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May 30, 2006, 12:21 pm PDT
05/29 Parenting Dilemmas
Quote From: harleypieI am the mother of three grown, level-headed boys and I cannot believe the pettiness of this topic. There are quite a few people with tattoos, a lot of professionals, a lot of business owners, a lot of them ex-military men and an awful lot of women as well.................there is absolutely nothing wrong with tattooes and having one doesn't make a person defensive. That is, in my opinion is an ignorant statement to make, it's a form of art and has been around for centuries, I personally do NOT have any, but my oldest son, Anthony, 24 yrs old has a few and incidentally is military and is being shipped to Iraq! How important would those tats be if this "young" lady were shipped to Iraq and didn't come back???? Would those tats be that important then? I taught my kids to treat people as if it is the last time you are going to see them because you know what??? It might. Just because something isn't to someone's liking does not mean that either person is right or wrong! And if this "young" lady regrets these later in her life, well it was her mistake and she will be the one that deals with it, not her mother! Yes, there are quite a few people with tatoos but is their entire body covered in them? I think that is the major issue. Just about anything in extreme is probably going to be questioned or judged by someone. And teaching our children to be accepting is fine and right but teaching them, also, that the world isn't always that way is just as important. (You missed the "defensive" part in that many of the comments are from those with tatoos and they feel they have to defend their decision. If they were entirely comfortable with it, they would brush it off and go on.)
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