I Confessed To My Teens That I Was a “Wild Child” Who Smoked Pot, Partied, Dated a Lot, Skinny-Dipped, and Cut Class

But I also made sure they knew I worked hard and got top grades.

Anna (she/her)
The Motherload
Published in
4 min readMar 23, 2022

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There was a time when I thought to myself, “What will my kids think if they knew how I was in college?” I partied, smoked pot more than once (and yes, I did…

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Anna (she/her)
The Motherload

9X Top Writer. Proud grad of CA public schools. Committed to justice & leadership development. Wife & mom of 2 girls & 2 big dogs. Love to eat almost everything