Smoking..as punishment?

Hessian · 03-11-2004, 04:05 PM

Sitting in a bank parking lot on Saturday: Beside me is a PU with a young (10year old) boy. Beside him is an older woman puffing away on a cigarette..the windo is open just a crack but as I watch, the kid pulls his shirt up and starts breathing through his shirt...with another hand he starts wiping his eyes.

Moments later an adult male comes out of the bank, hops in the driver seat and immediately lights up his cigarette. The Kid, squeezed between these two caring adults is vainly fanning the smoke away from him...and they pull away.

Now I have not come out on the soap box before against smoking...naturally I don't like it around my table at dinner, or walking through a foreign airport. BUT

At the very least...that was a cruel thing to put that boy through. Heck, he's wheezing for some fresh air and both adults obliviously are choking him....isn't that abuse? If they had spanked him in the Safeway they'd be facing charges, but stuff him full of toxins day after day...that's no problem.

*RoseRed* ^(Premo) · 03-11-2004, 04:14 PM

I don't smoke in my car or my house. I do remember when my daughter was an infant, we were at a family members house that was so clogged with smoke that I took her out and waited in the car.

*mainman* ^(Premo) · 03-11-2004, 04:16 PM

If a law is passed, where would you draw the line? You cannot smoke in a vehicle with a child until the child is 18? 21?

Some things have the potential to get so out of control...

Toxick · 03-11-2004, 04:21 PM

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Originally posted by mainman
If a law is passed, where would you draw the line? You cannot smoke in a vehicle with a child until the child is 18? 21?

You can only smoke in your house, in your room under a blanket with the lights turned off.

Chasey_Lane · 03-11-2004, 04:23 PM

When I did smoke, I would at home, and also, while driving with my daughter. I didn't sit in a parking lot with my windows shut, but I'd crack the window if I were driving.

As I look back now, I think how bad that is. I shouldn't smoke around her, but then, my Mom smoked around me and I'm perfectly normal.

I quit smoking last year, so my daughter doesn't have to smell Mommies nasty cigarettes anymore.

*mainman* ^(Premo) · 03-11-2004, 04:23 PM

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Originally posted by Toxick
You can only smoke in your house, in your room under a blanket with the lights turned off.

What if there is a photo of my child in the room?

Ehesef · 03-11-2004, 04:24 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by mainman
If a law is passed, where would you draw the line? You cannot smoke in a vehicle with a child until the child is 18? 21?

Some things have the potential to get so out of control...

Smoking with the kid in the car is definitely not the smartest thing to do, but I have to agree with MM...

vraiblonde · 03-11-2004, 04:25 PM

I probably smoked my kids out when they were little, too. But now they're healthy teens/adults with no respiratory problems, allergies or anything so...

Smoking wasn't evil until about 7 years or so ago so kids back then didn't realize they were supposed to live in a bubble and take all kinds of medication to survive. They just learned to adapt to their environment.

*mainman* ^(Premo) · 03-11-2004, 04:26 PM

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Originally posted by Chasey_Lane
I'm perfectly normal.

ememdee19 · 03-11-2004, 04:27 PM

I've never smoked around my child and I think it's wrong for other parents to do so. My parents did it around me and I absolutely hated it.

I feel the same way about women smoking while they're pregnant.

View Poll Results: Smoking in a car with a child/infant...
No problem, second hand smoke is harmless	3	8.82%
Not wise, but hey...its been going on for years	19	55.88%
That is abusive...I'd give them a piece of my mind	8	23.53%
Its worth passing a law against...let the court deal with it	4	11.76%
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03-11-2004, 04:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
Hessian Registered User Member Since: Mar 2001 Location: Lusby Posts: 1,889	Smoking..as punishment? Sitting in a bank parking lot on Saturday: Beside me is a PU with a young (10year old) boy. Beside him is an older woman puffing away on a cigarette..the windo is open just a crack but as I watch, the kid pulls his shirt up and starts breathing through his shirt...with another hand he starts wiping his eyes. Moments later an adult male comes out of the bank, hops in the driver seat and immediately lights up his cigarette. The Kid, squeezed between these two caring adults is vainly fanning the smoke away from him...and they pull away. Now I have not come out on the soap box before against smoking...naturally I don't like it around my table at dinner, or walking through a foreign airport. BUT At the very least...that was a cruel thing to put that boy through. Heck, he's wheezing for some fresh air and both adults obliviously are choking him....isn't that abuse? If they had spanked him in the Safeway they'd be facing charges, but stuff him full of toxins day after day...that's no problem. __________________ "Tolerance is the virtue of a man with no convictions" G.K. Chesterton Tell ME,...Who is running Treadstone???
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03-11-2004, 04:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
RoseRed ^(Premo) American Beauty Member Since: Mar 2001 Location: My own private Idaho Posts: 52,349	I don't smoke in my car or my house. I do remember when my daughter was an infant, we were at a family members house that was so clogged with smoke that I took her out and waited in the car. __________________ Oysters are nasty. If I want a fried loogie, I'll spit in a frying pan.
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03-11-2004, 04:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
mainman ^(Premo) Going Full Retard Member Since: Jun 2003 Location: End of the Road... Posts: 34,599	If a law is passed, where would you draw the line? You cannot smoke in a vehicle with a child until the child is 18? 21? Some things have the potential to get so out of control...
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03-11-2004, 04:23 PM	#5 (permalink)
Chasey_Lane Scheisty Member Since: Nov 2003 Location: Uppityville Posts: 27,495	When I did smoke, I would at home, and also, while driving with my daughter. I didn't sit in a parking lot with my windows shut, but I'd crack the window if I were driving. As I look back now, I think how bad that is. I shouldn't smoke around her, but then, my Mom smoked around me and I'm perfectly normal. I quit smoking last year, so my daughter doesn't have to smell Mommies nasty cigarettes anymore. __________________ A reply from you to this message will not be possible. I can't have an adult conversation w/ you in this environment anyhow. "You croc wearing, fake coach bag wearing fake tanner you. Take that." ~ Author unknown "Love your haters - they're your biggest fans." "You know you are absolutely f'ing amazing when people you don't even know hate you."
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03-11-2004, 04:27 PM	#10 (permalink)
ememdee19 Southern Beyotch Member Since: Oct 2003 Location: Down South Posts: 2,720	I've never smoked around my child and I think it's wrong for other parents to do so. My parents did it around me and I absolutely hated it. I feel the same way about women smoking while they're pregnant. __________________ Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly. ~Robert H. Schuller Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine. ~Lord Byron
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