Thinking of a good parent? Did you set a good example and know that in relation to the learning habits for many younger kids, exactly what they see is the thing that they do? We would like to believe we set good examples and bring up our youngsters correctly. Yet whilst we could possibly make sure you teach them good manners and the ways to behave in polite society, when they see us lighting up a cigarette as an element of an apparently habitual regime, what do you think they may do once they become older?
Many parents who’re also smokers are secretly worried their children may perhaps also turn out to be smokers themselves. They already know you will find a certain amount of pressure from peers active in the social situations they might come across as they mature and that this can be they, themselves, were brought to smokes in their youth. They must be clearly conscious that their children are even more most likely going to pick-up that first cigarette in a very social situation if this has been “okay” for those years at home.
Setting a good example is important, but when considering the act of smoking even tho it’s a life or death situation. Being a adult you may be well aware of the health risks and have seen, maybe first-hand through others, what can happen when you find yourself not successful with any attempts at smoking cessation. You really are duty-bound to dissuade children from taking up the habit, but this is obviously destined to be very difficult to do if you’re still doing it yourself. It’s a question of saying one thing and doing another, which is hardly the way to set a good example, after all.
Quite apart from setting an example, children who are forced to grow up in a home where smoking is rampant are far more likely to develop illnesses themselves as a direct result of second-hand smoke inhalation. If you smoked as a mother when you were pregnant then your child may go on to develop illnesses as a consequence of that gestation. Did you know that a young child can develop asthma if the mother smoked when she was pregnant? If you see a lot of infections, colds and breathing problems in children, should you be surprised if one or both parents actually smoke? Perhaps even more disturbing is the fact that the still under explained syndrome known as SIDS has been linked to second-hand smoke.
As a parent, it’s past time to pontificate. You know that you have to quit smoking not only for your own good but for the future of your family, as well. Once you’re able to Stop smoking you will be able to plan ahead for the future. Until that time though you know, deep down inside, that you are not doing the best for your offspring and that you are, directly or indirectly contributing to issues which they’re going to have to deal with in later life, too.



