Tough love?

A parent reacts to their teenage boy smoking pot by selling his Christmas present on Ebay. As a radical leftist feminazi I offer my heartfelt sympathies to the poor child that is being deprived of the video game he earned. It's child abuse I tell ya!

Hey, at least it wasn't beer. That stuff is really bad for you.

On a slightly more serious note, I would ask this parent why his son smoking pot bothers him so much. While it is true that smoking pot is an illegal activity, it is a fairly common behavior that is unlikely to have longterm health effects. But as a parent, you absolutely have the right (and the responsibility) to set limits on your childs' behavior. If you would react the same way to your child drinking beer or smoking cigarettes, then it seems pretty reasonable to me.

Personally, my biggest parenting concern is the continued pornification of young girls. Bratz dolls and strip-pole Barbie piss me off to no end. Pot-smoking is barely a blip on my parenting radar screen.