Should People Under Eighteen Years Of Age Be Required To Have Parental Permission To Get Tattoos And Piercings?
Absolutely, they should have to get their parents permission. Children are creatures that act on things without giving any thought to the future repercussions. A tattoo is not something you can easily rid yourself of if you decide you no longer want it. You can trade up when making some purchases (such as a car) but a tattoo is never going to change no matter how ugly or offensive it becomes as you age…you can’t change it like you do a piece of jewelry. A tattoo can keep you from getting a job you really want, it can cause dissension between a man and a woman, unless every person you are ever going to date or marry is named “Lucille or Larry”. At this time in history a tattoo is the “in thing to have”. That may change back to where it was just a few short years ago…it was considered a sign of the lesser educated person and was looked down on & in fact, still is, by many people. In Dallas, Texas just recently it was decided to be a policeman, if you had a tattoo, it must be covered
