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Celeb News: Madonna will let her kids do drugs
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Madonna will let her kids do drugs
'The universe was trying to teach me a lesson': Madonna speaks to Jonathan Ross about BRIT Awards fall... and admits she'd let her children try drugs 'in moderation’
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Originally posted by DailyMail
Speaking about her track Devil Pray, which includes the lyrics "we can get high, we can get stoned, we can do Es, we can do acid", the open-minded singer admitted that she personally doesn't like to take drugs after trying them herself, but that she couldn't tell her children not to try for themselves.
'I am not a big fan of drugs. They just don't suit me,' she confessed. 'The handful of times I have tried drugs, many many many many years ago, I just didn't enjoy it. I wanted it out of me. I started guzzling bottles of water thinking that was going to end it.'
The interviewer then pressed about how she discusses such a thing with her children - Lourdes, 18, Rocco, 14, Mercy, nine, and David, also nine.
'I just ask my daughter to make wise decisions and to do things in moderation and to try not to mix her alcohol,' she divulged.
'I am not going to say "no, don't do it" because that is just absurd. And it is not fair. Yeah, I did it.'
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If they want as she said and i would do the same with my kids (if i had them)
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She's completely right. I feel like Madonna would, in a way, supervise their drug use too? You can say a lot of **** about her but she does seem like a good, fair parent.
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Originally posted by Miss Korea
She's completely right. I feel like Madonna would, in a way, supervise their drug use too? You can say a lot of **** about her but she does seem like a good, fair parent.
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this
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the title of this thread is so misleading
i agree with her though
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such and incredible woman in every way
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She raised them so well that nothing bad will happen, allowing them to learn on their own, much respect
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hmmm. This seems kind of fair but at the same time, so wrong.
She shouldn't encourage them to do it or make them believe it's okay. Instead, just let them be open with her IF they choose to but warn them that they're responsible for their own actions? idk
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Originally posted by YeaBey4ever
hmmm. This seems kind of fair but at the same time, so wrong.
She shouldn't encourage them to do it or make them believe it's okay. Instead, just let them be open with her IF they choose to but warn them that they're responsible for their own actions? idk
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Please point me where does it say she is encouraging them to do it?
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Originally posted by YeaBey4ever
hmmm. This seems kind of fair but at the same time, so wrong.
She shouldn't encourage them to do it or make them believe it's okay. Instead, just let them be open with her IF they choose to but warn them that they're responsible for their own actions? idk
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...but she doesn't? She basically says what you say and I agree with her, strictly forbid something to somebody will only make them want to try it more. Good approach / attitude from Madge
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Originally posted by YeaBey4ever
hmmm. This seems kind of fair but at the same time, so wrong.
She shouldn't encourage them to do it or make them believe it's okay. Instead, just let them be open with her IF they choose to but warn them that they're responsible for their own actions? idk
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I agree with you!
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I actually agree with her on this
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Originally posted by Swag
She raised them so well that nothing bad will happen, allowing them to learn on their own, much respect
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Pretty sure loads of children have been "raised well" and still went on to be messy in future
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Originally posted by Frozen99
...but she doesn't? She basically says what you say and I agree with her, strictly forbid something to somebody will only make them want to try it more. Good approach / attitude from Madge
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I only read the title of the OP and the bolded Regardless, I wouldn't do what she is doing if I had kids but she's the parent so... whatever. It's better than complete neglect at least
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Originally posted by Khal
I actually agree with her on this
Pretty sure loads of children have been "raised well" and still went on to be messy in future
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By raised well I mean that even with their wealth she has never spoiled them, she has been pretty strict with them, has encouraged them to read as opposed to watching tv, takes them regularly to help those in need in disasters zones and to places like Malawi so that they can keep their feet on the ground. I honestly don't know many rich parents that do all that.
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A parent who hasn't forgotten about their youth and doesn't expect their kids to be perfect + is open to them making mistakes and learning along the way,yes
But I also understand where the parents who can't think like this come from too
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Originally posted by Evangeline
A parent who hasn't forgotten about their youth and doesn't expect their kids to be perfect + is open to them making mistakes and learning along the way,yes
But I also understand where the parents who can't think like this come from too
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If they want to they'll do it anyway, at least making it not such a big deal makes it seem less attractive.
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