[Mark O]

Originally Posted by Genetic Cesspool

I'm with Chuck on this. In the grand scheme of things in life and how horrible some parents are out there, this ranks way down on my list of poor motherhood.

I'm not condoning encouraging your daughter to smoke, since I'm not a smoker and I don't like seeing kids do it, but there are a lot worse things that parents do to their kids out there.

A 17 year old daughter of a celebrity is going to do whatever they want and anyone trying to convince them otherwise will just drive them more into that rebellion.

How about this........

A few years back Melanie Griffith told the media she would smoke pot with her kids if they wanted. Melanie Griffith thinks her son is a pot addict. "My thinking was that it would be better for him to do it at home than to go out on the street," explained Griffith.

Sounds good so far, but Griffith seemed a bit confused as to what she expected to happen after she let her teenage son sample a joint with her. "I thought it was a good idea, but ultimately it wasn't," she told the media in October 2002. "I did it and it backfired. He liked it!"

Once she realized her eldest child wanted to keep smoking the magic herb, she declared him an addict and marched him into "The Program" which uses a 12-step system like Alcoholics Anonymous.