A neighbour witnessed a local mother arguing with a shopkeeper that if she gave her permission he should be free to sell cigarettes to her under age son.
What on earth has our society come to if there are mothers like that around? What hope does her son have?
2006-09-11 22:38:45 · 30 answers · asked by granny2006 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Its one thing allowing a teenager to smoke (its very difficult to stop them), but its quite something else to actually go out of her way to assist him smoking. But my question is, and always will be, why does anyone under the age of, say, 35, start smoking in the face of the overwhelming evidence of health problems etc.
2006-09-11 22:46:56 · answer #1 · answered by Roger B 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I wish my mum had been a little more strict with me. I am now 41 and have smoked since I was 12. Mum never knew about it, and then found out via a neighbour when I was 14 and hit the roof. However, at the age of 14, back in say 1979-1980 it was not illegal for children to buy cigarrettes. I remember going over the shops and buying the "football echo, 1/4 chocolate limes, and 10 No. 6" I think they were called, for mum and dad as young as 10-11. I totally agree now that cigarrettes should not be sold to under 18's, I just wish we were a little more aware of the harm we do ourselves, but a wise head comes with age.
2006-09-11 22:51:02 · answer #2 · answered by jude 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, perhaps he's a big kid and she feels intimidated by him. She knows he's gonna smoke anyway no matter what she says, he's 16 after all, not 6. You can argue that he is now at an age where he can make his own dicisions (which is proabably the argument he gives his mum) and to appease him, she wants the shopkeeper to sell him the ciggies.
2006-09-11 22:44:04 · answer #3 · answered by lozzy1970 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't agree with a mother arguing with a shopkeeper to sell her son cigerettes as that is the law and should not be changed, however i don't see a problem with allowing her underage son too smoke. Isn't it better he does it in the comforts of his own homw where his mother can keep an eye on him or do you think he should keep sneaking out which will only end up in more trouble. Smoking isn't a crime i know there are diseases such as cancer that can be bought on by smoking but it isn't the only cause. When you see a child smoking cannabis or crack then i'll agree that you have something to complain about otherwise i don't see your point.
2006-09-11 22:49:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Nothing prompts the mother. It is shear foolishness on part of that lady. I doubt he is the step son. Otherwise it is hard to digest the arguement that lady had with the shopkeeper.
2006-09-11 22:48:56 · answer #5 · answered by Freddie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apart from the fact that it's against the law to sell someone under 16 cigarettes, it's yet another example of parents thinking they have all the rights and none of the responsibilities. A sad indictment of society.
2006-09-11 22:45:48 · answer #6 · answered by Roxy 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
it's a bit scary about the whole argument thing. My brother started smoking when he was 14. My mum found out about a year after that and was disappointed with him. She couldn't stop him. How could she have? He would smoke at school, and when she went out. Sometimes it isn't through a bad upbringing.
2006-09-11 22:46:42 · answer #7 · answered by Pink Laydee 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, she probably realizes that even if she doesn't condone it that he will do it anyway when she's not around. Arguing with a shopkeeper when he's trying to uphold the law is just ridiculous.
2006-09-11 22:43:12 · answer #8 · answered by starrynight1 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No answer on the ethics of this situation, but at 16 he's legally allowed to buy cigarettes.
2006-09-11 22:45:04 · answer #9 · answered by nert 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A mom that does not care. When I met my husband (who's 7 years younger than me, btw) his dad was buying a carton of smokes for him at the grocery store, and that was when my future hubby was 17. It shocked me, but what was I to say to a grown man about how he buys stuff for his son? My husband came out ok, but he does get sick alot. I know it's not from the smoking, but the smoking does not help when it happens.
I just know that I will never, ever buy cigs for our little boy. In fact, I'll beat his a-ss if I ever catch him with one.
2006-09-11 22:44:04 · answer #10 · answered by drewsilla01 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋