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15 yr old smoking pot in house
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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 618292" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>I absolutely agree with MWM. You need to be the parent and take back control. Even if marijuana becomes legal you still don't have to allow your 15-year-old to smoke it in your house. </p><p></p><p>Does he have a phone you are paying for? Take it away. Does he want to get his driver's license? Not a chance while he is still smoking marijuana. Computer privileges? Nope . . . you are paying for the Internet so you get to say no. The only thing you "owe" him is a safe place to sleep and nutritional food.</p><p></p><p>As far as calling the police . . . I say do it. Tell your difficult child that he can't smoke pot in your house because you will not condone illegal activity in your house. He will call your bluff, though, and you need to follow through. </p><p></p><p>As MWM said, you will not have control of the situation much longer. When I called DFS for help when my difficult child was 17, they said that there wasn't much they could do at 17 because she was so close to being 18. They described it as a "twilight" year.</p><p></p><p>I definitely suggest treatment for your difficult child. If he is smoking that much pot and doing it openly against your wishes, he needs help. Whether it is for behavioral issues or addiction issues, this is not typical teenage behavior.</p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 618292, member: 1967"] I absolutely agree with MWM. You need to be the parent and take back control. Even if marijuana becomes legal you still don't have to allow your 15-year-old to smoke it in your house. Does he have a phone you are paying for? Take it away. Does he want to get his driver's license? Not a chance while he is still smoking marijuana. Computer privileges? Nope . . . you are paying for the Internet so you get to say no. The only thing you "owe" him is a safe place to sleep and nutritional food. As far as calling the police . . . I say do it. Tell your difficult child that he can't smoke pot in your house because you will not condone illegal activity in your house. He will call your bluff, though, and you need to follow through. As MWM said, you will not have control of the situation much longer. When I called DFS for help when my difficult child was 17, they said that there wasn't much they could do at 17 because she was so close to being 18. They described it as a "twilight" year. I definitely suggest treatment for your difficult child. If he is smoking that much pot and doing it openly against your wishes, he needs help. Whether it is for behavioral issues or addiction issues, this is not typical teenage behavior. ~Kathy [/QUOTE]
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