I have tattoos - a picture of the Green Man on my left forearm, an ex-girlfiends name (the mother of my first son), and the Japanese characters for 'father' 'son' and two of the characters for 'daughter' on my right forearm.
Despite this I was against my daughters having them done, something unfeminine about it.
My son has, as far as I am aware, none.
My older daughter has, I think thirteen or more.
My younger daughter has two, but plans at least two more.
My atttitude with the girls was that their mother, my ex, has three, I have mine - I told them that I was not exactly enamoured of the idea of them having them, but that it had to be their choice.
The law states that they must be over 18 to be tattooed, the hygiene regulations for tattooists are stringent and enforced rigidly.
The bottom line is that all three of my kids are adults and perfectly capable of making their own decisions pro or con.
If, at eighteen, you can make the decision to join the forces to fight, and be killed fighting, for your country you sure as Hell have the right to put pictures on your skin regardless of what you parents think about it.
I find the woman in the article to be just about the worst case of 'Jewish Mother Syndrome', selfishness cubed, that I have seen or heard of in yonks!
