“My 9 year old daughter smoking cigarettes?”
I caught my 9 year old daughter smoking cigarettes in her bedroom and found out she has been smoking for about 6 months. She is addicted and doesn't want to quit because she really enjoys it so I didn't know what to do so I just gave her permission to smoke.
Female | 9 years old
5 Answers
Cigarettes are harmful in so many ways and exposure at such a young age is detrimental for her future.
Seek treatment asap and remove access to cigarettes (lock them up)
Now is a good time to quit together
Seek treatment asap and remove access to cigarettes (lock them up)
Now is a good time to quit together
Discuss the long-term effects of smoking on her lungs being hurt, then talk to her HCP. The ads on TV put up by the CDC are very compelling. Show her those pictures of mouth and lung cancer.
Hello,
Quick, you need help - you are having trouble being a parent to a 9-year-old. What will you do as she gets older? Smoking is a long-term health destroyer – a child at 9 is legally not allowed to make the decision to destroy her health, because she can’t grasp the details. Therefore, the legal age for smoking is 18. Your child is PRE-adolescent, still growing, hormones changing….
It is very possible that a child protection agency will discover your daughter’s behavior and you will be investigated as a negligent parent. Remember, kids talk to each other and they talk to their parents and teachers. Cigarette smoking smells – others will notice that smell. Get ahead of the process and ask for help from a parenting class. Social work agencies often have or know of such parenting classes or groups.
It’s good you wrote about this big problem – if you act now, you have a shot at solving it!
Peace,
Dr. Marian Shapiro
Quick, you need help - you are having trouble being a parent to a 9-year-old. What will you do as she gets older? Smoking is a long-term health destroyer – a child at 9 is legally not allowed to make the decision to destroy her health, because she can’t grasp the details. Therefore, the legal age for smoking is 18. Your child is PRE-adolescent, still growing, hormones changing….
It is very possible that a child protection agency will discover your daughter’s behavior and you will be investigated as a negligent parent. Remember, kids talk to each other and they talk to their parents and teachers. Cigarette smoking smells – others will notice that smell. Get ahead of the process and ask for help from a parenting class. Social work agencies often have or know of such parenting classes or groups.
It’s good you wrote about this big problem – if you act now, you have a shot at solving it!
Peace,
Dr. Marian Shapiro
That is your choice, but it does not grapple with the health hazards of smoking. At the very least, I would encourage you to research the health hazards of smoking and discuss this with your daughter.
See this link...
https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/smoking.html
https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/smoking.html
