ok, so I'll get run off this site soon now. Children, and at age 13 it is still a child, are not fully developed and the ingestion of cannabinoids will not assist in their development. MOre specifically, a child the age of 13 shouldn't be smoking anything period, damaging to the lungs.
At age 13, this child has now smoked weed and drank moonshine. WIll it kill him, probably not, but will it aid in his develpment? lets not think about physical development only, but his mental development as well. From someone who has spent many years of his life working with troubled youth, this is not boon to good development.
Simply put, adults can make informed choices, children do not. As the responsible party (the adult), you helped a child engage in illegal behavior and made an agreement to lie about it. Sounds wrong in my book everyday. I don't think weed should be illegal, but I don't think minors should be using it.
"His parents give him everything he wants and they give him a lot of money so he got some pretty good bud." Sound like enablers, but I don't know them. Just an observation from your statement.
"The problem is that he told his parents and now they think i'm the one who influenced him to smoke and it looks like i'm the bad guy." Your the adult and he is the minor, in some states this is considered a violation of law - something akin to corruption of minors or contributing to the delinquincy of minor.
"He ratted out everything, he said that i bought it for him and i smoked with him all the time. The real truth is that he bought it and he smokes more than me because he always has money for it." Wouldn't have occurred if you weren't involved.
I had to lie to my mom and a lot of my family and now they know the truth that i wanted to say but i told my cousin i wouldn't tell. What should i do? "tell the family, so they know the entire extent of his possible addiction or problem or series of lies. Where there is smoke there is fire, there may be more going on than you know. If you withhold this information and something happened, how could you live with yourself. Wll he be mad and maybe call you a snitch - sure he is a kid. Doing the right thing is never the easy thing. Beprepared for them to blame you, disbelieve your story, and make excuses for their child. They may call into question your history, be prepared for it. No one likes to receive bad news.
I am not a psychologist, a preacher, or a drug and alcohol therapist, but I have stayed at a holiday inn before. I believe that adults should attempt to always set a positive example for children. It is hard to do, and I can't say that I always do it, but I do try to. Can't tell you how many kids or adults I have interviewed have blamed their cool uncles, brothers, cousins, or friends for their misbegotten youth. They always ask me the same question, why didn't they stop me?
do your own due diligence. just some quick links
http://norml.org/laws/penalties/item/florida-penalties
http://parentingteens.about.com/od/p...bled-Teens.htm
http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=...%2C39&as_vis=1
At age 13, this child has now smoked weed and drank moonshine. WIll it kill him, probably not, but will it aid in his develpment? lets not think about physical development only, but his mental development as well. From someone who has spent many years of his life working with troubled youth, this is not boon to good development.
Simply put, adults can make informed choices, children do not. As the responsible party (the adult), you helped a child engage in illegal behavior and made an agreement to lie about it. Sounds wrong in my book everyday. I don't think weed should be illegal, but I don't think minors should be using it.
"His parents give him everything he wants and they give him a lot of money so he got some pretty good bud." Sound like enablers, but I don't know them. Just an observation from your statement.
"The problem is that he told his parents and now they think i'm the one who influenced him to smoke and it looks like i'm the bad guy." Your the adult and he is the minor, in some states this is considered a violation of law - something akin to corruption of minors or contributing to the delinquincy of minor.
"He ratted out everything, he said that i bought it for him and i smoked with him all the time. The real truth is that he bought it and he smokes more than me because he always has money for it." Wouldn't have occurred if you weren't involved.
I had to lie to my mom and a lot of my family and now they know the truth that i wanted to say but i told my cousin i wouldn't tell. What should i do? "tell the family, so they know the entire extent of his possible addiction or problem or series of lies. Where there is smoke there is fire, there may be more going on than you know. If you withhold this information and something happened, how could you live with yourself. Wll he be mad and maybe call you a snitch - sure he is a kid. Doing the right thing is never the easy thing. Beprepared for them to blame you, disbelieve your story, and make excuses for their child. They may call into question your history, be prepared for it. No one likes to receive bad news.
I am not a psychologist, a preacher, or a drug and alcohol therapist, but I have stayed at a holiday inn before. I believe that adults should attempt to always set a positive example for children. It is hard to do, and I can't say that I always do it, but I do try to. Can't tell you how many kids or adults I have interviewed have blamed their cool uncles, brothers, cousins, or friends for their misbegotten youth. They always ask me the same question, why didn't they stop me?
do your own due diligence. just some quick links
http://norml.org/laws/penalties/item/florida-penalties
http://parentingteens.about.com/od/p...bled-Teens.htm
http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=...%2C39&as_vis=1
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