No. I consider myself pretty open-minded and encouraging of new experiences, but smoking pot with your teenager is a no-go.

Your teenager may be curious but should still be discouraged from trying pot because they don't have the maturity to process important decisions and use good judgment.

Teenagers have plenty of time in their ADULT lives to enjoy the naughty things in life. I have a friend, we'll call her...glo...who thinks that one of the beautiful perks of being an adult is going to a neighbor's gourmet dinner party, cracking open some bottles of wine, and then sitting in the backyard with good friends, listening to crickets, watching the stars, dancing to some tunes, and passing around a joint. It's a pleasure of adulthood.

Your teenager isn't ready to process this kind of responsibility. She may end up experimenting with pot in college, but at least by then she'll be living on her own and taking on some personal responsibility for her life. For now, YOU are responsible for her life, and encouraging her to smoke pot (or cigarettes) is a terrible idea.

In fact, you should be working your tail off to discourage her from smoking pot....until she's really an adult, in her 20s at least. Kids grow up too fast nowadays, try to keep her on the straight path for just a little while longer.

No. I am not against the use of it. In fact, I "partoke" every so often myself. However, marijuana has a tendency to screw with a person's hormones and so should not be used while going through puberty or before going through puberty. You should, however, sit down and talk to them about it, about what a wonderful plant it is, what a gift from God it is, the effects of it both good and bad, where and when the appropriate time and place is to use it, and the need to respect it. Many teenagers don't respect it and so it gets them in trouble. Marijuana should be cherished and used sparingly and accordingly, not rolling an entire ounce up into a blunt because you think you look cool and then you get so damn high you can think straight and end up doing something stupid. Marijuana is so misunderstood these days, only those who have experience with it understand it and know it's true effects both good and bad. There are too many lies out there with regards to marijuana, part of the demonization of it for political reasons. If your teenager ends up smoking a joint at a party, don't worry, they aren't hooked. Marijuana just isn't that addictive and forget about overdose. It's impossible. Hundreds of teenagers die each year from alcohol poisoning (overdose), but it's impossible to overdose on marijuana, so you tell me which you would rather your kid using if you absolutely had to choose. A person would have to smoke every day for years to get addictive and then it's only a psychological addiction, not physical like you get with excessive alcohol consumption (delirium tremens, seizures, and hallucinations) or cigarette smoking.

I have always said if I ever caught my teenager sneaking home drunk, I would punish them to the fullest extent. If I ever caught my teenager smelling of cigarette smoke, I would punish them to the fullest extent. If I ever caught my teenager coming home smelling of reefer, I would sit down and have a long heart-to-heart discussion with them. I equate it with a teenager having sex. You know they will eventually find out about it and try it, the best parenting method is to make sure they have all the information about it beforehand so they can make informed decisions about it.

Incidentally, my husband was "introduced" to pot at age 6 by an uncle. I wasn't introduced to it until my mid-20's. Imagine being a stoned 6-year-old! It boggles the mind!

No. Pot is pot. Period. One should set the example. Peace!

I have friends who had this done to them, they said it was really weird. But honestly, I think its a good idea. The teenager would probably do it anyways. It would be nice to have a role model on how to do drugs responsibly. People are really uptight about the drug thing. Its just weed, I think its a good idea.

No it is illegal for you and them. Do you both want to share a jail cell?

I think that it's really great that your child has talked to you about her curiosity to try pot and it's great that you have such an open relationship. Make sure you tell them that you're really pleased they talked to you about it.

However, smoking pot is illegal and I think that you should strongly discourage it. Smoking it with them does encourage it a little bit and tells them that you see smoking pot as acceptable behaviour when really it isn't.

Instead, talk to your child about the risks involved and discuss why they want to smoke pot, whether their friends do it and the laws against it. Try to remain open minded and never appear to be judging anyone.

If your child remains unconvinced, then tell them that you discourage it strongly, but that you'd like to be told if they are planning on trying it.

i believe this should be openly discussed with your child... talk about the pros and cons... educate the child about this matter through magazine, books, research, etc. coz as much as possible help them make up their mind in not wanting to be involved but in the end its still their prerogative specially when they are outside exposed to many temptations... BUT DOING IT WITH THEM FOR EXPERIENCE IS NOT AN OPTION FOR ME...=)

If you smoke pot, then you shouldn't allow your child to smoke pot with you.
Because they are gonna end up doing it with other people an probably do something stupid... then when you confront them they will say they smoked with you an think you would care or make a big deal of it... so no i don't think that's a good idea... if they go an do it with others an get in trouble then you can yell at them an tell them they made a bad decision.......