine, it can be a career as well as save lives, rather then cost lives ( I was shot 5 in the chest times over a pound of weed and am lucky to be alive). So once both side are presented the child is ultimately going to decide their own perspective on the plant. As it is just a plant after all it's not a Gun.

If you hide it imo and they smell it and find it later in life and miss use it, or become a victim of violence in relation to it in any way or go to jail. (once you smell it you never will forget it imo)
Well then you as a parent have failed to raise your child to the best of you ability like I was. I learned the hard way so my kids won't have to. Once you see my scars which obv my kids do it brings things to a different level of conversation.

I would never hide or not talk about what I do with my kids even like in my case with my wife 100% anti mmj I think it would take cancer to make her understand what we know. Damned if my kids won't know how to grow is all I can say I don't care who u are and that unfortunately includes her.

I told her some day life has it's ways of flipping your world upside down and she may need me to grow her some

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[mindtrip]

I've got a little girl who is under a year old. I'm happy reading everyone's responses for ideas and input, because I honestly don't know how I'll handle it when she's older. I'm glad to see others are/were concerned.

When she's older, I certainly don't want to lie to her, but I'm also in a very republican area. Not friendly to atheists, pot smokers, or anyone who is in any way different (I'm all of the above). The only thing I've got going for me is my military service - everyone seems to think it means I'm one of them.

 

[N.E.wguy]

u got aplenty of time man TY for your service! army or? lil bro in Infantry just got home. He has a kid can't smoke yet still in service and trying to get a career.

But in any case imo being honest may in the end save your relationship with your kid or their life (in my case). But you got time I just personally wait for the day it comes up they fully know what i grow is nothing for them and have very little intrest in it. If it was a top secret OP obv a kid is gonna try to figure out whats going on. My 3 year old always wants to go see the trees and is so interested in it it's mind blowing. h's 3 as I said b4 but he has been growing since he was born basically I raised him at home always while growing he may one day reteach me to grow tbh. But end point is its a plant, it's botany, it's what I went to school for in high school they can lear to grow it and may never use it or they may need it or their kid who knows. Regulations and cards are out the window. raise teach educate do not discriminate period.

town next to me had a little kid abducted last week. there are more important things to occupy a kids mind with that they should know about, then worry about a plant

 

[mindtrip]

Thanks man. Marine. No combat or anything - never even left SoCal. But I wear my tattoo and fly my flag proudly.

I honestly have no intention of telling her any lies; I guess I'll handle it when the time comes. Speculation doesn't help too much. It'll all depend on the circumstances, which I can't easily predict.

 

[WeedHopper]

I've got a little girl who is under a year old. I'm happy reading everyone's responses for ideas and input, because I honestly don't know how I'll handle it when she's older. I'm glad to see others are/were concerned.

When she's older, I certainly don't want to lie to her, but I'm also in a very republican area. Not friendly to atheists, pot smokers, or anyone who is in any way different (I'm all of the above). The only thing I've got going for me is my military service - everyone seems to think it means I'm one of them.

Must live in Dallas by me. Lol

 

[N.E.wguy]

Thanks man. Marine. No combat or anything - never even left SoCal. But I wear my tattoo and fly my flag proudly.

I honestly have no intention of telling her any lies; I guess I'll handle it when the time comes. Speculation doesn't help too much. It'll all depend on the circumstances, which I can't easily predict.

that's all that matter home, alive and a caring, loving parent.

 

[mindtrip]

@WH not sure if I'd rather be in Texas or here. I lived outside of Austin for about eight years and loved it, but I know Dallas is a different world from Austin.

@NE - if only the government saw it that way.

 

[WeedHopper]

Yeah,,,Austin was cool when I rode down there. Had a good time. Police never messed with us,,and there were close to 40 of us.

 

[giggy]

i hide my grow from my stepdaughter. she's 36 and will try to use things against you. my grand kids 14 and 18 don't care and don't talk about it.