Peanut:  Hey mom!  Today, in health class, we learned about drugs.  Did you know that cigarettes are a drug?  Mrs. Reilly showed us real tar and a real cigarette and she put it in a stuffed animal's mouth.  I wish she wouldn't have told us about tar because it's making me want to throw up.
Me:  Oh, good.  I'm glad you're learning about smoking.  It's nasty.  Cigarettes are disgusting.
Peanut:  Drugs are bad.  You shouldn't use them.
Me:  That's right.
Peanut:  Mom, did you know that caffeine is a drug?
Me:  I guess, technically, it is.
Peanut:  So, when you drink caffeine soda you're doing drugs.
Me:  Not quite the same thing.  Caffeine isn't going to kill you.  Cigarettes give you cancer, caffeine doesn't.
Peanut:  I know.  Also, you shouldn't drink beer or wine because alcohol is a drug.
Me:  Woah, woah, woah.  Not all drugs are bad.  Some are just bad for kids.
Peanut:  No, all drugs are bad.
Me:  What about your medicine for asthma?  Did you know that medicines are drugs?
Peanut:  Yes.
Me:  So, should you stop taking your asthma medicine because it's a drug, or should you keep taking it because it helps you?
Peanut:  Keep taking it.  But beer and wine are bad drugs.
Me:  Only for kids.  Alcohol is like medicine for moms and dads.
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Amen!
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