12-14-2007, 09:42 AM
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Mrs FussyPucker
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: England
Posts: 3,635
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Originally Posted by Booger
I would call it a bad parenting choice not child abuse. I would agree that I don't think parents should let their 9 year old child get a tattoo. I would also have to say just because I don't agree with the parent choice dosen't make it child abuse. If a child wants a tattoo and their parent agree to let them have one I would say it was a bad choice but I can't call it abuse. If we start call abuse everytime a parent make a choice someone dosen't agree with we would have a lot of child abuse cases.
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I think I'm in a agreement with you Booger. If a tattoo (inflcts pain, is permanent, has no function other than cosmetic) is child abuse, then so is child ear piercing and (dare I say it?) circumcision. A nine year old has more opportunity to refuse it than does a baby whose parents make either of the other decisions.
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