This is Ask Lisa, a podcast to help people understand the psychology of parenting, now in the midst of a pandemic.

Psychologist Dr. Lisa DeMore, author of two New York Times best-selling parenting books, takes your questions.

And I'm co-host Rina Ninan a journalist and

mom of two some of what we talk about comes from raising children ourselves most

of the time I'll be getting answers to your parenting questions so send your

questions to ask Lisa at dr. Lisa demour. Episode 52. What do parents need to know about edibles?

I keep thinking of Vici.

You know that song by Avichi?

I took a pill in Abiza.

Uh-huh.

I know that song.

Oh my gosh.

I just want to go to Abiza. We're at the point of this pandemic, Lisa, where it's like finding joy every day. How do I find joy? I want a trip to look forward to. Okay. Well, if you go to Abiza, please take me with you. Where is Abiza? I don't even know where Abiza is. Spain. Spain, yeah. Okay. Okay. You would know. Awesome. I don't even want to know what the COVID rates are. I just want to go. I just want to go. Let's just go to a visa. came home the other day talking about edibles after hearing that one of his classmates had tainted

gummy bears at school. I flipped out and lectured my son about the dangers of pot. I'm sure I could

have handled the situation better, but I was so surprised that I wasn't sure what to do. Where are kids

getting these drugs, especially when in middle school? And how should I talk about this with my kid?

Help, a worried mom.

What the hell, Lisa? What's going on? What's going on? Well, you know, this is a topic that is

kind of roaring into parenting in middle school and high school. I recently wrote about it for the

times. We'll link to my column there, but I learned a lot.

And I think, I have to tell you, I was kind of naive about it going into researching this piece

for the Times. I sort of had the what the hell, where's this all coming from, response that you did?

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