flipperbaby this is doing4me's daughter <paula> my name is tracy im 21 years old you wanted to know how do you talk to your kid about doing drugs and if you should tell your kids about your addiction i think parents should talk to there kids most kids are gonna try drugs pretty much all of them will try something whether they want to or not because they want to fit in or peer pressure i started when i was 12 i started out smoking pot then before i could blink i was doing cocaine acid ex and so on . I grew up really fast my mom was very lenient on me but she was and is an awesome mom i just wish she would have talked to me more and maybe i wouldnt have grown up this way and now at 21 i am a mom of a ten month old and am very proud of her but i think if i wouldnt have started doing drugs at such a young age i would have stayed in school and went on to bigger and better things , never asume that your child is not already doing drugs or havent tryed something already even if its something like smoking ciggarettes stay on him/her ask them questions talk to them tell them the pros and cons yea they make you feel good for a little while but is it really worth it ? no ....explain to them that they can get addicted or go to jail its never to early to talk to them never!! i wish my mom would have talked to me more and told me the things i now know when i was young but i guess you wouldnt think your child would be so vunerable or just want to be cool please go ahead talk to your child its never to early kids now are having sex earlier and earlier and doing drugs the same and they are so easy to get too. Tracy
Hey Tracy
Very well said. I use to talk to my kids when they were growing up. My kids are your age now and thank God they stayed away from drugs. I'm sure they've tried them but I know they don't have a problem with them.
Now the part that to this day makes me feel bad. When I was talking to them I was using a lot of pain pills. I hide it well and I am positive they never knew about me but as a father that's not to cool huh??? Hypocrite, well maybe. Should that have been enough to make me stop using??? Yep it should have but I didn't...and to this day, I feel bad about it.
You're a sweet person just like your mom. You also said that Paula was an awesome mom,,,,,she is that as well as an awesome person.
Take care Tracy
Frank
