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Kids aren't as daft as we sometimes presume, my children are young, but for years have been begging us to stop smoking, can only assume they have learnt the dangers at school, as I admittedly would have considered them too young to explain when they first came out with it. We didn't smoke in the house in front of them, for obvious reasons, however they knew we did, as we'd smoke in front of them outside, they hated us smoking. They now know we vape, and are very happy that we do. I've also taken every opportunity to explain to them how dangerous the liquid in the cupboard is, and how they should never ever touch the liquid or anything related to vaping as it is poisonous to touch for children, and could kill them. I'd rather be open and honest with them, as despite best efforts, mistakes can happen, and I wouldn't want them to find something left lying around by mistake, and then pick it up.

We never hid our smoking, and we don't hide our vaping, the only concerns are second hand, not them copying what they see. If they are going to copy what they see, then they will see it elsewhere anyway. And as others have said, there are many other things we'd have to stop doing in front of them if we were to take that attitude.

A similar subject is games, television, movies and books. I've not been one to shield them from things like Doctor who, Computer games etc, instead I have tried to make the difference between fiction and real life a very obvious line for them, actually sitting down and discussing the difference with them many times. I have no idea if this is the right way to go about it, I guess time will tell, but I knew what they didn't experience here, they'd experience away from their parents soon enough anyway, so I decided this was the way I wanted to go about it. As with the other thread, these are just my opinions, and the way I want to do things with my own, not suggesting anyone else is wrong, or telling them how to do things...