Do you buy your underage child's cigarettes for them?

Question

I was at a gas station earlier,a mother buying ciggarettes. She was saying something that her daughters in the car crying because she didn't have any cigarettes, the lady wouldn't sell them to her at another gas station b’cuz she was underage...

is there a law that could punish the parents for doing this?

what possesses these 'parents' to buy ciggs for their kids?! When was it that the roles were reversed and the kids get to tell the parents what to do? ...I’m 24 and my mother still wouldn't buy mine if i asked her...

my theory on parenting:

your kids have enough friends at school and stuff- at home they need a PARENT!...parents are trying to hard to be friends w/ their kids instead of actually parenting them...ridiculous...

Answer 1

I make it a rule to never buy cigarettes for anyone. I wouldn't buy them for a child that was "of age" let alone an underage child.

Answer 2

I would never buy cigarettes for my underage children.... the last thing that a child needs is someone encouraging them to smoke, especially their parent!! I would think that their parents would be doing everything they could to get them to stop smoking! I was an underage smoker as a teenager, and my mother would never have bought me any. Although, I did have friends whose parents did. I doubt it if there is a law that could punish parents for doing that. I totally agree with you... ridiculous!!

Answer 3

Well my parents bought my cigarrettes until I turned 15 and got a job, then I gave them the money to buy them. At 16 I found a gas station worker that knew my dad so she sold me my cigarrettes.

I had good parents with early curfew (when I had a curfew because I usually couldn't go out alot because they didn't approve or because I was working), made A's, I paid my own bills, didn't back talk much, etc.

My dad smoked and I told him when I was 13. They didn't like it, made my promise to try and quit but when it came down to it, they knew I wouldn't and my mom always said she'd be greatful if that was the worse thing I done as a teen. I wasn't allowed to smoke in public or in front of family members until I was 16 and I was only allowed one pack a week until I got a job at 15 and bought my own.

Some may say it's bad parenting, but if you smoke (and your kids knows it) and they have already picked up the habit behind your back - there's not a lot you can do to make them stop. Somebody will buy them cigarettes and it's not exactly an easy habit to break.

I no longer smoke, so when my child gets to that age and if he is smoking, I will not get him cigarrettes unless he's close to 16, but if I was smoking in the house, I really couldn't come down on him for it and wouldn't be able to keep him out of mine so if I know he won't quit, then I might as well get him his own.

A big key to good parenting is by setting an example for them, not "do as I say, not as I do" So if you smoke, you can't freak out on them everytime you catch them smoking. Chances are, they may dislike the smell and not want to be "nasty" like their parents, other side of the coin is "if mom can do it then so can I."

Answer 4

I think it is terrible to buy cigarettes for kids.Cigarettes are known to cause cancer! Kids think it makes them look cool or older to smoke, but the parents SHOULD know better.What happens when the kids get addicted and can't stop? I think you are right,parents want to be their kids friends instead of teaching them the right thing to do!

Answer 5

I agree with you. I f I was supposed to be my children's 'friend' God would have MADE me their friend.
BUT I am the parent.
I found that my son had been smoking when he was 15 years old. He worked and I did NOT buy his cigarettes. It was not until I had moved 450 miles away that I purchased cigarettes for him. And that was only because the state I lived in had lower taxes on the smokes and he was in Law School at that time.
I take my job as a parent very seriously,still even though my children are now adults. Now we are friends. With limits.
My job was to provide structure,discipline and guidance for my sons. Especially since I was a single parent.
and my children are very successful adults.

Answer 6

I definitely agree and HELL NO you should definitely not buy cigarettes for a child anyways that it just going to throw the child's whole life away.

Answer 7

talk about a loaded question :)

OK where i am the parent can sell smokes to there kids under the law in Queensland, Australia. The law says that a responsible person can sell smokes to a child... and there is more fun over that i think too as there are some people under the law that are defended as a responsible adult for the porpoises of the Junival Justices Act.

as to your theory hmm OK yes i would agree with you to a point! If I have my child doing the right thing then i can be there "friend" as long as i do not forget that i am also the parent and as such i need to be doing section things with the child

Answer 8

Its sad, I agree. I remember when I was a rebellious teenager, we would ask a friend's mom to buy them...and we'd all put in our allowance money (so sad) and she'd buy a carton and we'd split it up...now looking back, I wish someone would have smacked that woman b/c she was so irresponsible. She let us drink in her house too and would sometimes provide the alcohol. It scares me to consider having kids grow up around people like that.

Answer 9

I would have never bought ciggarettes for any child who is underage or anyone for that matter. But the mother shouldnt do that, that's just unhealthy and bad for her daughter and she's just encouraging her to keep doing it.

Jay

Answer 10

Only parents who have a deathwish towards their children would do something like. It should be illegal, that is some form of child abuse/neglect. I would never buy my child/children smokes. I want the best for them, not a life full of health problems or cancer.

That parent was just spoiling her child. The kid is taking advantage of the mother. She gets whatever she wants if she starts to cry. That is wrong.