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<blockquote data-quote="Estherfromjerusalem" data-source="post: 336042" data-attributes="member: 77"><p>Interesting problem.</p><p></p><p>As a smoker, I found it extremely difficult to know what to do when my difficult child started smoking (he was 12 at the time). At first, he would just take one of my cigarettes, then more, and then somehow he was buying them. In the end, when he was 14 or so, I started buying him cigarettes. I was sure that the alternative was that he would steal the money from me to buy them, and since by then he was a real smoker, I bought them for him. Over the years I wondered if I was doing the right thing (I had no guidance from anyone, only this support group here), but with hindsight I'm not sorry. He didn't smoke in the house until he was an adult (I was smoking in the house then). Maybe I was wrong, I don't know, but that way both he and I had peace of mind vis-a-vis the cigarettes.</p><p></p><p>I've made so many mistakes over the years -- maybe this was also one. I don't know.</p><p></p><p>Love, Esther</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Estherfromjerusalem, post: 336042, member: 77"] Interesting problem. As a smoker, I found it extremely difficult to know what to do when my difficult child started smoking (he was 12 at the time). At first, he would just take one of my cigarettes, then more, and then somehow he was buying them. In the end, when he was 14 or so, I started buying him cigarettes. I was sure that the alternative was that he would steal the money from me to buy them, and since by then he was a real smoker, I bought them for him. Over the years I wondered if I was doing the right thing (I had no guidance from anyone, only this support group here), but with hindsight I'm not sorry. He didn't smoke in the house until he was an adult (I was smoking in the house then). Maybe I was wrong, I don't know, but that way both he and I had peace of mind vis-a-vis the cigarettes. I've made so many mistakes over the years -- maybe this was also one. I don't know. Love, Esther [/QUOTE]
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