I hear that...maybe we can squash it before it starts. Just noticed you are in Tucson...I grew up down there and still have family in the area. Cheers!
A toast to the second hottest place next to your current city LOLVape in front of your children?
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A toast to the second hottest place next to your current city LOLI definitely think honesty is the best policy. I'll never forget when the neighbors 7 and 4 years old busted mom and dad having a smoke when their whole lives they were taught that smoking was bad and smokers were bad... and liars were bad. Whoops.
I will vape in the same room with my 16 yo... My 22yo said I can vape in her house, but I don't think I feel comfortable vaping in the same room with my 1yo grandson. Actually, I don't plan on vaping around anyone that I wouldn't have smoked around. So many people are sensitive to smoke, candles, perfume, air freshener, etc... I don't think my extended family or friends would appreciate me vaping in the room with them, even if they said it was ok. Kind of like when you tell someone that their dog is fine jumping all over you, but really you wish they'd just stick it in a different room. lol
I will vape in the same room with my 16 yo... My 22yo said I can vape in her house, but I don't think I feel comfortable vaping in the same room with my 1yo grandson. Actually, I don't plan on vaping around anyone that I wouldn't have smoked around. So many people are sensitive to smoke, candles, perfume, air freshener, etc... I don't think my extended family or friends would appreciate me vaping in the room with them, even if they said it was ok. Kind of like when you tell someone that their dog is fine jumping all over you, but really you wish they'd just stick it in a different room. lol
I don't have kids, but I do vape in front of my nieces and nephews. The older ones know I used to smoke, but I always went outside away from them. I vape in front of them now. They all know that I vape instead of smoke, they all know that you have to be an adult to touch my PV, and they all know it is healthier than smoking. The 11 y/o even wrote a DARE essay about how I quit smoking and now I vape. I have made it a positive open-ended conversation with the kiddos. They ask questions, and I answer them honestly. Even when I was a kid, we were a very open family. No questions were off limits. The natural curiosity of the little kids has inspired conversations about how smoking is bad and to never start the bad habit.
Now, the 6 year old nephew.....he is ornery......and tells me "when I grow up all I wanna drink is beer." WHEW, his parents are gonna have fun with that one!
Now, the 6 year old nephew.....he is ornery......and tells me "when I grow up all I wanna drink is beer." WHEW, his parents are gonna have fun with that one!
I hear that one! The first time my son wanted to "cheers" with me...I stole a quick glance over at my wife with my best "it's not my fault" look slapped on my mug.
I'm in the same boat. I spend a lot of time with my nieces and nephew, who greatly range in age. I see my 5-year-old niece and 14-year-old nephew at least 3 times a week. Their father smoked, and it was a contentious topic in the house because my sister demanded he quit for years. He switched after I switched and we both vape in front of them. They know it contains nicotine and that it is addictive, a healthier way to smoke, and for grown-ups. My nephew is very much anti-smoking and is also allergic to everything, so he is glad that he's not around cigarette smoke anymore. The 5-year-old just thinks that her daddy and aunt smoke, but it doesn't stink anymore. She doesn't pay much attention to it at her current age.
At the same time, had my parents and many other family members not been smokers, I probably wouldn't have picked up the habit. My peer group did not smoke. A slightly older cousin gave me my first cigarette, and it was easy to steal from my mother from then on, so I can certainly respect both viewpoints on the subject.
Yep, I vape in front of my kids too. I smoked in front of them though never in doors or in the car. They know it's better for me than smoking and they're glad I quit smoking (at least the 2 old enough to know what I'm doing). I'd hate to hide it and then they find my vape gear and think I do illegal drugs.
I've never smoked nor vaped within eye sight of my grand children. As for my daughters, I have. But fortunately, at least none of them took up either. Guess my stank was enough to discourage 'em.
I personally think kids are smarter than we think and they will eventually catch you vaping or find your Vape stash and be even more curious than if you just do it in open like it's no big thing. If they think you are sneaking they will be more curious. For example, I grew up in a house with a lot of hunters and guns. I had older brothers. I was shown exactly what a gun does when it fires and I therefore had no curiosity so I didn't think anything of them or get curios. Curiosity killed the cat 
I've always been open and honest with my son and now he is 25.
I've always been open and honest with my son and now he is 25.
Same here , I was taught about guns and knives and hunting from a very young age and there for knew what was right and wrong and how to respect these things.I agree if kids dont know better they get curious and thats when trouble starts.
Once again, I'm woefully late to the thread.
My 2 cents: If you weren't worried about them seeing you smoke, you shouldn't be worried about them seeing you vape.
If you associate vaping with anything illegal or illicit or anything other than it is, then it might be a little detrimental.
If your kids are old enough to know that smoking kills you, they are old enough to know that you chose a healthier alternative, and although it's not necessarily quitting (nicotine), it will make Daddy be around a lot longer than otherwise. Explaining vaping to an adult can be difficult enough; explaining it to a kid....... might be easier than you think it'd be. They don't have all the hang-ups us adults have acquired by this point.
Hope this post helps in any little way. Sorry if I reiterated things already said. I opted to be lazy just now and didn't read the whole thread. My apologies!
My 2 cents: If you weren't worried about them seeing you smoke, you shouldn't be worried about them seeing you vape.
If you associate vaping with anything illegal or illicit or anything other than it is, then it might be a little detrimental.
If your kids are old enough to know that smoking kills you, they are old enough to know that you chose a healthier alternative, and although it's not necessarily quitting (nicotine), it will make Daddy be around a lot longer than otherwise. Explaining vaping to an adult can be difficult enough; explaining it to a kid....... might be easier than you think it'd be. They don't have all the hang-ups us adults have acquired by this point.
Hope this post helps in any little way. Sorry if I reiterated things already said. I opted to be lazy just now and didn't read the whole thread. My apologies!
I got a 4 year old boy and no sir I don't vape around the child. I lock myself in the bedroom and play the crying game at a moderate volume while I catch a vape. My son and wife knows that's daddy time.
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I have to concur with the majority, and I'm reminded of a statement made by Sir Ken Robinson:
"A three year old is not half a six year old."
Children are not lesser people, they're simply young people. More importantly, they're the people we've charged ourselves with training to become productive members of our society and that duty is of paramount importance. I believe the only way to do that, is to help them disseminate fact from fiction, and teach them how to reason and think responsibly for themselves.
The best way to ensure that children will experiment (possibly dangerously) with something that should be taboo for them is to disparage or vilify it without explaining its consequences.
Even though I avoided smoking in front of my children (now 12 and 8 years of age) due to the harm it could do them, they knew that I did it. Obviously, their olfactory senses knew something was awry and lying to them would have served no purpose, but instead would likely have given them the impression that I was guarding a secretly wonderful thing that I didn't wish to share.
I vape in front of them with absolutely no guilt about it. For that matter, now that I've turned my father (a 45+ year smoker) into an enthusiastic vaper as well, my children consider me a hero of sorts. Not only do they see this as a gift to grandpa, they consider it a gift to them...a gift of more time with Daddy and Grandpa. My mother's pretty happy with me too.
"A three year old is not half a six year old."
Children are not lesser people, they're simply young people. More importantly, they're the people we've charged ourselves with training to become productive members of our society and that duty is of paramount importance. I believe the only way to do that, is to help them disseminate fact from fiction, and teach them how to reason and think responsibly for themselves.
The best way to ensure that children will experiment (possibly dangerously) with something that should be taboo for them is to disparage or vilify it without explaining its consequences.
Even though I avoided smoking in front of my children (now 12 and 8 years of age) due to the harm it could do them, they knew that I did it. Obviously, their olfactory senses knew something was awry and lying to them would have served no purpose, but instead would likely have given them the impression that I was guarding a secretly wonderful thing that I didn't wish to share.
I vape in front of them with absolutely no guilt about it. For that matter, now that I've turned my father (a 45+ year smoker) into an enthusiastic vaper as well, my children consider me a hero of sorts. Not only do they see this as a gift to grandpa, they consider it a gift to them...a gift of more time with Daddy and Grandpa. My mother's pretty happy with me too.
Eric Hill. I want synthesizers. I know how the beats work. We both "get it". Let's make a synth vape band. I can either be the bald guy who stands behind the synths unmoving, or the enthusiastic front man. But I won't wear tights, and I'm not gay. ;-)
THIS IS NOT A KNOCK ON ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLES!
THIS IS NOT A KNOCK ON ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLES!
Well played sir, well played. I often punch myself as well during the closet vape, to add to the experience.
Lmao let's do it! I can imagine us doing the remake of the video for flock of seagulls "I ran" vaping at random times.
As my daughter was an adult when we started vaping (and her complaints about cigarette stink were actually what caused us to start vaping in the car while with her), I can't speak to young kids. But consider this: many of us grew up seeing smokers, and knowing smoking was an 'adult activity'. If it is phrased in such a way to kids, the middling to older ones are fine with it. But, with little ones, avoid leaving your juice out where they can find it!
Now that is a serious issue. I discussed it with my gf and fellow vapers. Juices absolutely should not be left out in the open if you have children!!! This cannot be emphasized enough!!!
It looks drinkable, smells good, may taste like candy.... and there's our tragedy. Keep nic juice locked up and far away! Kids snoop, oh yes, they do, so be ultra careful!
All our children are grown up, but if they were young, I personally would. The only reason is I want it to come from me and not some one else. I know its a personal preference on this subject. I also think with every thing that's on tv, radio, and internet, vaping is the least of our worries.
I'm in the same boat with a 2yr old. The only reason I don't do it around him is that I don't want him to associate my vaping with others that smoke and therefore think smoking is ok
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