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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In my experience people with extensive tattoing (that shows on the neckk, face, hands, etc) who have tattoed a great percentage of their bodies have often been part of drug and/or crime and/or rebellious cultures and/or mental health issues or other subcultures at some point in their life.

It is often those earlier experiences however that make people great counselors. They can understand the kid who is acting out and who is struggling to connect. They get the difficulties with emotional regulation, the poor impulse control and the poor decision making. People who have come out the other side and have learned how to deal with this in healthy ways can be fantastic mentors and rally able ot relate to kids. Kids may also trust them more and learn more from them as they see the mentor as someone who 'gets it'.

So I disagree with others that say that full body tattoing is a common, mainstream thing that has no meaning other than body art but also disagree with you that this has any negative impact on the counselor's ability to meet your son's needs.  [/quote]

Your experience is not universal. I'm the PP with large tattoos who works in a professional office environment. I do not have a history of drug use, mental health issues or overly rebellious behavior. My tattoos are things I drew myself, and my parents know about all of them. They also know why I chose the things I chose, what they symbolize to me, how I paid for them, etc. Obviously this is not true of all tattoos, but to the people asking if I would find it problematic for my teenager to come home with tattoos, no, I would not find it problematic necessarily. I would want to hear their reasoning for the particular design, and I'd also be concerned that they get the work done at a studio with a good reputation for health and safety. The only thing worse than a badly thought out poorly designed tattoo is one that also gets infected.

I think that your assumption that body art is not common is a little bit flawed as well. Edgy image decisions have come a long way since I was in my late teens/early 20s. Our office administrator has a nose ring. Many of the attorneys here have tattoos. Granted, none of them have massive tattoos on their faces or forearms or whatever, but it's not like people with jewelry in their face or body and tattoos in various places are 100% relegated to working in bars or auto body shops anymore. Many of us also have advanced degrees and work in offices.[/quote]

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