Baby's first bag of Doritos

[organicmama]

I'm not sure why you think you're disagreeing with me...

"Just say no" was something from my teenage years--Nancy Reagan started that in the late '80s, right? I've never thought of it as something geared toward little ones, and agree with you that it shouldn't be something your kindergartener has to bear.

You know what I meant.;-)

Oh, it's been plastered all over the place, from when we were in middle/high school to now being forced down the throats of little ones. That, to me, piques an interest & curiousity in little ones' minds that shouldn't be there.

And, I'd rather have my kids think that underage drinking, etc. is "boring" & no biggie, so they aren't tempted to "rebel" so much in such a potentially harmful manner. Actually, rebelling would mean to follow the straight & narrow in our house. They'd have to be more like their Grandparents to rebel against Mr. OM & me.

 

[ASH]

I think the school systems are feeling the pressure to educate children about things that used to be done by all parents. Too many parents are no longer interested or take the time to raise their own children. They send them off to daycare as soon as possible after they are born because society forces two family incomes on so many people. Then they get a babysitter for the evenings because they have social events to attend w/o their children.
Society teaches that you need to send your kids into prep schools at 3 and 4 years old. This is supposed to be bonding times with parents and siblings and maybe a puppy or two.
It is sad how many parents no longer know how to take responsibility for the children they choose to have.
Each generation seems to be worse than the last one. It gets scarier every day to think of who will be running this country 20 or 30 years from now.

 

[Teresa]

NoHall, I you, but I have to disagree.

I do have to say that children are already burdened with the dysfunction because the "Say No To Drugs" campaign is the same thing, only it's on the supposedly (but not so) politically correct side of things! It's no different, blatantly negative & hasn't made a bit of difference with underage substance abuse. There's no "love & wonder" in the campaign. It's hardcore & starts early.

It pissed me off that they were talking to my kid about this in kindergarten, for crying out loud! My very innocent & naive little 5 year old (last year) came home questioning what drugs were because she was told "Say No To Drugs" & given literature on the subject & there are signs all over schools. To her "drugs" mean pharmaceuticals. Then, we had to explain the difference & why anyone would take a "drug." She also began lecturing me on drinking a glass of wine...

I'd rather my children be educated via me or my husband on subjects like that, long before the public school system injects their opinion. That's why they already know proper names (and alternate ones) for body parts & are learning how to respect and care for themselves NOW rather than too late, so they will be able to make better choices &/or at least know consequences.

I don't think I'd buy that book because Mr. OM & I already have a pretty open flowing conversation going with our kids, but it's also a helluva lot better regarding broad education on the issue of drugs & their inappropriateness for kids.

Our society is backwards in it's thinking.... we have the proper, fundamentalist side of things that says "NO!!!" to everything & then we have the pop culture side that screams "YES!!!!" to it all: Sex, Drugs & Rock'n'Roll. There is no balance or understanding to give the little ones growing up a healthy view of it all with help to make the right decisions. This is ESPECIALLY true for little girls, not saying that little boys don't need help also, but the pressure on girls is sooo tough.

Thank you!!! this lounge is a thankless place, so I can't click on the thank you button, so thank you a thousand times for this post.

 

[sunspotbaby]

I'll bet if they changed it's name, put it in a pill and marketed it as anxiety
medication, every Mom would have a prescription bottle handy in her purse, washing them down with evian water and cheetos as they drive their kids to soccer practice.

 

[Alicia Leonard]

I'll bet if they changed it's name, put it in a pill and marketed it as anxiety
medication, every Mom would have a prescription bottle handy in her purse, washing them down with evian water and cheetos as they drive their kids to soccer practice.

Amen. Prescription meds and alcohol are the most abused substances in our country.

I have often thought it is the lack of available science to gage how much and a time frame for THC a person has consumed that causes it not to be legalized or at least decriminalized.

I worked as a paramedical examiner many years ago. I often had to go out in the middle of the night and cover an accident scene for corporations such as CSX to test employees on the spot.

I performed breathalysers, blood draws, urine samples and later we got a mouth swab for THC results. We can measure how much alcohol someone has consumed but the swabs would only tell if someone had smoked pot in the last four to six hours. But, since in the urine and blood, it is the remnants of THC that test positive, there is no way to gage the amount or time consumed. THC embeds in fat cells and can stay there for thirty days according to body mass and metabolism. Leaving the questions as to how much and when, open.

Oh, and just a side note: I never had one test positive at an accident scene for THC, always drinking. The pilots at the airport in Pensacola hated to seeing me coming in with my black bag. I grounded two in one day once.

 

[organicmama]

I'll bet if they changed it's name, put it in a pill and marketed it as anxiety
medication, every Mom would have a prescription bottle handy in her purse, washing them down with evian water and cheetos as they drive their kids to soccer practice.

You never know... they might have already done it. If it can be synthesized in a lab, all the better b/c they can patent it for a few years & charge megabucks per pill.

I just read some amazing info on the amino acid L-Tryptophan & its demise as a supplement because it was deemed harmful, yet it can be sold as a prescription.... and the fact that it's demise coincided with the arrival of Prozac.:scratch:

 

[Teresa]

I'll bet if they changed it's name, put it in a pill and marketed it as anxiety
medication, every Mom would have a prescription bottle handy in her purse, washing them down with evian water and cheetos as they drive their kids to soccer practice.

amen sister.



a pill would be much more convenient. I mean, those dang pesky rolling papers, and then there's no hiding the smoke in carpool...

 

[organicmama]

amen sister.



a pill would be much more convenient. I mean, those dang pesky rolling papers, and then there's no hiding the smoke in carpool...

Just say you're smudging your car....:funn:

 

[NoHall]

Um...what about the brownie form? That seems perfect in every way...

 

[sunspotbaby]

Whew!

I thought I had shut down another thread!

OM- Isn't triptophan the stuff that makes you sleepy after eating Turkey??

Hmmm. let's see...shall I have a Prozac or a turkey leg today?
Don't have the scrip for Prozac. I guess I'll have to go with the turkey leg.