Would you rather your child cheat on a test or smoke cigarettes?

I prever cheat. But somoking isn't only about health. That is something useless and one of the way to forget a problem. If we compare with cheating, cheating is a way that can solve problem that you can handled. But smoking is a run away from the problem. If you just run away, you will never solve the problem and you only increase that. But cheating is a useless too because you will get nothing but I think it's still better than run away from the problem that you get.

i hate kids

Definantly cheat. Im a smoker and I wouldnt want my child to smoke. Smoking is addictive and you can always take a test again.

Cheat on a test. Even if they get caught and punished I would rather them cheat on a test. Then, the punishment fits the crime, and it's done, over with. Smoking kills. Simple enough.

wow Hart that is an awful choice to have to make! I have brought my kids up to believe that telling the truth is vital and they are punished if they have lied to me for any reason! As a smoker myself I have always told them what a horrible, anti social and health wrecking habit it is and just how hard it is to stop! My 13 yr old tried it once, didn't like it and his face turned green - he was warned if he tried it again he would be forced to chain smoke a 20 pack! I still don't really know which I prefer though I think it would be the smoking thing cos if they cheated on an exam then it would mean they didn't believe in their own ability and were being deceitful and horrid!

i stand in the for and not against ..u can do whatever u want to do ..np godluck

I would let them cheat on a test (only once) simply because I'm a smoker and the damage done cant be reversed whereas with cheating on a test, you can make ammends ya know...

I am thinking I would rather them cheat. See, you don't know for that they will cheat again. They could just want to cheat on this one test because they weren't able to study or whatever. I think most of us have cheated at least once in our lives. Mostly if you do it every once in a while or only once people seem to think it is no big deal. However, smoking is something that could lead to a life time habit. I should know I am a smoker. I started in highschool. It is something that is very hard to break. And you can say you are only going to do it once but if your friends do it and there is pressure then you tend to want to do it more and that could lead to a bad habit. I think in the long run smoking would be worse. It could definately mess up your health.

Thats a tough questioin because I wouldn't want them to lie on a test and or smoke (even though I use to long ago!). But for the sake of the discussion probably cheating on a test because I'm hoping when they got caught, they would learn from that and not do it ever again!

Smoke, absolutely. I can do something about helping them want not to smoke. If they have a dishonest heart, I can't really do much about that. Cheating would mean I failed to teach honesty, and I would hate that. Since they're smoking, I assume the kid in this question is a teenager. By this age, their character traits are basically set. That's why I said smoking. If the kid is ten or younger, I might still have a chance to teach them that honesty is the best policy, in the case of cheating. I guess I pick smoking at any age, because that's something tangible that I can use documentary evidence to argue against.

What kind of retarded question is this? Any parent in their right mind would rather their child did neither. Frankly either one would get my kids punished. The fact that a question like this has even entered your head makes me hope you don't have kids because this shouldn't even be a decision or a thought.