Re: 3 year olds and cigars.....
 

You imply a great point here...

Don't hide your cigar smoking. Kids are not stupid and they will get the wrong idea. Explain to them what it is, why you do it, and why they cannot do it now (it's an adult privilege)...

FWIW mmblz, my 20 year old son agrees with your daughter... :)

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Or......................

I assure you, my grandson will not touch a cigar for a very, very long time.
Right after that photo, the sting kicked in on the lips and tongue and on the floor it went.

Sometimes seeing it and touching it goes a long way with kids.
A kid's expert I saw once when I was a parent for the first time said something that stuck with my wife and I for years.
She said let them touch it, feel it, and they will move on.
For years, we had very expensive Capodimonte that survived through two kids by applying this principle.
Once the curiosity is satified, they move on.

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The way that I see it, you have nothing to explain to her. Adults do things that may seem strange to a child but that's the way that the world works.

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Especially if it's a really hoppy IPA!!

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My Dad and a couple of his brothers used to spark up cigars whenever they got together when I was a kid. I didn't like the smell of them at the time (and I KNOW my Mom DIDN'T like cigars!!!), so I never bothered to question that. However, my Dad used to like smoking a pipe quite frequently, now that smell I liked! However, I never thought to get into Dad's tobacco, because I already knew that the consequences would be dire! :D SO here I sit, with cigar in hand...funny how that works, isn't it? I miss you Dad! :tu I think my Dad and Uncles would approve of my choices in cigars, though.

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This is the reason I'll be on the front porch cleaning a shotgun the first time a boy comes over to the house.

I'll also take him out for a walk around the block explaining my expectations and should I find out that any of them are broken, I have ready-mix concrete in the garage ready to go and nobody would ever find his body in the pond. :r

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Actually as far as beer, my 1 and 3 year olds both love it :r

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I Have A 3 Year Old Grandson That Follows Me Everywhere & Wants To Do Every Thing I Do. I Explain To Him When He "Grows Up", He Can Decide If He Wants To Smoke Cigars, But Now He Is Too Young. He Understands!:tu My Wife & Daughter Hate It, Though, When He Smells My Cigar & Says, "Ummm, That Smells So Good!":D

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At least we'll be together...wait, that didn't sound right. Especially in reference to prison :D