Tattooed Child

Well, on Nancy Grace, an 11 yr old was given a home tattoo by her mother. The mother is facing 60 days in jail and a $1000 fine. The mothers defense? That her daughter said she wanted one and asked for it.

Its not a surprise to me that this is all over the news.

1. The mother is covered in tattoos

2. Everything is happening to people younger and younger (pregnancy,death, incarceration etc)

3. Everyone and their grandma has tattoos now.

She is 11 so what?! How many kids get gang tattoos at 10, 11 yrs old? How many kids are getting pregnant? Selling drugs? Selling their bodies at that age? A lot more than anyone will admit. 

This world is not how it was for the parents of my generation. There is no such thing as dating, having standards, birth control, self control or common sense anymore. 

Now parents focus for a minute. If your child wanted a tattoo, would you rather they go get it from some sleeze ball crack head down the street or in a nearby neighborhood, without the numbing and without knowing if their needle is clean? or (if you were capable) Give it to them yourself knowing the needle would be clean and that you could control how big or small the tattoo was? 

Im not sorry for feeling that way. I'd rather have my hypothetical child come to me that to anyone else. I'd rather smoke a joint with them than have them go to their friends or some other jerk-off who could lace the joint without their knowledge. 

The fact that the child in this story even went to her mother for a tattoo shows she trusts her. How many 11 yr olds have that much trust in their parents now a days? How many parents can honestly say their kids trust them that much?

I honestly could care less about how freaked out everyone is about this. An 11 yr old asked her mother for a tattoo. Her mother used the numbing crap(the pussy way out for any adult who gets one) and gave her daughter a small heart shaped tattoo. SO WHAT?!