Would you let a very mature teen get a tattoo?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She'll be 18 soon enough. My wife has a tattoo are got on her eighteenth birthday and had wanted since she was 12. Her life isn't any different because she waited a little to get it.

But what is the practical reason for making them wait a few months? I get that you wouldn't let a 12 year old get one but at 17 I see no reason to make them wait other than sticking to some made up rule.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She'll be 18 soon enough. My wife has a tattoo are got on her eighteenth birthday and had wanted since she was 12. Her life isn't any different because she waited a little to get it.

But what is the practical reason for making them wait a few months? I get that you wouldn't let a 12 year old get one but at 17 I see no reason to make them wait other than sticking to some made up rule.

Because at that age a lot can change in a few months. The tattoo artists I know will often try and delay a newly 18 year old from getting a tattoo immediately. They’ll delay availability, take their time sketching the art, have them come back a few times just to make sure it’s something they really are committed to following through with.
Now, you can of course go get a shitty tattoo from your local tattoo shop that won’t give a shit, and be happy to take your money. But is that who you want putting an image on your body forever?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where does she want to put it? Does she know if visible tattoo will limit some job choices?

Not really anymore.

Oh it does. They just don't talk about it as much.

[Anonymous]

"NO RAGRETS"
Be sure you have someone watching the tattoo being made. Many tattoo artists are not great spellers.

[Anonymous]

Not.a.chance

[Anonymous]

Absolutely not. Tattoos are for poors and impulsive people. No good parent should approve of a child advertising those qualities.