Thread: Tattoos and Minors.

I agree with Kim and Audra. I think it's dumb, but it also doesn't seem like a big enough deal to warrant a criminal arrest.

Originally Posted by GloriaInTX

Even though it isn't permanent this has to be one of the weirdest things I've seen.


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Yeah I was just reading about that a week or so ago. Amazingly odd and i just don't even see the appeal of it visually...but whatever...knock yourselves out, right? LOL

Originally Posted by Jessica80

I guess both. Partly because I don't understand allowing your child to get a tattoo but not sure if it should be illegal.

See while this is something that I would never sign to let my child do, I think it is a grey area when you start telling parents what they can and can not let their own child do. With the clear exception of abuse.

I don't know where you can draw the line. Circumcision is legal, ear piercing is legal, so how do you draw the line at tattoos, legally? I don't know how you'd do it.

Originally Posted by freddieflounder101

I don't know where you can draw the line. Circumcision is legal, ear piercing is legal, so how do you draw the line at tattoos, legally? I don't know how you'd do it.

Here's one thing i will say. With circ-ing and ear piercing, there is little to no risk at all that you could ruin or significantly affect a child's life by doing either of those things, with or without consent.

With tattooing? I see potential to cause some big life changing problems with it. Not with a heart on the shoulder, but the problem with tattooing is that its is everything from a heart on the shoulder to full sleeves and neck tats. I can see how it would be easier to just make laws around it all, instead of trying to say "well this is okay, this is not" and trying to figure out what is acceptable or whats not.

I guess part of me would like to see kids be prevented from doing anything TOO drastic before they are adults.