"'Kate" wrote in message
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On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 21:34:58 GMT, "Tiffany" the
following was posted in blue dry erase marker:


"'Kate" wrote in message
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On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 12:19:19 GMT, "Tiffany" the
following was posted in blue dry erase marker:

Pretty good stuff. I agree Kate. But I did get a chuckle off the comment
that one problem faced when smoking pot is the munchies. Hmmm.... what a
suckie problem.

I will also pass this to other parents. Many parents I know are in
denial
big time.

T

If you wanna know what's going on with your kid, you should hear what
their friends say about them to their parents or what your child tells
other kids' parents.

What do you all think about thoroughly inspecting your teen's room?

'K


Oh I know. What kiddo has told me of her friends lives, sort of scary. I
always tell her, and see,..... you actually have the GOOD mom!

I inspect when I need to. If I feel like it, I will. I will not however,
at
this point, read any journal entries. I promised her so that she could use
it as a coping tool for dealing with her father's death.

Wrong or not, I will check her book bag and under the bed. If I find
anything, chances are I will sit on it till I can bust her in a way that
she
won't know I was snooping. I also snoop on her MySpace, but she knows
that.
It was the condition of her having it. God help some of these kids and
what
the post online.

What about you Kate?

I totally admit to snooping. I won't tell what I know until I have good
reason but I don't want them sneaking around either. I know that my
oldest has smoked pot. I know my son has tried pot, alcohol, and
cigarettes. I found them all relatively quickly. Somehow, doing what
your mom knows you do isn't as much fun as being sneaky. My youngest, so
far, just alcohol and for a very short period of time (couple of weeks
the summer before high school started). I tell my kids that I will drug
test if I suspect they're high. They believe me. They'd better.

I absolutely have gone through their rooms. I would do it again if I had
reason to. I don't necessarily think it's right... I just think it's
safer than letting them continue on the wrong path.

The problem with checking myspace is that they can have several pages...
one for mom, one for the friends. I've seen some pretty nasty MySpace
pages... it comes up a lot in the school. Evidently, girls can continue
the nasty school bullying online from home.

'K



Yeah, all this online crap is making it so they have no break from the
school drama. It goes on and on. But they feed into it, partake in it. Its
as easy as not going online.

I will on occasion look through the friends friends list...... always
checking for that hidden myspace. lol Kids.... they keep you on your toes.
Some days I just want to say screw it.... do what you want! But that doesn't
last more then an hour.