Best way to keep kid from getting a tattoo while in college

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Setting aside that it is a bad idea to try this, here is the only idea I can come up with that has any chance whatsoever of working....

Pay them.

Tell him that he'll get $X (whatever amount feels like a LOT to him) every semester that he proves he didn't get a tattoo.

That has about a 50% chance of working. Nothing else will.

This sounds…creepy

Strip down for mommys inspection!

[Anonymous]

Thought exercise, do you guys find the idea of a team brand (as in, getting branded) more or less upsetting?

[Anonymous]

Who are you folks trying to control College students that are now adults? The only “control” my parents ever said was “Don’t be screwing around on my money. Keep your grades up and make good choices.”

When you kids get to college you are no longer their overlord, you’re a trusted advisor or confidant.


Are your parents still controlling your lives?

[Anonymous]

This whole thing is creepy! He's a grownup. Tattoos are extremely common now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This whole thing is creepy! He's a grownup. Tattoos are extremely common now.

It’s not “creepy,” drama queen. Common or not, doesn’t mean every one has to like them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who are you folks trying to control College students that are now adults? The only “control” my parents ever said was “Don’t be screwing around on my money. Keep your grades up and make good choices.”

When you kids get to college you are no longer their overlord, you’re a trusted advisor or confidant.


Are your parents still controlling your lives?

I’m not a college student, so no and you are being disingenuous with that stupid question. No one cares if your parents didn’t “control” you. That’s their choice. No one else has to abide by what your parents did.

[Anonymous]

My brothers have brands (not tats) from their high school sports teams…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This whole thing is creepy! He's a grownup. Tattoos are extremely common now.

It’s not “creepy,” drama queen. Common or not, doesn’t mean every one has to like them.

I never said anything one way or another about liking tattoos. What I find creepy is the suggestion that a parent subject her adult son to periodic tattoo inspections in exchange for money. Also creepy, but less so, is the idea of a parent forbidding her adult child from getting a tattoo, motorcycle, or anything else she may find objectionable. Expressing her opinion? Fine. Forbidding? WTF.

[Anonymous]

Most tattoos are pretty cringe, but I told DS if he got one the most important concern was that the place and artist were reputable. You can have a tattoo removed. Treating Hep C and MRSA can be much more difficult.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who are you folks trying to control College students that are now adults? The only “control” my parents ever said was “Don’t be screwing around on my money. Keep your grades up and make good choices.”

When you kids get to college you are no longer their overlord, you’re a trusted advisor or confidant.


Are your parents still controlling your lives?

The future MILs from hell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Simple. You do something stupid = we don't pay for the next term. No spending allowance either. End of subject.

Bingo!

He's a D1 athlete that threat has no weight whatsoever

[Anonymous]

I haven't read the whole thread. Just curious, as to what sport? I was surprised to see hometown boy Jackson Merrill with so many.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This whole thing is creepy! He's a grownup. Tattoos are extremely common now.

It’s not “creepy,” drama queen. Common or not, doesn’t mean every one has to like them.

I never said anything one way or another about liking tattoos. What I find creepy is the suggestion that a parent subject her adult son to periodic tattoo inspections in exchange for money. Also creepy, but less so, is the idea of a parent forbidding her adult child from getting a tattoo, motorcycle, or anything else she may find objectionable. Expressing her opinion? Fine. Forbidding? WTF.

I am not in favor of tattoos but there is a huge difference between a tattoo and a motorcycle.

[Anonymous]

You spent all that time and money on cultivating a D1 athlete ensuring he'd get into the right school, and now you want to know how to make sure he doesn't fit in with the team meaning hell probably quit and you'll end up footing the entire college bill maybe he'd even drop out and change schools, maybe one closer to home where you can control his life forever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Simple. You do something stupid = we don't pay for the next term. No spending allowance either. End of subject.

Bingo!

He's a D1 athlete that threat has no weight whatsoever

Um, money holds a huge weight in a threat.
You think athletes don’t need money, they live off of air?