Debbie Phelps Chats About Highs and Lows as Mom of an Olympic Legend

So, you bellieve that anyone who smokes pot or experiments with drugs has a drug problem. According to that logic, anyone who has sex before marriage must be a sex addict. Perhaps we should also say any teen who drinks before he or she is of legal age is an alcoholic.
If we throw away everyone who has made bad decisions, we will be throwing out the proverbial baby with the bathwater.
I would like to ask you one question. How did you become so perfect that you can pass judgement and sentence on the rest of the world?

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simple pot is illeagle at the moment .plus reason for dimissel in the olympics any questions . if he had been cought sooner he would not be holding those awards medals any thing he got for his winnings.

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It's no wonder you have OUTSTANDING kids, YOU are the reason! Congrats!!! ;-)

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I think that Debbie is a great mom and she has done an excellent job putting her children on the right tracks and not pushing them but encourageing them to do what they want. I can say, because I'm a single mother, that raising a child is hard but its about the love that you have for your child that makes them better. You have to have goals as a parent before your children can set goals for themselves and Debbie has done a great job at setting such goals as a parent and her children have done the same. All three children are great gifts from God and they are blessed with a great mom. The boy did make a mistake. And for those who say that its not a mistake then tell me what it is!?! A bad judgement=mistake. The wrong decision=mistake. Look up definitions why don't ya.

Debbie--stay strong and focused on you and the betterment of your children. They have grown so well because of you! Good luck now and in the future and God bless!

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Pot is a very relaxing drug to take so I am told. It wares off in a couple of hours they say...Not. First off I know a young person whose mother used pot. The youngster was born completely brain dead due to the mother smoking too much pot. It may or may not do that much damage to you, I don't know. Secondly, it is illegal. Now I know that going over the speed is not legal either, but go fast enough, it's jail time. believe me, pot does have a medical effect on you if you smoke enough.

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Michael Phelps rocks!!!

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Jim, no child needs both parents, yes it does help them if they are both around, but why have someone there who does not want to be there. That just makes it worse in the long run. By the way I am a single mother of 2 wonderful children, I raise my children on my own and no we do not need their father, where he is at in his life its best he stay away. My children are very smart straight A students, one in high school taking honors classes. They will both go to college and make great adults later in life. They have everything they want and need. I teach them right from wrong and expect highly of them and spoil them deeply, but since they are great kids they deserve it. And all this I do on my own. And about Phelps, it was a mistake, we are all allowed them, that is how we grow and learn truly right from wrong. I think she is an excellent mother and I applaud her.

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Seems like mom, Deb, did a good job with her kids....Sad to see the boy did the pot thing tho...Just looking at him now it seems that he even looks like a pot head...what a fool to do that in public when your a national figure...any time he is on tv I just turn it off...no one now should look up to this fool..............

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@Dale You're slow. Getting caught smoking pot on camera wouldn't have been the "mistake" if Mike hadn't been smoking it in the first place. Why can't people enjoy themselves without being under the influence of some foreign intoxicant? It's pretty pathetic, really. Mike's too old to be making such "mistakes". Which is why i'm inclined to think he was well aware of what he was doing. Just weak when it came to possible peer-pressure. Unless he's just dumb enough to make such a "mistake" all on his own. Who REALLY cares, at the end of the day? Besides his loved ones, of course.

When living in the spotlight, your only shelter is your good judgement. Make the right/smart choices. Period.

If you MUST get high, try getting high on life.

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i agree

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Daniel Kenney, smoking pot won't cause your kid to be brain dead, that's the dumbest thing I have ever heard, sounds like your mom was on acid when you were born.

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Mrs Phelps you are a person of such high hopes for each of your
children your dedication shines through as you discuss them. I know it must have been very surprising to you to discover your sons choice of product that he had used. Our children know better about using any and all of these products but being who they are will try anything at all. One cannot walk with their offsprings 24/7 but they do make choices that are not in their best interests. One would think with the descipline one uses in learning about sports and the regime they have to follow would make them very savy about a lot of things. Michael's case he has displayed to you that sometimes one is willing to take chances even when it is not to their best interests. Relax Mrs Phelps just let this be a lesson to oneself, a person can do foolish things to oneself even with the best of parents. Kuddos to you Mrs. Phelps for your forth right ability to see it for what it is . Your son is still a loving person under a great deal of pressure to always do what is right. I do so hope he can follow through and not only be his own person with his life but always remain true to his values. Drug use is not to be even used for recreational purposes and to look like everyone else
just having a relaxing moment. This is how it all starts for the lack of a proper choice one had better not follow down that road and think it will be ok,

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@breezy: Check your MSNBC or NBC affiliate for relevance (rotflmao).

@cathy r. & @daniel k.: I purposely didn't capitalize your first names, and btw my grammar is better than both of you guys and I happily take a toke whenever I get the chance.

Pot isn't the problem, it's the idiots who think they're cooler cuz they smoke it. It's the goobers who smoke with a baby crawling around their living room or worse yet when the baby is still attached to the placenta (thats unbirthed for u morons). I love how people with low IQs always fall back on: "It's wrong cuz its illegal." So was interracial marriage 60 years ago. So was alcohol 90 years ago.

Give us all a break Republicans, you had your 8 years. Now shut up and let us have ours.

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We have to remember that Michael Phelps has ADD and being impulsive is a pretty common aspect of this disorder. ADD doesn't just go away just because one is an Olympic champion and from what I have read on his life, he has a pretty severe case of ADD. This is what makes him who he is. Nothing wrong. However, I was not surprised to read of his poor choice by using pot, but hey, I am a former teenager from the 60's and smoking pot does not surprise me when I read it about anyone. What surprises me when someone says they have never even tried it. I will not judge. Mistakes are how we learn. I think all of us can think of many athletes especially pros who are dealing with that right now.

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seeing as how it is now old news, the sting of it still remains. the fact is that any athlete who decides to participate in olympic athletics should know that they are absolutely representative of their place of birth. In michael Phelps' case the united states of america. even though there is a lively debate concurrent with the legality of micheals decisions, at the moment those actions are illegal and outside of the upstanding citizens routine. as a representation of our country on the international stage, i wish michael would have been able to get a hold of his impulses in the same fashion that he surely has had control over his strictly regimented schedule prior to the olympics....at least in the sense that he volunteered to present to the world a model of physical fitness and physical acheivment, he should have also been concious of his obligation to present a morally upright attitude towards the rulings of our legal system....at least as long as said rulings remain in effect...for the remainder of which is in doubt....to provide a strong image for the youth not only of our country, but for all those who look up to the champion and want to hold him in a light of nobility and integrity.

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I don't think the pot smoking incident was ANYTHING special.
How many great artists and great politicians and world leaders have
done things here and there. We should focus on the achievements. It is hypocracy to focus on that incident. Hypocracy and just plain DUMB. Phelps is STILL a great role model and a GREAT human being and his mom SHOULD NOT BE SHAMED!!!!!!!!

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mr phelps made a mistake he never had to do jail time for..or be stripped of his medals for when other athletes have had it done to them..so what is the deal..why is mr phelps being treated so differently?

not a legend to me.

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Oh boo effen hoo. So you didn't catch your child's eating disorder. Why don't you come and live MY life for a while and stop whining trying to gain sympathy for YOU. I wish to God that's all I had to feel bad about as a parent.

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mike phelps is a martar/hero...but i have great respect for him,because it tok a lot to do what he did...he sacrificed a wealthy career...when he told thos the "controlling familes" of this country to go f*ck themselves...about the fact that he enjoyed geting high and having women....how many of us would have that courage...i hope he doing well..he is an inspiration for the rest of ua americans who belive that drinking and doing drugs is perfectly ok...as long as you behave...thank you mike...you are a real american...!

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If you think smoking pot is wrong because it's illegal you might be a moron... It was illegal at one time for women to vote. That does not make it wrong. An intelligent person can see past a law that is ridiculous. I'm not saying you should think pot is for you, but it isn't as bad as some say. Alcohol is far more dangerous. The world would be a much better place if everyone smoked pot and didn't drink. Someone will say if you smoke to much it's very bad for you. Well so is anything else. Eat 5 pizza's and see how you feel...Find out why pot was made illegal and you will get angry. It's a racist law at it's core.

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