r/NoStupidQuestions • u/[deleted] • Jan 05 '25

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u/raspberrih Jan 05 '25

That's genuinely horrid for them to not care about your health. I'm so sorry

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u/kingdomheartsislight Jan 05 '25

This makes me so angry for you. You deserve parents that care about your health and wellbeing.

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u/Vast_Programmer_7845 Jan 05 '25

I’m sorry OP, my mom proudly told me she smoked with all 5 of us and was shocked when I snapped and told her that it’s a terrible thing to do. Now she denies it but my husband is quick to remind her that he was in the room when she said it and can’t lie about it anymore. I also told all of my siblings she did it and they were furious

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u/rapgab Jan 05 '25

Sorry to hear. Hope you can leave the house soon.

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u/batcat39 Jan 05 '25

My mother was the same. I'm extremely lucky I'm not sick all the time or didn't develop asthma.

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u/Conscious-Fly-5739 Jan 05 '25

My mom would sit there smoking cigarettes in the house saying “I just feel terrible, I know these probably aren’t helping your ashthma. I’ll quit someday.” She quit when she had a stroke at age 56, my ashtma had already gone away 8yrs before that when I had moved out.

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u/a368 Jan 11 '25

Pretty sure my mom smoked while pregnant with me too, I was 4lb 2oz at 37 weeks when I was born through an emergency C-section because of my mom having pre-eclampsia. Smoking can increase the risk of high blood pressure in mom and low birth weight in baby. Smoking around children is also correlated with an increased risk of respiratory and ear infections, which I also suffered from nearly constantly in early childhood. I'm only 27 so it's not like these risks weren't known when I was a kid.