Happy 420 to my teenage stepdaughter?
Anyone remember this classic (and compelling) anti-drug ad from the 1980s?
Happy 4/20!
In case you don't know it, today is some sort of counterculture holiday. If someone wishes you a Happy 4/20, you've been identified as a marijuana smoker, past, present, future or indifferent.
My 16-year-old stepdaughter got a Happy 420 text message this morning.
What the?
I doubt she's using: none of the tell-tale signs are present. But clearly at least one friend is. Or plans to. Or doesn't think it's a big deal.
I'm proud to say I have never, ever smoked a joint or taken any illegal drug (I drank before I was 21, so I used a legal drug illegally, but I've never had so much as a puff of marijuana).
We all try so hard to keep our kids safe. How do you handle the drug talk in your family?
Here's a tongue-in-cheek look at "ineffective" ads, although I don't dislike them all that much.
Gretchen Day-Bryant has a son in high school and a daughter in middle school. She’s lived to tell about the struggles of juggling little kids and work.
Joy Oglesby has a preschooler...
Cindy Kent Fort Lauderdale mother of three. Her kids span in ages from teenager to 20s.
Rafael Olmeda and his wife welcomed their first son in Feb. 2009, and he's helping raise two teenage stepdaughters.
Lois Solomon lives in Boca Raton with her husband and three daughters.
Georgia East is the parent of a five-year-old girl, who came into the world weighing 1 pound, 13 ounces.
Brittany Wallman is the mother of Creed, 15, and Lily, 7, and is married to a journalist, Bob Norman. She covers Broward County government, which is filled with almost as much drama as the Norman household. Almost.
Chris Tiedje is the Social Media Coordinator and the father of a 7-year-old girl, and two boys ages 4 and 3.
Kyara Lomer Camarena has a 2-year-old son, Copelan, and a brand new baby. 
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