I’m not a parent and have no knowledge or experience with drugs. I don’t think I qualify to directly answer your sensitive request. So I won’t, except by upvoting Ruby’s answer that sound pretty helpful.
However I would really like to salute your tone and overall approach. It sounds very caring and pretty open-minded. The good kind of caring, not ferociously over-protecting. Sure, you worry—who wouldn’t in this situation? People can be quick to lecture, judge, point out flaws and be a little too harsh on the internet (even well-meaning). It doesn’t mean anything wrong has been done, it’s expected and unavoidable. I hope it won’t affect you here.
Personally I’d bet that very few dads would listen so carefully to their sons, take that much caution to not betray their words, dare to look for advices in their sons community, and be so constructive in seeking a solution on such charged matters.
I know very few sons who would respectfully and openly converse with their parents about topics like this with the aim of getting an outside viewpoint, and I believe lesswrong contributed to this conscientiousness, so thanks to everyone here who models that!
Hi concerned_dad,
I’m not a parent and have no knowledge or experience with drugs. I don’t think I qualify to directly answer your sensitive request. So I won’t, except by upvoting Ruby’s answer that sound pretty helpful.
However I would really like to salute your tone and overall approach. It sounds very caring and pretty open-minded. The good kind of caring, not ferociously over-protecting. Sure, you worry—who wouldn’t in this situation? People can be quick to lecture, judge, point out flaws and be a little too harsh on the internet (even well-meaning). It doesn’t mean anything wrong has been done, it’s expected and unavoidable. I hope it won’t affect you here.
Personally I’d bet that very few dads would listen so carefully to their sons, take that much caution to not betray their words, dare to look for advices in their sons community, and be so constructive in seeking a solution on such charged matters.
Much respect. Take care!
I know very few sons who would respectfully and openly converse with their parents about topics like this with the aim of getting an outside viewpoint, and I believe lesswrong contributed to this conscientiousness, so thanks to everyone here who models that!