Just caught my 12 year old smoking..

Claayer
Wild Wild South West, Cornwall, England UK

Posted: Mar 21, 2008, 6:03 PM CST

morganlee wrote:

not funny, but i remember doing the same kind of thing, it is all part of growing up and exploring, good luck girls, pleased im past that stage !! It brings back memories

Oh yeah.. I remember it well myself

I drove my poor parents around the bend.

I was just SHOCKED

Back to top

Is this post offensive? If so, Report this post »

jus_4you
pleasantville, New Jersey USA

Posted: Mar 21, 2008, 6:04 PM CST

vonney wrote:

I have given up and started again a few times, thats why she didnt get a red backside to be honest, since I smoke I coldnt do that and understand that she was curious, I sat her down and went through the dangers,cost and how hard it is to give up

this is going to be a tough one

Back to top

Is this post offensive? If so, Report this post »

Claayer
Wild Wild South West, Cornwall, England UK

Posted: Mar 21, 2008, 6:04 PM CST

DUBLINGUY1973 wrote:

How did she think she would get away with smoking in her room though? I got caught smoking in my room when i was 15 and tried to stub it out on the carpet. Not a smart move. It was my sister's 18th birthday party and i was a little drunk. Thats my excuse Luckily enough a friend of mine got totally wasted and feel off a stool. it took some of the attention off me

Having said that, i don't think i saw the outside world for quite some time

Back to top

Is this post offensive? If so, Report this post »

lusciousmile
Espoo, Etela-Suomen Laani Finland

Posted: Mar 21, 2008, 6:04 PM CST

vonney wrote:

why is that hun?

Wasn't really serious, but anyway, my sister lived in the states and her son got mixed up with the wrong crowd and did everything any teenager isn't supposed to do.

He was sent to live in Africa for about 6 months ( normally what most africans i know abroad do to their defiant kids), and was begging to leave the country. Not because he actually 'suffered', but it wasn't that pleasant for him to not be around his normal routine of misbehaving.

He's now here in college though. He's a a good kid.

Back to top

Is this post offensive? If so, Report this post »

Claayer
Wild Wild South West, Cornwall, England UK

Posted: Mar 21, 2008, 6:06 PM CST

lusciousmile wrote:

Wasn't really serious, but anyway, my sister lived in the states and her son got mixed up with the wrong crowd and did everything any teenager isn't supposed to do.

He was sent to live in Africa for about 6 months ( normally what most africans i know abroad do to their defiant kids), and was begging to leave the country. Not because he actually 'suffered', but it wasn't that pleasant for him to not be around his normal routine of misbehaving.

He's now here in college though. He's a a good kid.

any room at the inn for three more?

helloooooo Luscious!

Back to top

Is this post offensive? If so, Report this post »

vonney
Dublin, Dublin Ireland

Posted: Mar 21, 2008, 6:06 PM CST

lusciousmile wrote:

Wasn't really serious, but anyway, my sister lived in the states and her son got mixed up with the wrong crowd and did everything any teenager isn't supposed to do.

He was sent to live in Africa for about 6 months ( normally what most africans i know abroad do to their defiant kids), and was begging to leave the country. Not because he actually 'suffered', but it wasn't that pleasant for him to not be around his normal routine of misbehaving.

He's now here in college though. He's a a good kid.

ah ok lol

actually I have always been strict with my children, my sister always threatens hers with being sent to live with aunty Yvonne

Back to top

Is this post offensive? If so, Report this post »

lusciousmile
Espoo, Etela-Suomen Laani Finland

Posted: Mar 21, 2008, 6:07 PM CST

vonney wrote:

why is that hun?

Wasn't really serious, but anyway, my sister lived in the states and her son got mixed up with the wrong crowd and did everything any teenager isn't supposed to do.

He was sent to live in Africa for about 6 months ( normally what most africans i know abroad do to their defiant kids), and was begging to leave the country. Not because he actually 'suffered', but it wasn't that pleasant for him to not be around his normal friends who influenced his routine of misbehaving.

He's now here in college though. He's a a good kid.

Typo..

Back to top

Is this post offensive? If so, Report this post »

Crystal29
Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland UK

Posted: Mar 21, 2008, 6:07 PM CST

vonney wrote:

I am now in possession of a laptop that she got for Christmas and a mobile phone that was bought for her yesterday,,,,just wondered about others experiences of raising pre teens...

Come down hard on her now Vonney....my eldest son started smoking when he was 16....neither I nor my ex ever smoked so I was horrified....anyway he is now 24 and is struggling at the moment with giving up....it is like living with a monster instead of my mild mannered lovely son....anyway i think if I had given him a harder time he wouldnt be struggling with it now....

Back to top

Is this post offensive? If so, Report this post »

morganlee
Qawra, Majjistral Malta

Posted: Mar 21, 2008, 6:07 PM CST

Claayer wrote:

Oh yeah.. I remember it well myself I drove my poor parents around the bend.

I was just SHOCKED

i know so easy to always think of them as your baby, then they make you realize they are growing up ! I remember my daughter asking me when she was 18 if her boyfriend could stay over, that did shock me, ok i knew what they probably did but the fact she was so open about it, i was gobsmacked !

Back to top

Is this post offensive? If so, Report this post »

lusciousmile
Espoo, Etela-Suomen Laani Finland

Posted: Mar 21, 2008, 6:08 PM CST

Claayer wrote:

any room at the inn for three more?

helloooooo Luscious!

Oh, there's more than enough room for the little rascals.

Claire.

Back to top

Is this post offensive? If so, Report this post »

DUBLINGUY1973
Dublin, Dublin Ireland

Posted: Mar 21, 2008, 6:09 PM CST

vonney wrote:

ah ok lol

actually I have always been strict with my children, my sister always threatens hers with being sent to live with aunty Yvonne

Myself, my brother and my sister were threatened with boarding school whenever we misbehaved as kids

Back to top

Is this post offensive? If so, Report this post »

Claayer
Wild Wild South West, Cornwall, England UK

Posted: Mar 21, 2008, 6:09 PM CST

Actually.. as for my daughter and the Strawberry Daiquiri last night..

the girl that slept over (for the first and LAST time!) .. was the daughter of that woman I told you about last week.. the one that offered my son the Smirnoff ICE.

(the one how lets this same girl drink at home)

Back to top

Is this post offensive? If so, Report this post »

Claayer
Wild Wild South West, Cornwall, England UK

Posted: Mar 21, 2008, 6:09 PM CST

So my OWN stupid fault for allowing her to stay really.

Back to top

Is this post offensive? If so, Report this post »

Claayer
Wild Wild South West, Cornwall, England UK

Posted: Mar 21, 2008, 6:10 PM CST

morganlee wrote:

i know so easy to always think of them as your baby, then they make you realize they are growing up ! I remember my daughter asking me when she was 18 if her boyfriend could stay over, that did shock me, ok i knew what they probably did but the fact she was so open about it, i was gobsmacked !

I asked my mum that when I was 14yr.. she FLIPPED!! I can see why now

Back to top

Is this post offensive? If so, Report this post »

morganlee
Qawra, Majjistral Malta

Posted: Mar 21, 2008, 6:10 PM CST

DUBLINGUY1973 wrote:

Myself, my brother and my sister were threatened with boarding school whenever we misbehaved as kids

i went to boarding school and loved it !!! was a mixed school tho might have been why!!

Back to top

Is this post offensive? If so, Report this post »

cutelildevilsmom
portsmouth, New Hampshire USA

Posted: Mar 21, 2008, 6:10 PM CST

vonney wrote:

I have two older kids and have always been very rigid with the rules, have got used to being told by them that I am cruel...as the youngest she has never given a minutes worry so was a shock

then why the crackdown?Use this to maybe set an example and quit yourself.I tried one cig at 12 and never smoked again.I would talk to your daughter and tell her why you don't want her to follow in your smoking footsteps.

Back to top

Is this post offensive? If so, Report this post »

vonney
Dublin, Dublin Ireland

Posted: Mar 21, 2008, 6:11 PM CST

morganlee wrote:

i know so easy to always think of them as your baby, then they make you realize they are growing up ! I remember my daughter asking me when she was 18 if her boyfriend could stay over, that did shock me, ok i knew what they probably did but the fact she was so open about it, i was gobsmacked !

been there on that one to hun with my son, I just said fine I will ring her parents to let them know she here.....he didnt ask again lol

Back to top

Is this post offensive? If so, Report this post »

KrazieStill
Bristol, Connecticut USA

Posted: Mar 21, 2008, 6:11 PM CST

Claayer wrote:

yeah.. at 13yrs I was almost pumped out!

That must've been ALOT of

Back to top

Is this post offensive? If so, Report this post »

morganlee
Qawra, Majjistral Malta

Posted: Mar 21, 2008, 6:11 PM CST

Claayer wrote:

I asked my mum that when I was 14yr.. she FLIPPED!! I can see why now

hope you ok ?

Back to top

Is this post offensive? If so, Report this post »

KrazieStill
Bristol, Connecticut USA

Posted: Mar 21, 2008, 6:12 PM CST

Claayer wrote:

I asked my mum that when I was 14yr.. she FLIPPED!! I can see why now

Okay, so we have the 13 yr old episode, now the 14! What happened at 15, 16, 17?

Back to top

Is this post offensive? If so, Report this post »

Connecting Singles^® Forums100% Free Online Dating

Forums Nav

Forums