Comments on: what percentage of teenagers smoke cigarettes compared to the 1970’s ? http://parentingquestions.org/parenting-teenagers/what-percentage-of-teenagers-smoke-cigarettes-compared-to-the-1970s Answers to all your questions about parenting teenagers. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:33:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Joshua H http://parentingquestions.org/parenting-teenagers/what-percentage-of-teenagers-smoke-cigarettes-compared-to-the-1970s/comment-page-1#comment-5032 Joshua H Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:46:35 +0000 http://parentingquestions.org/parenting-teenagers/what-percentage-of-teenagers-smoke-cigarettes-compared-to-the-1970s#comment-5032 It's lower, but a lot of kids still smoke. What happens will of course be your daughter's choice, but you might want to ask her what her friends are doing (more likely to yield results than asking about her own activities) and tell her how much you hope she won't make the same mistake you did and start. What parents think really does have an effect on their kids, as long as they believe it's genuine rather than hysterical or hypocritical and don't think it's being forced down their throats. The good news is that like adults kids now have much more negative attitudes towards smoking than they used to. That makes it a lot easier for a kid like your daughter to say "no" to her friends. It’s lower, but a lot of kids still smoke. What happens will of course be your daughter’s choice, but you might want to ask her what her friends are doing (more likely to yield results than asking about her own activities) and tell her how much you hope she won’t make the same mistake you did and start. What parents think really does have an effect on their kids, as long as they believe it’s genuine rather than hysterical or hypocritical and don’t think it’s being forced down their throats.

The good news is that like adults kids now have much more negative attitudes towards smoking than they used to. That makes it a lot easier for a kid like your daughter to say “no” to her friends.

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