Finally, a retort
I’ve been mulling over the sidebar to this Sunday Register article for the last few days, especially this part:
Warning signs your child is using marijuana
- A change in the group of friends a child hangs out with.
- The child becomes more secretive or isolated.
- Mood changes, such as irritability, “laziness†or being unmotivated to participate in favorite activities.
- An increase in patterns of staying out late or sleeping at odd hours or for long durations of time.
- Displays symptoms of depression or hostility.
- Begins to show a carelessness in grooming.
- A change in academic performance.
To summarize, if your teenager is irritable, dresses funny, and sleeps a lot, then you should be looking for joints in the laundry. Obviously, teenage drug use is a bigger problem than any of us realized. I didn’t even know how to approach such an obviously generalized list until I saw this:
Thank you, Drew. Your insights, as always, are appreciated. And funny.