? for growers with young kids?

[inreplyavalon]

Whats up fellow parents?
Wondering at what age it becomes a risk to grow with a child in the house? The risk i speak of is the child talking about the grow to anyone. Not maliciously, but in the way small children talk about anything to anyone.
What are your experiences and/or thoughts?

Cheers

 

[CharlesSprkleaf]

In my opinion I think it's the personality of the child... I was blessed with a child that never ratted on his father and always kept his mouth shut...

 

[schwilly]

I would talk to a lawyer about the possible repercussions of a bust as far as the kid goes.

If there's a chance that the kid could end up in foster care, I would move the kid or the grow to another location.

 

[jonnybgood29]

rule number one must also apply to the children.... never let them kow your growing. i raised two step children and they never knew until they were eighteen, and only one was told due to safety reasons the other couldnt be. i now have four small children and they have no idea. all work is done when they are in school, preocupied with other things or after they are asleep! dont tell and they dont!

 

[Iron_Lion]

I would say if your kid can talk there is a possibility to let the cat out of the bag. I dont have any kids but if I did I probably would keep it locked up in the basement and not let them see it or know it was there for as long as possible. The kids I knew in high school that had parents that grew the kids used to tell their friends and they'd blab it around town. It's gotta be tough for the parents out there that grow.

 

[inreplyavalon]

Thanks Charles, i here what your saying. I am worried more of an accidental telling than i am of an intentional type.
At what age would you consider it a possibility? I am wondering if a five or so year old could not be fooled into thinking its lettuce or something, in case they said something to someone??

Schwilly i agree completely. Family comes first. Fortunately i live in a place where child services could come to the door and as long as the garden and all herb is under lock and key, no problems.

 

[inreplyavalon]

rule number one must also apply to the children.... never let them kow your growing. i raised two step children and they never knew until they were eighteen, and only one was told due to safety reasons the other couldnt be. i now have four small children and they have no idea. all work is done when they are in school, preocupied with other things or after they are asleep! dont tell and they dont!

Good advice. At what age would you consider the kid capable of telling a stranger that "daddy has a garden inside our home"?

 

[inreplyavalon]

I would say if your kid can talk there is a possibility to let the cat out of the bag. I dont have any kids but if I did I probably would keep it locked up in the basement and not let them see it or know it was there for as long as possible. The kids I knew in high school that had parents that grew the kids used to tell their friends and they'd blab it around town. It's gotta be tough for the parents out there that grow.

Yeah i hear you Iron. The thing is that kids dont just talk one day. Its a few year process of noises, sort of words, words, sentences, comprehensible sentences, and than just plain blabbering of the mouth... but your right, keep it out of site, out of mind

 

[spunion]

What reason do you give the kids as far as why they can't go into that room or two in the basement?

 

[Iron_Lion]

Yeah i hear you Iron. The thing is that kids dont just talk one day. Its a few year process of noises, sort of words, words, sentences, comprehensible sentences, and than just plain blabbering of the mouth... but your right, keep it out of site, out of mind

Oh yeah man I get what you mean, they'd have to be at the level of forming sentences and knowing what things are and conversing, so I'd say you have a good few years.

 

[jonnybgood29]

thats easy, as far as they know, it is the poison closets, where i keep stuff that could possibly harm them if they got into it!

and just because they dont talk, doesnt mean they dont remember! my 8 year old still rmrmbers me taking him into my old grow room when he was 18 months old. i thought i was safe, but he still rmrmbers it.... doesnt know what it was growing, so i told him it was garden plants, since i do garden as well!

 

[inreplyavalon]

Iron, well the words are already flowing, so just wondering how much longer, without getting into specifics of my situation...Thanks for sharing bro.

jonnyB thats a trip. My kids older than that and he is in the garden every so often. I think that ends today, thanks very much.

 

[dubwise]

I'm a parent of a small child and don't grow at the house. I do process at home and so I've got to be slick about getting everything in & finished when she's not around or asleep. I am lucky to have a place to grow that is within my view and walking distance. But I bet that you could build a stealthy cabinet and put it in a large closet and keep it hidden forever.
It's way easier (IMO) keeping things hidden than trying to explain everything right now. Once my kid isolder and more responsible and mature, she can make her own decision about it.

 

[dansbuds]

I'm sorry but if there's kids in the house .... there should be NO growing ! unless your a state sanctioned card holder & even then i doubt i'd grow in the same house . there are just WAY to many people up in your business nowdays . DARE programs in school, nosey teachers & guidance counslers etc.... you can't even yell ay your kids nowdays without somebody callin CPS .
I waited to set up a real grow room in my house till after the kids all moved out . they all knew i smoked but never saw it untill they were late into thier teens . didn't even smoke with them till they were in their 20's .
this is just my opinion though

 

[krunchbubble]

ya, its weird here in Cali....


sometimes they dont give a shit, other times the run you through the gutter with charges....

 

[inreplyavalon]

Let me be more specific. At WHAT SINGLE DIGIT AGE WOULD ONE BE CONCERNED OF A CHILD INNOCENTLY TALKING TO SOMEONE ABOUT PLANTS GROWING?

Thanks for sharing Dansbuds and Dubwise. I respect your thoughts and opinions and you taking the time to share them. I am a card holding medical patient/sharer and as such child protective services is not a concern in this county, as long as laws are followed to the T that we follow them.

 

[5th]

My five year old brags about our garden all the time at school. Not my garden...our garden. We've been growing hydro, 5 site under 36w of floro on the kitchen counter for two years now. She takes pics of the developing garden for show and tell. Her teachers have always been dumbstruck about her knowledge of gardening. They remind me every teacher/parent interview.

As far as my garden...she thinks its my office. She knows from when I used to work 20 hour days that daddy's office is off limits and never asks to go in.

I'd be a sad excuse for a parent if I started excluding my kid from learning anything...just had to apply what I've learned from weed to veggies...its a learning process for us both.

 

[skullznroses]

Kindergarten and First Grade are pretty bad ages for that. Kids are smart enough to know to say one thing and then act like they didn't around other people. In fact lots of kids get a thrill by saying things that they wouldn't be allowed to say at home in front of strangers or at a friends house. I was amazingly smart at 4 or 5 years old, aren't we all?

I have a friend who's mom is a First grade teacher. She told us a story when we were 25 or so about a time that somebody almost ratted on their parents at school. They had a cop in the classroom talking about weed and what it looks like. Well this kid, who's an older friend of ours, and who's parents are friends with our parents was in this first grade class and raised his hand. My friend's mom the teacher went and asked quietly what he wanted to say, because the police officer was doing his talk... the kid was going to say my parents grow that, referring to the weed. Well she kinda told him to save it for later, or something like that. THe kid didn't rat,, but it was a good thing for my friends dad that its a small town and people watch out for each other. The kid just thought the officer was soo nice and he could trust him.... YEAH RIGHT

 

[Storm Shadow]

Growing cannabis in your own home with Children isnt a bright idea...its quite selfish...with the insane laws they could throw your way...

Dont shit in your own Backyard

 

[5th]

Growing cannabis in your own home with Children isnt a bright idea...its quite selfish...with the insane laws they could throw your way...

Dont shit in your own Backyard

Hmmm...your right....

Why don't you start sending me free weed instead so I don't have to grow? Fuck medical problems and whatnot!!! Peoples kids would have much more fun climbing on their sick n' crippled parents...its like an inhouse playground....

Pull your head out of your ass.