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Subject: Re: Smoking while babysitting

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Caitlin

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Date Posted: 22:08:54 05/21/07 Mon
In reply to: Emily 's message, "Re: Smoking while babysitting" on 00:36:26 05/20/07 Sun

Hey Emily,

I am a new smoker 2...what do u enjoy most about smokin? I am still gettin used to the taste but my favorite part is knowing how bad it is for me.

Good luck and let us know if u decided to smoke when ur babysitting. Maybe I'll get the nerve to do it also.

Kate

>Lisa,
>
>I just started smoking last night. I am over my
>cousin Maryann's, for the weekend, and I asked her
>about it last night. We've talked about smoking
>before but never as seriously as last night. She told
>me the pros and cons minus the health issues since I
>alreayd know all about them. I decided to try it and
>now wish I started four months ago when I first
>thought about it.
>
>I babysit for three families regulary and two of them
>have at least one smoking parent. I doubt they'd want
>me smoking but it would be fun to smoke while
>babysitting. First I want to get more comfortable
>smoking before smoking on the job. I'll keep you
>posted
>
>>Hey Kate! Thanks for responding!!!
>>
>>If you think can, light up a cigarette casually while
>>you're babysitting. See how the kids act around you.
>>I'd say ask the parents first tho. I always asked
>>first and of the dozen or so smoking and non-smoking
>>families I sat for from when I was 13 to when I went
>>to college, I was allowed to smoke openly in most of
>>the homes where the parents smoked too. If they didn't
>>smoke I didn't ask, but I prefered to sit for smoking
>>families for that very reason.
>>
>>How much respect do the kids you sit for have for you?
>>What do you do when they get into trouble? For me,
>>some families just told me to put them in time-out,
>>but that didn't always work so I was sometimes allowed
>>to give the kids a spanking. If I had to do that, I
>>found that lighting up a cigarette before giving a kid
>>a spanking helped calm my nerves for the task at hand.
>>That may sound weird and some people think spanking is
>>totally wrong, but it worked.
>>
>>I'll be going home for summer break soon and I've
>>already talked to a couple of the families I babysat
>>for and they've asked me to sit for them again this
>>summer.
>>
>>See Ya.
>>Lisa

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