Two parents have been accused of giving drugs to their teenage daughters. 
 
 Joey Mudd, 34, of Largo, appeared in court Tuesday after being accused of using marijuana as a bargaining tool with her teen daughters. 
 
 
 
 Deputies said Mudd admitted to smoking pot multiple times with her daughters, ages 13 and 14. Also, officials said Mudd used pot at least five times to get her daughters to do chores and perform well in school. 
 
 
 
 Mudd, who is facing two counts of child abuse, posted bond early Wednesday and was released. 
 
 
 
 Mudd's husband, Chad, 36, is accused of providing the girls with cocaine. He remains in jail on six counts of child abuse. He was also charged for cocaine possession. 
 
 
 
 Mudd's daughters are staying with her mother-in-law. Mudd currently is being denied any contact with the girls. 
 
 
 
 Deputies said they first heard the allegations when they got a call on their child abuse hotline. 
 
 
 
 The case remains under investigation. 
 
 ||||| Largo parents accused of doing drugs with their teenage kids as 'incentive' Posted: Wednesday, May 6, 2015 10:54 AM EDT Updated: Wednesday, June 3, 2015 6:17 PM EDT 
 
 Parents have been known to do just about anything to motivate their children to do their chores and do well in school. But, what a Largo father and mother are accused of doing, authorities say, crossed the line. 
 
 According to an arrest report, Joey and Chad Mudd are now facing child abuse charges after the pair smoked marijuana with their 13 and 14 year old daughters as a form of 'bargaining tool.' 
 
 Chad Mudd is also accused of snorting cocaine with the girls and one of their boyfriends. 
 
 "According to Joey, it was an incentive to the children," said Pinellas Sheriff's Office Spokeswoman Cristen Smith. 
 
 "If the children were going to school, doing household chores and such, that was the incentive to smoking marijuana with her." 
 
 The mother, Joey, faces two counts of child abuse. Deputies arrested her on Monday, and she has since bonded out of jail. 
 
 The children's father, Chad, faces seven counts of child abuse and remains behind bars. He appeared before a judge on Wednesday afternoon. A judge set his bond at $32,000.00. 
 
 Copyright 2015 WFLA. All rights reserved. ||||| A mother and father from Largo face multiple counts of child abuse after deputies said they gave their teenage children cocaine and marijuana. 
 
 Joey Mudd, 34, said she smoked marijuana with the teens five times and used it as a “bargaining tool,” according to an affidavit from the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. 
 
 Chad Mudd, 36, gave the teenagers cocaine to snort while parked in his truck in Tierre Verde and Treasure Island, the affidavits said. He also smoked marijuana with the teenagers and provided cocaine to one of their teenage friends, the affidavit said. 
 
 Joey Mudd was arrested on Monday on two counts of child abuse, records show. She was released on Wednesday after posting $5,000 bond. 
 
 Chad Mudd was arrested Tuesday on six counts of child abuse and one count of possession of cocaine after deputies found cocaine residue in his wallet, records show. Mudd was released early Thursday after posting $32,000 bond.
– When choosing between the carrot and the stick to motivate their girls, police say a pair of Florida parents chose a seriously illegal carrot. Joey and Chad Mudd of Largo were arrested Monday on child abuse charges: The couple are accused of smoking pot with their teen girls, ages 13 and 14. According to mom Joey, it "was an incentive to the children" for things like going to school and doing their chores, a rep for the Pinellas Sheriff's Office tells WFLA. Bay News 9 reports the 34-year-old confessed to smoking with them on at least five occasions in order to, as the station puts it, get the girls to "perform well in school," among other things. She faces two counts of child abuse to her husband's six. His stem from allegations that the 36-year-old also snorted cocaine with his daughters. The Tampa Tribune cites affidavits that allege he did so with them in his parked truck in Tierra Verde and Treasure Island. He allegedly gave a friend of theirs cocaine, too. Bay News 9 reports police learned of the situation via a child-abuse hotline, and notes the girls are currently in the care of Joey Mudd's mother-in-law. Chad Mudd, who also faces a cocaine possession charge, remains in jail; Joey Mudd has been released but isn't permitted to see her daughters. (To say nothing of marijuana and cocaine, here's why you may not want to let your kids sip your alcohol.)