I got a teen arrested last night for drug possession. Feeling a little bad about it.

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21. Yes, you should feel bad about it.

What did you think was going to happen? So what IF your daughter had found it? If she is a toddler, you could have just thrown it away and not made a big deal out of it. What the hell does a toddler know about pipes? It would only be a big deal to them IF YOU MADE IT A BIG DEAL. And you did. Congratulations! You know, when I was younger, I went to a park with a friend and her toddler. I'm from inner city, Chicago. Older kids at the park were playing basketball and smoking pot, and when they left, they forgot their ganga pipe! The toddler found the pipe in his journeys around the park, and brought it up to us. All we said was...well thank you! Now go play! and the kid did just that....and it was never mentioned again.

The kid grew up just fine. He's now a stable, employed husband and father in the midwest. Even though he picked up a pot pipe at a park when he was 3.

I REALLY dislike helicopter parents. YOU wrecked a kids life. Congratulations.