I know atleast 5 people who have gotten tattoos under the age of 18.
3 of the people had Parental Concent and the other 2 just looked 18 and didn't get asked for I.D
I think that it's good that you're at a level where you're willing to be able to let your daughter be able to do these kind of things. Atleast if you allow it, you'll know that your daughter/child is doing these things generally in a safe environment with your supervision. Instead of them just going behinde your back, to a dodgy piercing or tattoo artist and then making a total muck up of the whole situation, and then betraying your trust that you have given to them.
My parents have been understanding of what I'd like to get done. I got my first proper piercing (I don't believe that ear counts really, as it's so standard) when I was 13 years old, and it was my labret piercing, my mother took me to get it done, helped me pick out a place, She made sure I knew what I was doing and how to look after it and anything else that I might need to know about it. Plus she made me pay for it myself, out of my own money. I believe that this teachers responsilbility.
I am now 17 years old and I have had numerious piercings, most of them I have taken out, but I'll give you a list of what I got done, how old I was etc.
1. Labret ( 13 years old, parents concent )
2. Eyebrow ( 14 years old, parents concent )
3. Right Lip ( 15 years old, parents concent )
4. Tongue ( 16 years old, parents concent - I asked if I could get it done, but got it done alone )
5. Nape "Back of Neck" ( 16 years old, parents concent - I asked if I could get it done, but got it done alone )
6. Snake Bites "Right and Left Lip" ( 16 years old, parents concent - I asked if I could get it done, but got it done alone )
7. Nape ( 17 years old, parents concent - I asked if I could get it done, but got it done alone )
8. Industrial ( 17 years old, parents concent - I asked if I could get it done, but got it done alone )
At the moment the only piercings that I currently have in is:
Ear
Tongue
Labret
Industrial
The thing with piercings is, you can take them out, and they wont leave much visible scaring, all of my piercings that I have taken out, you can barely see the scars some of them you can't see at all.
I would end up having a talk with your daughter about a tattoo, because it's something that's going to be with her for life, and it'll be expensive and painfull to get it removed. So the meaning of the design will talk a long period of time and special consideration. Plus you need to be able to find a decent place that will do the tattoo with parental concent, that isn't dodge.
Chris
