Quote Originally Posted by recycling goddess View Post
hey everyone... for some reason i didn't get any notifications of this thread so i thought it was just ignored... but alas... here it is... alive and well LOL

he got it done last night. "AWESOME" - so everything that comes out his mouth is awesome LOL this was his original idea and i'm glad he stuck with it. if he had chosen something i didn't agree with, it wouldn't have happened.

as for the poster who said i'd allow drinking etc... you sooooo have me tagged wrong. i allow my kids to express themselves. i allow them to be them. they don't have curfews, they don't have a lot of 'rules'... but they know (cause i tell them often) that if they go too far... they will have them! i trust them and i show them that by allowing them to be themselves. there's nothing worse than being forced into a box you don't wanna live in. by allowing them the freedom to do some things (like an inner lip tat that no one will ever see unless they show them and won't hold them back from getting a job they want etc)... they listen to me more on things like "don't do drugs" - use two forms of birth control if and when you decide to start having sex.

i pick my battles wisely... and make sure they are few and far between. it worked with my eldest... she stayed away from drugs and alcohol until she moved out. then her choices were her own to make... cause after all, it's her life to live.

my son must have thanked me a thousand times last night - he knows i'm a cool mom, he knows i'm a mom who listens... who really hears him.

and so, in my opinion... my purpose in his life is flowing perfectly. to guide - to lead by example but not to push, shove or force. after all... i've never respected anyone who forced me to do stuff... but i respected the ones who allowed me the space to figure things out for myself.

i'm here as their guides in this life... but trust me when i say... i carry a big stick and know how to use it LOL


Never in my post did I knock you, or how you parent your children. All I posted was how the friends of mine played thier parents once they were allowed the freedom to due certain things. I'm sorry if you percieved it wrong. I was a child once to. I know how 15 year olds think. I wish you the best in your journey called "parenthood". I have two children also(both girls). Would I let them tattoo themselves at 15? HELL NO! Girls can't even give consentual sex until they are 16. Call me old fashioned or whatever. That is how I parent MY kids. That's the beautiful thing about life.....We get to make our OWN choices. Hopefully you as a parent chose a nice, clean, and reputable shop to have him tattooed at.