I smoke weed and my kids know all about it, people are horrified but it’s only the same as having a glass of wine

WHILE galore mums would bash thing they tin to shield their children from cause use, 1 mum has admitted she is openly educating her kids astir marijuana.

Caitlin Fladager, 30, lives successful Vancouver, Canada, wherever recreational and medicinal marijuana usage is legal.

The mum-of-two regularly uses the drug, which is people B successful the UK, and says she doesn’t fell it from her kids.

In a recent Instagram station she blistery backmost astatine parents who criticise her determination to beryllium truthful unfastened astir her usage of cannabis.

Describing however she responds to those who critique her she wrote: “When I travel backmost with ‘we’ll, bash you fell your drinks from your kids? Your beer? Your solid of wine, your sangrias successful the summer?’

“I often get a confused look and a ‘well, no.. wherefore would one request fell that.’

“I volition often inquire adjacent if they consciousness the request to fell the information that they instrumentality anti-depressants, anti anxiousness medication, etc. astir of the clip aft this question they volition look adjacent much shocked and accidental ‘that’s mode much antithetic than 🍃!!’

“My constituent is intoxicant has go truthful normalized to portion successful beforehand of our kids, but the 2nd idiosyncratic sees that my kids are alert that my hubby and I 🍃, successful a state wherever it’s wholly legal, that’s wherever the contented arises.

“So yes, my kids cognize that my hubby and I 🍃, and person for years. It’s thing to beryllium ashamed of oregon hide.”

Caitlin has antecedently been honorable astir however she uses weed to assistance with her anxiety, the mum says her kids notation to it arsenic "mommy's small helper" connected her "hard days".

She said that smoking weed really improves her parenting style.

Posting connected Instagram, she antecedently said: “I person ne'er been the astir diligent with my 2 kids. 

“Weed makes maine a amended mom, arsenic I get a bully night's slumber aft I smoke. I aftermath up good rested, and with a much wide mind.”

Caitlin says that she lone smokes weed erstwhile her kids are successful bed⁣, and she uses it successful spot of antidepressants.

She has faced plentifulness of disapproval with trolls describing her arsenic a “pothead”, “shameful” and a “bad mum” but Caitlin has been speedy to deed back.

Posting connected Instagram, she antecedently wrote: “I knew I would beryllium met with criticism, scepticism, and questions. ⁣

“But successful my mind, that was each worthy it if I could amusement astatine slightest 1 idiosyncratic a somewhat much earthy mode to header with intelligence wellness problems.”

Caitlin got large with her precocious schoolhouse sweetheart Noah erstwhile she was 18 years aged and the joined mates present stock 2 children, Adriana and Jack.