This is Your Brain on Drugs.
Remember that old commercial "This is your brain…"
Now they need "This is your kids’ brain after you’ve done drugs."
Yesterday I found Josiah sitting in a corner pouting. After determining that the thing he was pouting about was not that important and really not worthy of all the drama he was affording it I sent him outside to "pick up dog poop." He has done this job before and he knows the routine.
Two minutes later he came to the door carrying something smelly and wet in his bare hands. He was crying and he asked "Mom, what do you want me to do with this?"
Do you suppose a public service message showing the difficulties that the children have would motivate the parents?
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Sadly, I still don’t think they would care. I’ve yet to meet a selfLESS bio on drugs. The bio mom’s we’ve dealt with have never admitted their drug usage and the reason their children have behaviors is our fault.
Sorry you had to deal with that…..what DID he do with it after that??
That is so sad. He’s lucky to have a mom like you who knows how to handle it.
Yes it is our fault or we have made it ALL up!
And no it would do no good to show what drugs to children while in utero.
There is still the lie that the products of conception is a blob of cells…not the truth of the 1st trimester of life is the fastest growth of the human and the brain is most vulnerable to drugs and alcohol!
We call our yucky jobs “hassle me jobs”. I have been hassled by your meltdown, poor choices, lack of cooperation…therefore you will need to do this job. I do know some of this is lapse in memory, but maybe just maybe we can rewire the brain to know there are consequences to behaviors.
I am so sad right now…and I think your children are so blessed to have you. Keep fighting the good fight, Mom!
Sadly the biological parents of those kids are usually so inward and selfish, I’m sure they think nothing they have done caused their kids brain damage that they have to live with the rest of their lives. Sad. :(
I am raising 4 children who have problems due to their birthmom’s use of drugs. One of the birthmoms is sad about what she has done. Yes, my children suffer because of this, and our family suffers because of this, but I think that we as parents have to be careful about what we say because there are people who say, “It would be better off for these children to be aborted.” God still sees these children as a blessing! I think we do need to have grace with these kids because they don’t think like neurotypical children do.
Yes, you and your children will be living for the rest of your lives with the consequences of these selfish bio parents. I had one bio parent tell me that the reason our son (her former child) was behaving the way he was was because I wouldn’t let him see her mother – not one word about how smoking pot every day of her pregnancy (which she freely admitted) caused his meltdowns and learning difficulties. Is it much of a leap to assume that someone who is high every day would abstain from alcohol? Not. So, while the bio parents are off living their lives and continuing to abuse their bodies and the bodies of their next unborn child, we’re in the trenches trying to teach and reteach and reteach….
Grrrrrrrr.