{"id":854,"date":"2009-10-26T15:29:35","date_gmt":"2009-10-26T21:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottnkelly.com\/blog\/?p=854"},"modified":"2009-10-26T15:29:35","modified_gmt":"2009-10-26T21:29:35","slug":"drug-week-its-not-just-for-kindergarteners-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottnkelly.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/26\/drug-week-its-not-just-for-kindergarteners-anymore\/","title":{"rendered":"Drug Week – it’s not just for kindergarteners anymore . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> Thanks to “Drug Awareness Week” at our school, we’ve had ALL kinds of conversations with our elementary aged kids over the past 7 days driving me to re-evaluate my stance on the age at which our kids should participate in these educational events.<\/p>\n

Conversation 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hanna: Mom, what are drugs?<\/p>\n

Spencer: They are medicines you take too much of.<\/p>\n

Mom: errr – not really . . .<\/p>\n

Spencer: No, it’s true, they told us today at drug week.<\/p>\n

Mom: Greeeat.<\/p>\n

EK: Look, I got a ribbon!<\/p>\n

Mom: What does it mean?<\/p>\n

EK: I dunno.<\/p>\n

Conversation 2 (next day)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hanna: Mom, what are drugs?<\/p>\n

Mom: (checking to be sure other children are wearing DVD headsets . . . then insert age-appropriate speech about substance abuse and the various pitfalls ranging from addiction to expense to brain damage – figured she was asking, now was the time to be telling!)<\/p>\n

Hanna: Oh.<\/p>\n

Conversation 3 (2 days later)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Spencer: Mom, drugs are bad.<\/p>\n

Mom: Yes.<\/p>\n

Spencer: You didn’t send me a dollar to buy a red drug bracelet.<\/p>\n

*sigh* Is it over yet?<\/em><\/p>\n

Conversation 4 (1 week after the blessed event began)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Spencer: Mom, yogurt is a drug<\/p>\n

Mom: No, it isn’t<\/p>\n

Spencer: Hmm. Well, bread is a drug.<\/p>\n

Mom: No, it isn’t<\/p>\n

Spencer: Well (insert name of little K5 friend) says it is.<\/p>\n

*rolling eyes*<\/em><\/p>\n

Mom: Well, it isn’t.<\/p>\n

Spencer: Oh. Well maybe just HIS bread is a drug.<\/p>\n

I just don’t think I have the energy to fight it anymore. Maybe I’ll write a note suggesting they skip the K5 classes next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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