I made it quite clear to my kids, that nobody with a tattoo or body piercing is going to live under my roof.
I was thinking of the little girl who wore her princess costume for 14 months every day.
BUMP
good for you!
do not let them emulate freaks like Mylie Cyrus
I guess Laz and his Prince Albert won’t be joining you for brunch anytime soon.
Hurray for you! My 18 y.o. granddaughter has been dressing goth/punk/grunge since she turned 16. Whacko hair-do and makeup, gauged ear lobes, nose piercings, etc. Her mother (my daughter), a single mom, thinks all of this “self-expression” is “ok”. I TOTALLY disagree. My GD is a good kid, but this style attracts the wrong kind of attention and some not so good kids with the same look. Can’t take either one of them anywhere.
I sorta agree with you but I would make an exception for one of my kids who joined the military and got a eagle, globe and anchor or anchor, or something like that and needed to stay at the house after they got out of the military for a short period of time. Of course at this point the oldest of my kids is a senior so I have not had the kids gone, kids come back type of situation yet.
I did something similar with mine, daughter & son.
Took them to the garage, clamped a piece of 2x4 in the Workmate, took a Magic Marker and scribbled on it, took my 3x21 belt sander and proceeded to eliminate the scribbles.
I told them that if they came home with tattoos, that would be how we would get rid of them.
Seemed to work, until daughter turned about 26, when she went off and got one.