Peace, Love & Misunderstanding

I really enjoyed this movie, but this post isn't exactly about the movie...

If you haven't seen this movie yet I'll give you a little bit of info,

"When her husband tells her he wants a divorce, devastated Manhattan lawyer Diane heads upstate with her two teens to Woodstock to stay with her estranged hippie mother. In this charming village, Diane and her city kids get a new perspective on life: poetry-reading daughter Zoe becomes interested in a sensitive young butcher Cole, nerdy son Jake finds material for his first film project, and Diane herself grows close to a handsome carpenter/singer Jude. Most importantly, Diane finally gets the chance to end the ancient war with the mother she has not seen for decades." - Wiki

My husband and I were watching this movie the other night and it got me thinking. From reading the above info you probably have no idea where I'm going with this because it really doesn't say in the description, so I'll tell you -

Pot.

In the movie Jane Fonda's character is a hippie Grandma and she is a pot grower and seller - at one point in the movie she smokes with her grand kids for their first time at ages 17 and 15 (if that!)

Now, this is what got me thinking - my son who is turning 11 in less than a month was offered pot at age 9...out front on my lawn by a kid 1 grade higher than him who he was kicking the soccer ball around with. Could you imagine? Now, he came right inside all upset and never hung out with this kid again.

My son is going into "Junior High" ~ grade 6 and it seems as though kids around here are doing these things younger, and younger - especially since where I come from is a very small city and at this age I didn't even know what drugs were let alone be offered any ever until well into my teens.

Jordan was raised the way I was, drugs are not for us. All drugs. I have never touched any sort in my life, and I know realistically that isn't all too common but despite how I may feel, I still don't want my kids doing any type of drugs so I've made sure never to change my stance on them and I feel very confident that Jordan will always choose how he was raised, but he may not.... So how does one prepare for that?

How do you accurately talk to your kids about not doing drugs? It's sad we have to think about this, but the time is coming.

I know someone who told me her 14 year-old smokes pot and she knows about it and to me that's just a scratch on the head. I am not sure how one can be okay with that?? Regardless, pot is illegal here in Canada and to me needing mind altering substances isn't needed when an adult, let alone a child.

I think it's important for my kids to know at this age about drugs, because I was completely caught off guard when my son was 9 being offered it. NINE. Right outside my house on my lawn. NINE.

I know PLENTY of adults who do it.

To each their own, an adult can make that decision on their own but kids? Shouldn't even have access to this stuff let alone offering it to friends. That I think is most disturbing to me.

How would you prepare your kids for the possibility of being offered these types of things in school or from peers? Have you had these types of talks with your kids? If you don't know, or aren't comfortable saying - - Have you seen this movie?