To go bananas having seen my 15 year old vaping

[whatdoidoherenow]

What would you do?
I'm kore sad than angry .
Would you ground them?

My sister is still annoyed with my parents for not stopping her smoking from age 12 or something

For those of you who are cool with it I suggest you read this www.health.harvard.edu/blog/can-vaping-damage-your-lungs-what-we-do-and-dont-know-2019090417734

To be honest, I've never found 'going bananas' ever did much good when dealing with a teen. Usually it just made them more secretive and much less likely to be open to a sensible discussion. They just found more ways of hiding what they were doing and I would be the last person to find out. Pretty much counter productive really.

I'm a sucker for statistics but there is absolutely no chance this is right. My DD has just left year 11 in a school with 300 pupils per year, even just picking her up and driving her to school I'd say 50% at least are puffing on one at any given time

^^This

I caught my daughter earlier this year, age 13. I took her phone and had a serious conversation, I know all the kids are doing it it's the craze. I remember being her age and doing things I shouldn't, I wasn't too hard on her, I told her it's bad and it upset me her doing that. What she chooses to do after that is up to her but if she's caught the punishments get worse, and I have eyes everywhere.

The thing is this will happen, eventually. But not until our generation of kids are addicted to nicotine. Shutting the door after the horse has bolted. Vapes should also be behind the counter in the short term with cigarettes. But instead anyone can slip one in their pocket and walk out of shops. It truly beggars belief.

You're very naive parents if you think simply cutting off money will stop the habit.

It will make life a hell of a lot less comfortable and will make it harder to vape as much. You are very naive if you think vaping is okay.

I don't think it's okay. Where did I say it's okay?

But it won't stop them if they want to do it. They share them with their friends, they'll borrow money, they'll steal them if they want them.

It won't stop it happening.

No, for most kids there is a big jump to steal. Some would okay, but that is by no
means universal.

So....effectively encouraging her to sneak them behind your back if she can?
She's 13!!!!
Remove her phone for a month. The second time, for the school year.

Gobsmacked that there are parents on here that seem fine with this. Downward trend in parenting

Dd2 starts secondary school in September. Two of the kids in her Y6 class told her that their parents would let them start vaping once they were secondary age. Another one brought a vape in. It truly beggars belief.

Gobsmacked that there are parents on here that seem fine with this. Downward trend in parenting.

I agree. 'Lots of kids do it' and the fact that it's too much effort to try and stop them are pathetic reasons not to at least try to look after your child's health. Some parents seem scared of confronting their child or maintaining boundaries at all.

I agree that disposables should be banned and tbh think that vapes should only be available from a pharmacy. This would not be a problem for anyone genuinely using them as a smoking cessation aid.

I just think they need to be hidden behind the counter like cigarettes. Prevents theft, makes it harder for new vapers to work out what to ask for. Makes sure they are available for those who need them. I don’t think vaping products being less available than cigarettes is a good thing. But the disposables are the biggest problem with kids anyway.

When I was 15 (A long time ago) most kids my age smoked - it's shit but all you can do is keep up the education.

I hate seeing people in our local shop pick out the cotton candy/ sweet flavoured ones it's gross. They should be treated like cigarettes put in alarming packaging and not allowed to be advertised at all - our local Londis has a large sign outside "VAPES HERE!"

Why did you allow all these kids to vape in your garden? I don’t get that, genuinely. I’d be really annoyed if you let my child think you thought it was okay in that way.

I’m genuinely interested in how they steal them? Considering they are behind the counter and usually with the cigarettes in cabinets?

They aren’t, they are on shelves in most shops. Eg Sainsbury’s for one.

I’m sorry but all the posters saying that really most aren’t vaping are naive as a bare minimum.
Also quoting stats lol - do you also believe inflation was only 8 percent too?
Please I rarely see a teen without a vape and I travel up and down the country….

Our local corner shop which is the only one my kids can walk to they are behind the counter, presumably to prevent theft though. It isn’t law they have to be.

Oh that’s interesting, they are in my local (Big) Sainsburys and in the supermarket I work in.