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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I assume all of you open-minded lovelies would not mind at all if your snowflakes got tatted up late in high school--sleeves, up the neck, all over the body? Seriously? OK, now is the part where you admit that it is beneath your class, but should not be looked down upon by OP. [/quote]

This is about not judging others.  A lesson you could use given your comments above.

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OK, so no judgment from you for your 18 year old daughter if she comes home covered in tattoos? More importantly, no judgment for yourself as a parent if that's what happens when she turns 18? C'mon now. You've definitely messed up somewhere along the line if that happens.  This is not exactly what kids headed off to Middlebury in the fall do the summer after high school graduation. [b]I agree that OP should be kind to the camp counselor and give him the benefit of the doubt, but let's all agree that this is not a choice we want being made by our own children as a way of understanding where OP is coming from.[/b] [/quote]

Sure - why do you think these two things are incompatible?  [/quote]

Just pointing out that most PPs are acting like tattoos are totally normal, mainstream style choices like haircuts and pants vs. skirts. In fact, most people do not feel this way. Isn't that why people get tattoos in the first place?--to buck the system a bit? If they were just like any other style decision, I think they would lose their appeal to those who get them. So, they do indicate something more--usually something is going on with someone who needs attention that badly, and OP is wondering exactly what that factor is and if its ok in the childcare setting. It may be that this counselor is great at his job, but it is not bizarre for OP to wonder if there might be something going on there. I would give the guy the benefit of the doubt probably, but also I personally would feel like I really whiffed on motherhood if my children got tattoos all over themselves. [/quote]

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