Ganja around my children

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Am I crazy to think this is wrong? I asked a Rasta to move away and seems like him vex. It’s all around them right now. The only option is to bring them back to the room. I would think this would be common sense but it’s the culture. Although our cousins respect the kids. Sorry just venting. BA

I don't think you're crazy, just overly sensitive perhaps. In Negril, some people smoke Ganja. Use it as a teaching method to open a conversation with your children about Ganja and that open line of communication will benefit you/them when you need to further discuss other things they will be exposed to in life. Otherwise, you should ask the dude guzzling a beer to move away as well. My kids are now 13. They were exposed to the smell of Ganja in Negril at a very early age. That allowed me to discuss it with them at an early age. Now years later, we can openly discuss the other things they will be exposed to in life with the appropriate emphasis of urgency that the topic requires. What sticks with them more than the smell and presence of Ganja from their early years was the tourist on the beach who was so sloppy drunk that he was falling in the ocean. That was a unique visual aide in discussing with them the effects of alcohol and certainly balanced out the glorification of it that they see in advertising on a daily basis.