Comments on: Piercings, Tattoos & Bonding with Your Teen http://lovefeasttable.com/blog/piercings-tattoos-bonding-with-your-teen/ We invite you to our table or we'll meet you at yours... Sat, 19 Sep 2015 12:25:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.5 By: Kristin http://lovefeasttable.com/blog/piercings-tattoos-bonding-with-your-teen/#comment-22464 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:15:08 +0000 http://lovefeasttable.com/blog/?p=22480#comment-22464 I agree and to be honest, I’ve asked my son to not gauge too far that he’d need surgery. He happily agreed. He is mature and so he has thought forward to what it could mean for him in the future. I think we do have to take each kid individually and make those decisions as they come up. They are each unique.

]]> By: Pierced Edge http://lovefeasttable.com/blog/piercings-tattoos-bonding-with-your-teen/#comment-22426 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 03:33:18 +0000 http://lovefeasttable.com/blog/?p=22480#comment-22426 Huh, you actually got me thinking.

My parents have been okay with tattoos. Neither of them have any but they have never said a bad thing against them. Piercings on the other hand were different. Only earrings for the girls and nothing for the boys. For the most part even after 18 that is the case but there is more leniency.

However, I wouldn’t have any problem with my kids having tattoos or piercings. There is still an extent to where I might disagree just because I know the negative impacts they can have. I know that some extents the going back to normal just isn’t going to happen without surgery. However, as long as I know that they know the full extent of the possible problems and they have a mature mindset on the matter, I don’t think I would have a problem with it.

That being said, I would gladly go with one of my kids, when they are older as they are far to young now, to get a tattoo or piercing.

]]> By: Arianne http://lovefeasttable.com/blog/piercings-tattoos-bonding-with-your-teen/#comment-22130 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 18:06:38 +0000 http://lovefeasttable.com/blog/?p=22480#comment-22130 I felt myself get emotional at the end of this, as even though my boys are still too young to be interested in these types of things, I know the things that you describe. The intentional time with them, the grace and gratitude in weathering hard times together. It’s so spirit-led, all of this, and unique in every family. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. xo

]]> By: BettyMc http://lovefeasttable.com/blog/piercings-tattoos-bonding-with-your-teen/#comment-22091 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:25:45 +0000 http://lovefeasttable.com/blog/?p=22480#comment-22091 As liberal as I think I am, I will admitt I do not approve of piercings anywhere but the ears — I think it’s gross for one thing. Also,I don’t think young people should get tattoos. Often they will regret what they did. I think our natural bodies can be decorated with makeup, hair dye, jewelery and clothing that can be changed easily.

]]> By: Kristin http://lovefeasttable.com/blog/piercings-tattoos-bonding-with-your-teen/#comment-22071 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 02:30:33 +0000 http://lovefeasttable.com/blog/?p=22480#comment-22071 Woo who! You go mama! I mom condoned my tattoos when I was younger. But about three years ago, my mom, older and wiser, went and got her first tattoo on her finger, for all to see!! Time has an amazing way to bring perspective.

]]> By: Kristin http://lovefeasttable.com/blog/piercings-tattoos-bonding-with-your-teen/#comment-22070 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 02:28:30 +0000 http://lovefeasttable.com/blog/?p=22480#comment-22070 Ok, true confession, I do regret one I got on my hip at 18. Because 5 babies later, let’s just say, it’s not at all legible!

]]> By: Kristin http://lovefeasttable.com/blog/piercings-tattoos-bonding-with-your-teen/#comment-22069 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 02:27:30 +0000 http://lovefeasttable.com/blog/?p=22480#comment-22069 Nora, do you regret any of them?

]]> By: Kristin http://lovefeasttable.com/blog/piercings-tattoos-bonding-with-your-teen/#comment-22068 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 02:26:56 +0000 http://lovefeasttable.com/blog/?p=22480#comment-22068 I will say, I drew the line at the septum piercing. He really wants to get it done. And to be honest, I told him I didn’t want to face his grandfather if I let him get it done. I said, “You can face pop on your own at 18 with that one!”

]]> By: Pam Capone http://lovefeasttable.com/blog/piercings-tattoos-bonding-with-your-teen/#comment-22060 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:58:47 +0000 http://lovefeasttable.com/blog/?p=22480#comment-22060 I know that bonding moment all too well with my daughter. My husband and I allowed her to get her first tattoo when we was a senior in high school and just a couple months before turning 18. Our daughter was a straight A student with a 4.0 grade average and never drank. When she asked for the tattoo I didn’t want her to get one not because it was a tattoo, I cried when she got her first mole it was something to do with your babies perfect skin. But if this is the worst thing she does in life so be it. I just asked that her tattoo were not on certain parts of her body and she agreed. She is now 23 and has 5 tattoos and still keeps her promise to me on where they are located. This past summer my daughter and I went on a girl’s trip to the midwest for a wedding while there my daughter, sister and I got matching tattoos in honor of being family and being miles apart from each other.

]]> By: the Blah Blah Blahger http://lovefeasttable.com/blog/piercings-tattoos-bonding-with-your-teen/#comment-22059 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:32:44 +0000 http://lovefeasttable.com/blog/?p=22480#comment-22059 I’m not one for body art, but I do respect it…and I LOVE LOVE LOVE that you bonded with your sons through these adventures, rather than condemning them!

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