Got a light?
While doing the family laundry, you find a lighter stuffed inside your 12-year-old son’s pants pocket. A little online research reveals such a discovery is fairly common, and you don’t smell tobacco or marijuana on him or his clothes. You ask what he needs a lighter for, and he says he likes the way it looks and he uses it to perform cool tricks for friends. What should you tell him next?
No lectures here from us, just a few tipsSuggestion:
Obviously fire is nothing to play with. But does your son also know your rules about smoking and drug use? It may be a good time to explain that often times, when people carry lighters it’s a sign that they smoke cigarettes or use other drugs such as marijuana. It’s also a good opportunity to ask your son what he knows about drugs, and what he thinks about people who use them. You can also share some of the legal consequences in this site’sKnow the Law section.