Parenting with Cannabis: Rage Volcanoes, Spaghetti Walls, and the Quiet Revolution You’re Not Hearing About”
There’s a quiet moment—usually after bedtime, when the house is finally still, the Legos are no longer landmines, and the last sticky cup has been pried loose from the couch cushions—when some parents sit back, sigh deeply… and reach for a little green help.
Not the kale kind. The cannabis kind. 🌿
Let’s be honest—modern parenting isn’t exactly built for nervous system stability. We’re doing the most… with the least. Two-career households, endless school emails, five-alarm news cycles, rising costs, dropping patience, and oh right—little humans who think pants are optional and bedtime is a scam. You’re expected to parent like your own mom did in 1985—minus the community, the silence, the landlines, and the social norms that let you kick your kid outside for 6 hours with a walkie-talkie and a sleeve of crackers.
And somewhere in that storm, cannabis is quietly reentering the parenting scene—not as a vice, but as a tool. A nervous system regulator. A mental reset button. A perspective shifter.
Now, before anyone clutches their pearls or starts shouting about “getting high while parenting,” take a breath. This isn’t about checking out. It’s about showing up… with more patience, more pause, and less fire behind your eyeballs. One 2018 study (Fogaça et al.) showed that cannabinoids can reduce overactivation of the amygdala—the part of your brain that screams when your toddler paints the dog with yogurt. In other words, less snapping, more space between impulse and action.
That’s not to say cannabis makes you a perfect parent. It doesn’t fold the laundry, make kale chips exciting, or stop your five-year-old from asking “why?” 92 times before 9AM. But it might keep you from shouting at a three-year-old because you haven’t had an adult conversation in two days and your inner volcano is leaking lava.
The truth is, many parents are already using cannabis—quietly, cautiously, and often with a lot of guilt. And yet, we cheer on wine mom memes like they’re gospel. We normalize caffeine-fueled burnout and shame a plant that’s been helping humans emotionally self-regulate for centuries. That’s… odd, isn’t it?
This video cracks open that double standard. It’s not a lecture, and it’s definitely not medical advice on a bumper sticker. It’s science, story, and sanity, all rolled into one conversation we should’ve been having years ago.
So, whether you’re a parent who’s curious, skeptical, overwhelmed, or all three—watch the video. Share it with someone who’s one meltdown away from becoming a cautionary tale in a Target parking lot.
And maybe, just maybe, let’s stop pretending that perfection is the goal.
Because the real flex? Is raising kids with enough grace that they don’t inherit your volcano.
