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Pothead In College? Don't Tell Your Kids!

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So, you smoked a little reefer in college, sparked a doobie now and then. Maybe you even saw lucy in the sky with diamonds or shoveled some snow back in the day—DON'T TELL YOUR KIDS!

According to a study from at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign impresionable youngsters were less likely to think drugs were bad if their parents had shared stories about riding the white horse, et al. Kids whose parents simply hammered home an anti-drug message without revealing their own indiscretions were more likely to avoid drug use themselves.

"We are not recommending that parents lie to their early adolescent children about their own past drug use," the study’s lead author Jennifer Kam, told Huff/Post50. "Instead, we are suggesting that parents should focus on talking to their kids about the negative consequences of drug use, how to avoid offers, family rules against use, that they disapprove of use, and others who have gotten in trouble from using.

"Parents may not want to voluntarily share their past drug use with their early adolescent children, but we are not suggesting that they outright lie to their kids," she said, adding that more research needs to be done.

In effect, just say no to blatant dishonestly, but also lie your ass off about having too much fun at Harvard.

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