PouringRain
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Re: Poll and thread question: tattoo parlor voucher suitable Christmas/18th b-day gif
I don't consider 18 to be an "all or nothing horizon when a young person gets left to his own devices" considering we make choices from a very young age. 18 is simply the legal age at which a parent no longer has a say in whether or not the child can get one. But surely, a child of a younger age can choose to take matters into his own hands and self-tat (or anything else). I have known people who began drinking alcohol at age 10, and subsequently grew up to be an alcoholic-- the golden age of 21 certainly didn't hold the individual at bay from making choices, and the parents chose to turn a blind eye. This doesn't mean that as a parent I should simply make drinking alcohol allowable in my presence so that I know my 10 year old is drinking responsibly, simply because the child is making poor choices at that age.
I agree with you that a tattooed parent might be likely to be proactive in helping their child get tattoos, but that was not your original question. You asked in the poll what "I" would do. "I" wouldn't. Someone else might, and that is fine for them. Simply because it is not something that I would do, nor compromise on, does not mean that I am forcing my values on others, nor judging them by it. Just as it is the 18 year olds legal choice which method of tattooing they choose to have done, it is also every parents choice what to allow and not allow with their children-- legal or not.
I don't consider 18 to be an "all or nothing horizon when a young person gets left to his own devices" considering we make choices from a very young age. 18 is simply the legal age at which a parent no longer has a say in whether or not the child can get one. But surely, a child of a younger age can choose to take matters into his own hands and self-tat (or anything else). I have known people who began drinking alcohol at age 10, and subsequently grew up to be an alcoholic-- the golden age of 21 certainly didn't hold the individual at bay from making choices, and the parents chose to turn a blind eye. This doesn't mean that as a parent I should simply make drinking alcohol allowable in my presence so that I know my 10 year old is drinking responsibly, simply because the child is making poor choices at that age.
I agree with you that a tattooed parent might be likely to be proactive in helping their child get tattoos, but that was not your original question. You asked in the poll what "I" would do. "I" wouldn't. Someone else might, and that is fine for them. Simply because it is not something that I would do, nor compromise on, does not mean that I am forcing my values on others, nor judging them by it. Just as it is the 18 year olds legal choice which method of tattooing they choose to have done, it is also every parents choice what to allow and not allow with their children-- legal or not.
just making some hypothetical connections in my mind.
Ain't y'all got no Michigan hillbillies up there? Somebody else chime in!! I know Texas can't be the only place in the world where a goat is an acceptable present and pet. Is it??