16 year olds getting tattoos ?
By admin at 3 October, 2009, 4:45 pm
Underage tattooing is on the raise, teenagers under the legal age of 18 are coming home with a tattoo. If you are a minor and get a tattoo you have broken the law as well as the tattoo artist who tattooed you. No reputable tattoo artist should knowingly tattoo a minor and if they have they should be ashamed of themselves.
Why am I telling you this, because my 16 year old daughter told me her BFF got a tattoo. When I asked her how that was possible, she said fake ID…wow, I’ve heard of fake id’s for drinking but getting tattoos? Tattoo studios should be more careful and really,really check out the id’s more
This studio is in West Palm Beach and I’m thinking of turning them in…
The moral of this story is teenagers under the age of 18 are not mature enough to make a life altering decision of getting a tattoo. Some parents urge lawmakers to change the tattooing age to 20 or 21 because they still feel 18 is too young to make this decision. If you are underage and are contemplating getting a tattoo illegally, keep in mind a good tattoo studio cards their customers and will make a photocopy of their ID just to cover their butts in case there are any disputes.
That tattoo place should be put out of business…and the person who tattooed that teenager should be arrested !!!
At age 16 in today’s world if all the kids brings home is a tattoo the parent should feel lucky. Especially with everything they are exposed to.
You really feel that way Carla, a tattoo is a lifetime choice..no take backs…aw may be I guess, laser removal
I was 16 when I got mu first tattoo. I have an A on my foot. My best friend has an S on her foot. they are the first letters of our names. I thought I could hide it from my parents thats why I got it on my foot. But of course I had to open my mouth and my parents ended up finding out. They freaked! And lost all trust in me. I had been asking if I could get a tattoo since I was like 13 and they told me NO a million times. But I had luck on my side. I looked 19 when I was 16 so I never got ID for anything. I love my tattoo very much. In this day and age parents your lucky if all your kids do is get a tattoo. If my daughter asked me to let her get a tattoo when she is 16 I’ll say only under one condition. you have to pick your tattoo out. I have to appove and you have to think about it for a full year! looking at that picture everyday. And in that year if she still wanted it. and I approve. Well then why not. I would rather my kids feel comfortable enough to come and talk to me then be there worst nightmare and have them sneaking around behind my back.
dude, you have no clue what your talking about. im 16 and my mom is taking me to get a tattoo this weekend in jacksonville. ive kept the picture i drew in my wallet since december 2008. if you think im not mature enough to get a tattoo on my upper leg where it wouldnt be visable, then you dont know me. its a rebel flag with a skeleton confederate soldier in the uncle sam pose. on top it will say dirty and below it will say south. its a dedication to my southern herritage. ive wanted to get this done for so long and im old enough to make my own decission. so bite me(:
If this is all you have to worry about in your life then you must be really shut off from the world. Forget drug dealers and murderers, let’s arrest a tattoo artist! Because that’s more important.
The girl had a fake I.D. Do you want him to examine the thing for five minutes? If everywhere did that, you would be that impatient person in line at a Wawa (north east coast equivalent to a quickstop) complaining that a person was taking forever to validate an I.D. It’s impractical. Maybe the girl’s parents should have been more responsible. If you’re that worried about her influencing your child then maybe you should have a talk with your daughter about it.
Personally, I think there are more horrid crimes happening in the world aside from a tattoo artist tattooing an underage girl. I’d rather worry about those.
I understand your concern, but really I think you are over reacting. First off, it is NOT your child, so its not YOUR responsibillity to turn in the tattoo artist. If you were her mother fine, but your not so let your daughter friends’ mother deal with it. It seems like you got some issues behind this whole scene.
second, I agree with almost everyone who has written here. There are worse things in this world. Murders, rapist etc etc. You would be lucky if she only got a tattoo.
third, if you want to sound all smart and be intimidating about knowing the law… then KNOW the law.
It is not illegal to get a tattoo underage IF you have parent consent. i know your daughters friend got it illegaly but, “f you are a minor and get a tattoo you have broken the law as well as the tattoo artist who tattooed you. “.. is incorrect. It is not illegal if you have parent consenst and In some states the age is lower then 18.
Yeah your daughters friend might regret it when she is older, but everyone has something they regret that is perminant. So you might aswell let it pass. I got have a few tattoos and am getting one today, and I do not/will not regret any of them. Tattooing is a art form. Its like having a masterpiece with you 24/7.
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i’ve been wanting a tattoo for like a whole year and im 16. my dad doesnt really care but my mom wouldnt let me and it really suckss to know that she knows ima end up doin it neways cause i always end up doing whatever i want but still she wont just agree. seriooulsy do you want your kid to be honnest with you or do you want them to do shit behind your back.? cause teenagerss always endup doing what they wantt.
Well i know this girl who goes to my school we used to be best friends but i absolutly cant stand her now!!!! she just recemtly got a tattoo and she just turned 17 the 1st of March.. her mom talked the tattoo artist into giving my fellow student this tattoo and they paid him extra but they had to promise not to say anything but she told me when we were best friends which was a mistake cuz now i cant stand her…so i wanna know how much trouble she can get into if the law found out????????
WELL iM 17 & i SEE WHERE yOU’RE COMiNG FROM.. i GOT My TATTOO WEN i WAS 16 TOO & yEAH i DiDN’T REALLy THiNK ABOUT iT WHEN i GOT iT..iT WAS JUST A MOMENT OF CRAZyNESS BUT COME ON yOU ONLy LiVE ONCE! MiGHT AS WELL LiVE iT THE WAy yOU WANT NOT THE WAy OTHERs WANT yOU 2…& yEA yOU MiGHT NOT LiKE iT WHEN yOU’RE OLDER BUT yOU CAN’T LiVE REGRETTiNG STUFF yOU DiD iN THE PAST CAUSE @ ONE POiNT iT WAS EVERyTHiNG yOU EVER WANTED!!! TEENs THESE DAYs ALWAYs END UP DOiNG WHAT THEy WANT…yOU CAN BE THERE 2 ADViSE THEM & HELP THEM MAKE THE RiGHT CHOiCE BUT yOU CAN’T LiVE THEiR LiVEs 4 THEM!……