Puff Puff?

Since I have been working from home, I have without a doubt been watching a lot of morning talk shows. AND, I predict that when my little guy starts all day Kindergarten in September, I will probably be viewing even more. I mean, come on! What’s a better way for a Mama to catch up on current events? (She says sarcastically!)

Anyways, I was watching The View recently and watched a segment where the ladies met with a group of mothers who are now known to the press as “Marijuana Moms.” As the days went by, I noticed this same story had been carried over to numerous other talk shows for discussion. So, in my quest to explore the ins and outs of current events here, I thought I would indulge in this topic and share with you all the little conversation that has been happening inside my mind in relation to this “hot topic.”

Essentially, the “mission” of this group of women is to shed light on how smoking marijuana on a daily basis helps make them more creative and an overall better parent and wife. While most of these women have been using medical marijuana due to health problems, both physical and mental, they reveal that this drug has allowed them to escape from using prescription medications that change their overall demeanor (as might pot, right?) and that the switch to pot has allowed their children to have their mother back.  One mother even credits this drug to saving her marriage. Hmmm…

First and foremost, I find this whole topic interesting and worthy since there are states making this drug legal. And who am I to judge  the moms using medical marijuana who need it to help them deal with pain and disease? But that level of acceptance doesn’t mean that I think smoking weed is something that should necessarily be done with the children nearby, or even discussed with them until they are older. But, after what I saw and read, it seems that these mothers are almost flaunting the drug and discussing it with their young children. One mother even revealed that she has been reading books with titles such as “Mommy’s Funny Medicine” to her 2 year old daughter.  THAT, I don’t think is appropriate, and this is why…

If you are taking something like Prozac to battle depression, would you feel the need or appropriateness to discuss that with your young child? What about your birth control pills, would you discuss those, too?  I doubt it.  I think that you would make the best decision for yourself and take what you need to take, right? And if asked by your child, you might simply say, “This is the medicine the doctor suggested for Mommy.” Maybe a more detailed discussion would occur later on in life when your child asked you about the medication that you take on a daily basis. Or maybe not.

To me, there is that issue of a private inner sanctuary that each and every one of us has, whether a Mother or not.  And also our obligation to not force feed our personal issues or desires down the little throats or airways of our children, until they are indeed mature enough to grasp the complexities and the pros and cons.

Either way, this is certainly a hot topic that has gotten quite a bit of attention, so I figured I would jump in with my two sense. What do you think?

Fashionably Yours,

Allison