{"id":3970,"date":"2010-01-26T21:08:41","date_gmt":"2010-01-27T02:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=3970"},"modified":"2010-01-27T15:31:12","modified_gmt":"2010-01-27T20:31:12","slug":"when-kids-ask-those-awkward-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/when-kids-ask-those-awkward-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"When Kids Ask Those Awkward Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"

If your child asks,\u00a0 “If drugs are so bad for me, why did you do them when you were a teenager?<\/a>” I suggest you answer, “Because I wasn’t sure they led to stupid children till now.”<\/p>\n

WendyB:\u00a0 Answering idiotic questions with brutal honesty since forever.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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UPDATED: I didn’t include the Rachel Leigh Cook anti-drug ad originally because it’s about heroin. I didn’t want drug-using teenage asshats to see it and think, “Hey, I don’t use heroin. Therefore I’m not an asshat.” I assure you that you don’t have to be a junkie to be an asshat. ANY QUESTIONS?<\/p>\n

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If I really want to scare people straight, I should put up a video of my almost-husband Paul McCartney<\/a> doing any interview in the past decade.\u00a0 After you cringe through one of those, you’ll want to step away from the bong forever. Also … Heather Mills<\/a>. Would a non-drug user have married her? I think not! <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If your child asks,\u00a0 “If drugs are so bad for me, why did you do them when you were a teenager?” I suggest you answer, “Because I wasn’t sure they led to stupid children till now.” WendyB:\u00a0 Answering idiotic questions with brutal honesty since forever. UPDATED: I didn’t include the Rachel Leigh Cook anti-drug ad…<\/p>\n

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