My son was just caught with marijuana, what is an appropriate punishment for me to give?
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sleidman
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Taking a visit to people in rehab. It's not so much of a punishment but he needs to see some truth behind it.
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I guess it depends on his age a bit. I would consider in addition to punishment, taking him to a re-hab centre (if it can be arranged) to talk with people whose lives have turned to total crap from drugs so he can see drugs are not fun. In regard to the punishment I would take the internet off him (if he has a computer and chats) or his mobile phone, and some monetary restrictions. Banning him from friends will only make those friends more attractive to him. This is a really hard one and I wish you luck with it.
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Marijuana is relatively unworrisome, and you should be careful not to over-react, since it might just make him rebel more. The important thing you should make sure he knows is not to be excessive about it and to be very careful about starting an addiction to it or to something worse. I suggest you make him research the different risks associated with the abuse of various kinds of drugs, and then discuss them with you. Maybe you could do this together....
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Hmmm, tell him you are not sure what to do so you are going to ask the nice policeman instead.
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All depends on the age. I was personally caught red handed by my father. What a horrible experience. My car at the time was under his name, so he took that away from me. That killed me, as my car was my life. They also sent me to this rehab specialist for one visit. I was honest with her about it and she AGREED with me that marijuana is NOT as bad it's made out to be, and that I should make my own decisions whilst keeping the potential repercussions in mind. I stopped smoking it for a while, then started up again. (To be completely honest, it's helped me improve my life to a vast degree). I still indulge in the act, so, as far as I go anyway, punishment is not always necessary. Talking to your son most definitely is.
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Depends on how old he is. If he is a teenager, turn him in to the cops. Marijuana is illegal and he should face such consequences.
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Talk with him, a lot. Have him do research and possibly even essays on all the different kinds of drugs, what they do and their dangers. This is what stopped me from doing too much experimenting. I agree with limiting his funds. Weed is not as much of a concern as the friends that come with the weed and what other drugs they could be pedaling. He also needs to completely understand the legal repercussions of getting caught with any kind of drug. Maybe make that part of the essay. As I'm typing this my 11 and 9 year old are reading this and they agree. I might have them do these kinds of essays as a precautionary measure. Thanks for the inspiration.
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Restrict who he sees regularly, and talk to his friend's parents about it.
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Absolutely nothing.
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Make him flush it, and watch him do it. Ground him, and tell him if he doesn't tell you where he got it you will call ALL his friends parents, and tell them that their kids might be smoking.(you don't really have to, but this will scare him) Talk to him about why you don;t want this behavior or drug in your house. You can buy drug tests at the drug store. Spring random ones on him. If he fails one(it will take 30 days to get out of his system) then do a harsh punishment.
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First-no driving no use of the car. second-take away all his money. All the money he has, and all the money he makes, you can put it in a collage fund, but if he askes what your going to do with it "You dont have to know" Third-9;39 curfu (spelling??) fourth-no cell phone This is a harsh punishment. The lighter side would be to do nothing, but tell him what you will do if he steps a toe out of line
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Personally, I would tell him to only smoke pot every so often under like your own supervision because lets be honest, he is going to smoke it. It isn't really that harmful you just have to make sure he knows the difference between marijuana and coke, pcp, meth, heroine and those harder drugs. I would rather catch my kid with weed than beer because weed doesn't kill brain cells. Don't be too hard on him just make him know that he has to be responsible and safe with it. If you do this he'll use less than if you become strict because when my parents were strict on me after catching me with weed i snuck out and smoked every night in spite. I wasn't addicted i just hated them so much for not understanding. good luck
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