Smoking in front of your children, right or wrong?

[BADecker]

^^^ Some of the people of the past, who lived the longest in the best health, were smokers. A smoker who does not smoke in front of his kids is doing them a great injustice.

Find out that it is not smoking that harms a smoker who is harmed. Rather, it is their unhealthy life style combined with treated tobacco that is making them sick.

[philipma1957]

I was chilling with my siblings at the rooftop bar section of a hotel when I noticed this man who came on a date with his family and was smoking cannabis freely in front of his wife and two beautiful children of as not more than 5 and 7. It was unpleasant to me because children see their parents as role models and are very fast to copying what they see their parents do. Exposing them to such experience at a tender age reinforces the desire to smoke in them and may even see them start smoking before they are adults, with or without the knowledge and permission of their parents.

Furthermore, there are health implication of inhaling cannabis in their tender body systems. Children can suffer seizures and even breathing problems from cannabis poisoning, it can also cause asthma attacks, unnecessary agitation and even decreased coordination in children. Temporal effects on children can last from 24-36 hours.

I don't condemn smoking as an adult, but it is a better practice not to expose these very tender ones to the harsh physical, health and psychological effects of smoking.

Do you agree to this?

No, but it is complicated.

First pot or weed is legal in some places.

Second all smoking hurts the lungs.


So I do not know if the parent was legally smoking or illegally smoking and it matters a lot.

Why should if be illegal in place a or legal in place b?

Kids need to learn about humanity's inability to have consistent laws .

Next whether we believe it or not we all must die in order to leave this life.

So doing smoke of anything which is hard on the lungs can be used to teach the children about death and their own actions to behave hear knowing they must die to leave here.


My self I do not smoke anything any more my choice. My parents smoked tobacco in front of me not pot.

[yixichloro2xx]

For me, it is very bad to smoke in front of kids. You know kids still don't know the difference between what is right and what is wrong. So anything we do in their front they tend to imitate it. So smoking in front of them might interest them to do it at a very early stage. They will feel like it is a good thing to smoke and it's harmless. With it can cause another thing that shape their growth, like addiction might occur from there and they will like to try other illegal things. Okay let's look at Corn addiction, most people who are addicted to it started watching it when they were young. So as an adult this kinds of things shouldn't be done in their front.

[Hispo]

I believe the biggest and most important issue with smoking close to children is the fact they will inhale chemicals which are pretty much harmful for them and can cause cancer. So keeping that in mind, I would keep children away if there are adults smoking in a social setting. There is no much sense for them to be around and getting exposure to it when there is nothing good to get from it, completely the opposite though: they could get sick by getting that smoke on their lungs repeatedly.

[supine]

Even if it isn't cannabis just a regular cigarette, it is surely wrong to do it infront of your child or kids.
You are exposing those child to 2nd hand smoke which could lead to health problems or complication endangering their health just for your vices.

[Felicity_Tide]

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Do you agree to this?

Just the way we have a lot of hypocrisy in the society, I think we can also find a lot of it in families.
Smoking in the presence of your little ones, and telling them not to try it otherwise you will discipline them, is a total hypocrisy imo. A lot of parents a fund of using this supposed strategy from my observations. Children are naturally curious, even though a few of them might be a little reserve or calm... They just want to try things out for themselves. Personally, I don't even stick around with people that smokes because it affects me, so I know how terrible it is for a child to be in such an environment.

I hate to say this, but the truth is, a lot of people just lack common sense. Being an adult, or matured enough to give birth to a child doesn't make a lot of people good parents.

[Sulegzy39]

Smoking in front of your children is totally wrong, because you as a father when you start smoking in front of your children their will not be any respect more, their will feel like it is a good thin to smock but it’s harmless most people who are addicted to it started watching it when their were young, if we check it today most of the younger ones today starting smocking have elders or relative that starting it and I will like to advise everyone to distance your self with friends who bring your mind to start smoking if you are planning to leave by any chance.

[Supreme Donvic]

Smoking is bad because it’s affect your health, we have seen that smokers are liable to die young so it is very wrong for someone to be smoking and doing it in front of their child is the worst because if they choose to start smoking, it will affect their health meaning you are the cause why your child is suffering from a health issue so if you know you cannot stop smoking then please avoid smoking in front of your child because children emulate things easily and before you know, they will start doing it as a father or as a mother teach your children things that will benefit their life and not things that will destroy their life.

[Rabata]

I hate to say this, but the truth is, a lot of people just lack common sense. Being an adult, or matured enough to give birth to a child doesn't make a lot of people good parents.

It is certainly logical that if parents cannot control themselves, how can they control others? There are many places where parents do not realize the hypocrisy they are actually committing. When they themselves smoke cigarettes, in front of their children, they are teaching them again that smoking is harmful. It is certainly unreasonable to make such comments. Those who behave like this with their children should first be aware of themselves. Whatever you can do, your child can do. So, before prohibiting it, you should not do anything without correcting yourself.

[BADecker]

Smoking is bad because it’s affect your health, we have seen that smokers are liable to die young so it is very wrong for someone to be smoking and doing it in front of their child is the worst because if they choose to start smoking, it will affect their health meaning you are the cause why your child is suffering from a health issue so if you know you cannot stop smoking then please avoid smoking in front of your child because children emulate things easily and before you know, they will start doing it as a father or as a mother teach your children things that will benefit their life and not things that will destroy their life.

But smoking the right 'stuff' in the right way affects your health in a good way. People need to find out that almost 100% of current smoking tobacco is the wrong way. It's treated with chemicals that harm people.

Personally, I don't like smoking... mostly because it is difficult to find healthy tobacco. Nicotine isn't what is habit forming in simple tobacco. Nicotine is a healthy substance. So, I get my nicotine from other sources than smoking (or chewing).

Learn, and then teach the children, the truth about nicotine and smoking tobacco companies' poisonous products. Then, if you must smoke, find pure, unadulterated tobacco.

[harapan]

I was chilling with my siblings at the rooftop bar section of a hotel when I noticed this man who came on a date with his family and was smoking cannabis freely in front of his wife and two beautiful children of as not more than 5 and 7. It was unpleasant to me because children see their parents as role models and are very fast to copying what they see their parents do. Exposing them to such experience at a tender age reinforces the desire to smoke in them and may even see them start smoking before they are adults, with or without the knowledge and permission of their parents.

Furthermore, there are health implication of inhaling cannabis in their tender body systems. Children can suffer seizures and even breathing problems from cannabis poisoning, it can also cause asthma attacks, unnecessary agitation and even decreased coordination in children. Temporal effects on children can last from 24-36 hours.

I don't condemn smoking as an adult, but it is a better practice not to expose these very tender ones to the harsh physical, health and psychological effects of smoking.

Do you agree to this?

Cannabis one can have a soft spot for that but a big no when you call nicotine.

There's no difference with smoking in front of your kids and womanising in front of your kids because you recently lost your wife. This is my own experience and I condemned and considered it a wayward behaviour. If there's no respect for your late wife, then offer some to your children. Cannabis when burned is where I draw the line, but when boiled, can serve too many medicinal purposes. I say no to burning Cannabis and Cigarettes.

[BADecker]

I was chilling with my siblings at the rooftop bar section of a hotel when I noticed this man who came on a date with his family and was smoking cannabis freely in front of his wife and two beautiful children of as not more than 5 and 7. It was unpleasant to me because children see their parents as role models and are very fast to copying what they see their parents do. Exposing them to such experience at a tender age reinforces the desire to smoke in them and may even see them start smoking before they are adults, with or without the knowledge and permission of their parents.

Furthermore, there are health implication of inhaling cannabis in their tender body systems. Children can suffer seizures and even breathing problems from cannabis poisoning, it can also cause asthma attacks, unnecessary agitation and even decreased coordination in children. Temporal effects on children can last from 24-36 hours.

I don't condemn smoking as an adult, but it is a better practice not to expose these very tender ones to the harsh physical, health and psychological effects of smoking.

Do you agree to this?

Cannabis one can have a soft spot for that but a big no when you call nicotine.

There's no difference with smoking in front of your kids and womanising in front of your kids because you recently lost your wife. This is my own experience and I condemned and considered it a wayward behaviour. If there's no respect for your late wife, then offer some to your children. Cannabis when burned is where I draw the line, but when boiled, can serve too many medicinal purposes. I say no to burning Cannabis and Cigarettes.

Ayahuasca, when used properly, can relieve anyone of any addiction.

Faith in God can do the same... if it is real faith.

[AmaGold70]

I was chilling with my siblings at the rooftop bar section of a hotel when I noticed this man who came on a date with his family and was smoking cannabis freely in front of his wife and two beautiful children of as not more than 5 and 7. It was unpleasant to me because children see their parents as role models and are very fast to copying what they see their parents do. Exposing them to such experience at a tender age reinforces the desire to smoke in them and may even see them start smoking before they are adults, with or without the knowledge and permission of their parents.

Furthermore, there are health implication of inhaling cannabis in their tender body systems. Children can suffer seizures and even breathing problems from cannabis poisoning, it can also cause asthma attacks, unnecessary agitation and even decreased coordination in children. Temporal effects on children can last from 24-36 hours.

I don't condemn smoking as an adult, but it is a better practice not to expose these very tender ones to the harsh physical, health and psychological effects of smoking.

Do you agree to this?

We all know what cigarettes of any kind does to the lungs and if the parents have chosen to destroy their lungs they shouldn't practice it in front of the children because children often pick up the bad habits more than the good ones and as I parents I try to do right by my kids because they see me as their role model, and even if the kids are not picking up the habit of smoking from you their health may still be in danger from inhaling the smoke frequently from your cigarettes so it's better not to allow the kids see you smoke or even have the knowledge that you smoke. I'm not judging anyone that smokes but I'm saying not to do it in front of the kids because you may be endangering their lives or exposing them to life of taking hard cigarettes.

[coolcoinz]

I'm amazed that smoking is allowed in public where you're from. In many countries you can smoke only in designated places and you can't do it in restaurants, even the ones with terraces.

He can do whatever he wants at home, but I don't smoke and I don't like the smell of it, so I wouldn't want him to do it near me or my children.
As for his children, unfortunately we get the best and the worst from our parents so I can only feel for them.

[Nuel0717]

I was chilling with my siblings at the rooftop bar section of a hotel when I noticed this man who came on a date with his family and was smoking cannabis freely in front of his wife and two beautiful children of as not more than 5 and 7. It was unpleasant to me because children see their parents as role models and are very fast to copying what they see their parents do. Exposing them to such experience at a tender age reinforces the desire to smoke in them and may even see them start smoking before they are adults, with or without the knowledge and permission of their parents.

Furthermore, there are health implication of inhaling cannabis in their tender body systems. Children can suffer seizures and even breathing problems from cannabis poisoning, it can also cause asthma attacks, unnecessary agitation and even decreased coordination in children. Temporal effects on children can last from 24-36 hours.

I don't condemn smoking as an adult, but it is a better practice not to expose these very tender ones to the harsh physical, health and psychological effects of smoking.

Do you agree to this?

I understand where the OP is coming from. Smoking in front of children can influence them to start from a very young age, which is obviously not good for their health.

That said, cannabis is also a plant that is used for medical, recreational, and even spiritual purposes in some cultures, so it shouldn’t automatically be treated as something purely evil.

However, even if adults choose to use it, children should not be exposed to it. Second hand smoke and normalization of drug use can have real negative effects on kids, both physically and mentally.

So while people have the right to use cannabis, they also have a responsibility to protect their children from its risks.