Here’s how she approaches cannabis with her kids:<\/p>\n
Did you have a plan for how you would talk to your children about cannabis before they were born?<\/b><\/p>\n
Yes, I never had a doubt that it was going to be included in our lifestyle.<\/p>\n
My son knows more about cannabinoid science than I\u2019d say most adults. He will happily talk about his CBD use and how it helps him to stay focused in class, and he grows plants with us in our garden. We have fruits and vegetables and all herbs and he\u2019s mindful of that. But he also knows that not everyone supports this lifestyle so we just don\u2019t talk about it at school. And that\u2019s it, I make it very simple for them. Both he and my daughter, they use the term \u201ccannabis\u201d, they talk about hemp and the difference between CBD and THC and why they cannot have THC.<\/p>\n
I also talk to them about not smoking it until they\u2019re adults in a very matter of fact way, just like alcohol. It\u2019s just never been taboo and so they don\u2019t really understand that concept.<\/p>\n
What do you think would happen if they did talk about this lifestyle at school?<\/b><\/p>\n
I know that particularly women of color have a higher rate of our children being taken from us or some sort of interception from [Child Protective Services] because the neighbor smells cannabis. We\u2019re still dealing with this very real issue today, despite the fact that I have a masters degree, I\u2019m a homeowner, I\u2019m happily married, I have two healthy children, one phone call can really ruin your life. And I\u2019m public with my brand and who I am, so some of my kids\u2019 peers\u2019 parents know what I do, and frankly some of them are my clients. But I just want [my kids] to know that they shouldn\u2019t be there saying, \u201cOh, you know, the other day my mom was smoking a joint in the backyard\u2026\u201d that kind of dialogue, he understands, is not appropriate for public discussion.<\/p>\n
When and how did you first introduce this to your kids?<\/b><\/p>\n
It\u2019s not something that I introduced necessarily like, \u201cHere, let\u2019s sit down and have a conversation about cannabis.\u201d It\u2019s a part of our lifestyle. When I\u2019m smoking outside, I say, \u201cGo inside\u201d just like I would with cigarette smoke I wouldn’t want them to be inhaling that second-hand smoke.<\/p>\n
Do you drink alcohol at home and do you treat it in a similar manner?<\/b><\/p>\n
I actually do drink alcohol and I do not treat it in a similar manner because alcohol is far worse, and I make that very clear to my son. We talk about cannabis as a supplement, we talk about it as a vitamin and we talk about it as medicine. We do not talk about alcohol in that way. We talk about alcohol as an intoxicant that\u2019s intentionally used to take the edge off and my son has seen, unfortunately, we\u2019ve all seen, some incidents where there was too much alcohol involved and things go wrong, so we definitely do not frame them in the same way.<\/p>\n
I know that\u2019s what people are trying to do right now because we need to figure out how to get kids to not use it until a certain age; I think we need to present very real facts. I tell my son [how smoking] is bad for a developing brain, and your frontal lobe is not developed until 25 or 26; I need you to have all your health in order so that you can live your best life, and for that reason, you don\u2019t want to be smoking cannabis. I\u2019m very, very matter of fact.<\/p>\n
I have said to him, if we were to come across a scenario in which you needed micro-dosing of THC as you got older, we can explore that, just like we would explore any other medicine. But it would be via edible form and in micro doses.<\/p>\n
When your kids are older and their peers start to smoke; have you talked about that yet?<\/b><\/p>\n
We talk about smoking in a very literal way. My daughter is very bossy, she has said she\u2019s not going to use cannabis, it\u2019s not her thing, she doesn\u2019t like the way it smells, my son does like the way it smells, the total opposite. I see her telling her friends that smoking is bad for their frontal lobes. I hear her saying that in her little smart-ass voice. We talk about vaping as well because I’m more concerned about that than smoking because we just have no longitudinal studies, we haven’t seen positive results, I don\u2019t think we should be breathing in propylene glycol into our lungs.<\/p>\n
Have you ever rolled a joint in front of your kids? <\/b><\/p>\n
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