Parenting

but helicoptering probably makes a problem where there really isn't one, or makes it worse.

But, every situation is different, every parent is and every kid is so whose to know what the right thing to do is, in the end.

When I discovered my early teenie was smoking weed I tried not to go hair on fire because I didn't want her to be frightened off and not be able to talk to me about things. Plus I didn't want to be a hypocrit because we like beer and alcohol around the house once in a while.

It was tough tho - not knowing if I was aiding and abetting something awful in the future with her and drugs in general, plus I was worried that some of her friends she smoked with would tell their parents and then I'd really be up shit creek. But ***'s mom let's us smoke! oiy.

In the end it all worked out, she got her experimenting done (and was pretty honest, I think, on letting me know what was going on) and over with.

I have no idea if this was just luck or how I handled it or what.