Somewhere out in this world is a picture of me holding a beer, reading a Playboy, and smoking a cigar… I was 5. The beer can was empty, I never actually puffed on the cigar and there was a Sesame Street magazine on the inside of the Playboy. I’d bet dollars to donuts that there’s nothing more potent than a soda in that funnel and the parents are using the opportunity to take a funny picture. Should child services be called because he’s being included in what the adults are doing? He’s not neglected, he’s not being hit, and he’s… Read more »

…if the adults are guzzling beer bongs with the kid around, yeah, they should be called. Being around a bunch of adults who are drunk stupid at that age is almost as bad as them getting him drunk, too.

I was brought up around booze and smoking. I turned out ok. Well, I’m ok relative to most. My dad actually smoked a joint with me when I was 16 but he also talked to me about the effects and what it can lead to etc. I finished school, got a job and have been fine for 10 years.