Topic : 05/29 Parenting Dilemmas

I just watched the part where the mother says "the person you are now may not be the person you will be later."   

This depends on the person. I got my first tattoo in August 2003 (just before my 19th birthday). I am now heading towards 22; I am the same person (just with more knowledge) and I have absolutely no regrets about my tat. In fact, I am planning on getting more. They are art and a part of self-expression. A person doesn't go from one extreme to another. No matter what happens in life, you will always be the same person; you just "adapt." 

Like the daughter said, if I am to walk into a job interview and receive good marks, but they happen to catch a glimpse of my tattoo and decide not to hire me. I agree, that place really isn't somewhere I would like to work. This is also discrimination...which is illegal.  

That is just my two cents!  

when i heard the mother say that she didn't want to dress the triplets differently because they would start arguing about wanting to wear what the other brother had i started laughing.  i have twin brothers who are very competitive with one another but very close; they are very supportive of each other. one twin could always do one thing better then the other so it always equaled out.  they each had their own dresser and what was in was theirs.  i remember helping them get ready for school (they were young maybe first grade) and they would look at each other and ask "do you want to be twins?" they thought if they dressed alike they were twins but if they dressed differently they weren't.  they knew when they wanted to be different from one another.  most often they would dress the same.  also when they were younger my mother would buy them they same clothes; then once they got older she would let them choose the color or design.    

The picture that is under my username is what my tattoo looks like.  The Triple Goddess form.  It is very symbolic to me and holds great spiritual importance.  I am very proud I chose a meaningful symbol to decorate myself with. 

To those who want tattoos, chose something that is important to you, that way you'll have a lesser chance of regret. 

Harm none, do what ye will. 

Im really not a big fan of dr. phil. i have rearely watched his shows..only when my 17 year old daughter makes me. She also made me make this account here so i can put my two cents in here.  

this one about parenting dilemmas she taped and made me watch it with her.   

My daughters all have piercings and or tattoos or both. I have never ever stopped one of them from getting a piercing or tattoo. I do not like tattoos or piercings. But it's something that I have learnt to deal with. I do not judge people at all by their piercings or tattoos, because my eldest daughter is 24 and she has one tattoos that covers a large portion of her shoulder my ex wifes son(my step son) has what they call 'sleeve' tattoos on both arms, plus his back and neck are completely tattooed and he's 28 and he loves them. My other daughter who is 22 has her lip pierced, and wears a huge hoop, and she is having her kid with a guy who has 4 tattos and some piercings, and i do not think that having tattoos or piercings is gonna change the way poeple look at my daughter and her child. She's a very good mother. My other daughter the 17 year old one, loves piercings, she has her nose, tongue, and 2 in her bellybutton, plus about 8 in each ear. She plans on getting two different tattoos as soon as she graduates from highschool.   

I did object to this at first until she told me that "it's not just because they're popular dad, i want one because i want it to mean something, i want to show people exacly who i am" i remebered this quote because it made me think of why she wanted to get these tattoos. She wants our last name in ukraninan on her hip, because its her heritage, and she wants the dragon on her back because..well im not sure on that one yet, but im sure theres a reason.  

But having the tatoos or piercings is not gonna make me see my daughter as a 'freak'  or anything.  

i knwo she's an amazing girl and that's all that matters.  

I did like today's dr.Phil i must admit because he told the girl to wait and see if her mind changes which is a very ,very good idea. i do not agree with the mom however. it is her daughters body she can do what she wants. If people see her because of her tattoos, then they are no one your daughter should be hanging around with, or talking to.