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<blockquote data-quote="KFld" data-source="post: 61219" data-attributes="member: 2442"><p>part of what she is doing is normal teenage behavior. It all depends on the kid and where it leads them and we usually know our kids well enough to know the ones who won't just stop at normal behavior and will end up destroying their lives.</p><p></p><p>My 20 year old difficult child started with typical teenage drinking, and is now a recovering heroin addict. I worried about him from the time he was old enough to walk and talk.</p><p></p><p>My easy child 17 year old daughter on the other hand I know was recently experimenting with a little drinking and attended a few beer pong parties herself. She is dead set against drugs after seeing what her brother went through and considers everyone who uses drugs a loser, and just 2 weeks ago a good friend, 17 years old, killed himself drunk driving, so she is now dead set against drinking. She says the thought of it makes her ill because she attended the wake and funeral and saw what this has done to his family and friends. Not to say the freshness of this won't wear off and she'll never drink again, but she is a different child then my son and learns from things, unlike him. </p><p></p><p>I know myself I drank and smoked a ton of pot in my teenage years, but I grew out of it, though many of my old friends didn't. </p><p></p><p>90% of our children are going to experiment and do things that we did as kids growing up, and some will learn and some won't. Follow you gut instincts because you know your kid and which way she will most likely turn in the end.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KFld, post: 61219, member: 2442"] part of what she is doing is normal teenage behavior. It all depends on the kid and where it leads them and we usually know our kids well enough to know the ones who won't just stop at normal behavior and will end up destroying their lives. My 20 year old difficult child started with typical teenage drinking, and is now a recovering heroin addict. I worried about him from the time he was old enough to walk and talk. My easy child 17 year old daughter on the other hand I know was recently experimenting with a little drinking and attended a few beer pong parties herself. She is dead set against drugs after seeing what her brother went through and considers everyone who uses drugs a loser, and just 2 weeks ago a good friend, 17 years old, killed himself drunk driving, so she is now dead set against drinking. She says the thought of it makes her ill because she attended the wake and funeral and saw what this has done to his family and friends. Not to say the freshness of this won't wear off and she'll never drink again, but she is a different child then my son and learns from things, unlike him. I know myself I drank and smoked a ton of pot in my teenage years, but I grew out of it, though many of my old friends didn't. 90% of our children are going to experiment and do things that we did as kids growing up, and some will learn and some won't. Follow you gut instincts because you know your kid and which way she will most likely turn in the end. [/QUOTE]
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