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Originally posted by FastAggie
putting body modification and sex on the same level as illegal drug use is absolutely ridiculous.
the point of my post was to suggest using your child's interest in body mod to learn more about them and *god forbid* have a reasonable dialog with them rather than just "putting [your] foot down." you put your foot down hard enough, and you'll crush her underneath it.
having said that, i do think you pursued the right track with your daughter...show her the options, the side effects, question her reasoning.
don't get me wrong, i'm not trying to criticize anyone's parenting. they're your kids, do what you will with them. i just hate to see kids become alienated from their parents...i didn't talk to my parents for years b/c of how they "put their feet down" with me.
there are a lot of kids i see at shows and things who have no feedback from their parents at all -- positive or negative. kids like that, with completely uninvolved parents, end up wandering around until they glom onto something. unfortunately, it's usually something far more dreadful than a tongue piercing.
anyway...this thread is about stupid tattoos, not parenting, right? sooooo i will step down off my little flaming liberal soap box and shut up. 
cheers!
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Hope you're having fun back there in Virginia Beach...My "kid" is now 33, an RN working on her 2nd hubby, living in mid USA. She and I don't get along. BUT..she can make a living, without relying on Govt. or charitable help. Yep, I must have been a failure as a parent. But you know? I think I DID do my job. She is now an adult, can make a living, and doesn't have to worship any ideology in order to do so. So? She & I don't get along? Bothers me not. "I did my job".