I saw the strangest thing at wal mart

[Dicecatt]

I am sick to my stomach thinking about those babies (3 is still a baby!) Tatoos should not be allowed on anyone until they are 18 and can sign their own consent form. I have two, and they hurt! And piercings on a baby's face?!?! That is child abuse, no doubt. I can't stand to see my little one fall on her diaper padded behind as she learns to walk, let alone stick a pointed object in her face. And wouldn't a baby pull a piercing out?!?!

 

[all4fun]

Oh that is so sad. I can't imagine doing that to a baby! That is just wrong, wrong, wrong...

I have to mention this though, about the 6mos old eating cheeto's. While I agree that is really not good, I want to point out that not all babies look their age and some children with oral aversion issues actually will tolerate food like cheetos but will gag and throw up on anything else. While my ds didn't have growth issues (even though he was a micropreemie) he did have oral aversion issues and cheetos were actually one of the first foods he would eat without throwing up. Some kiddo's have failure to thrive and just are really tiny for their age... you just don't know.

Now the Dr. Pepper, I'm sure that's not good at any age, although I've been guilty of giving my ds a sip of pop every once in a while (much against my better judgement, but usually as an incentive to get him to take a bite of food!).

Just thought I would mention it, because it's not common.

Cheryl

 

[debjoisme]

How very sad, I was a young mother also....21 with my son, and 22 with my daughter, and I wouldn't let my daughter get her ears pierced until she was 10. When my son was 24 he got his first of two tattoos, and when he showed it to me, I almost died!! It was a very well done tattoo, but I didn't tell him that for almost a year. I could only hope that maybe this childs doctor will step in and inform the parents about how dangerous this is to the baby. And yes, even at age 3, I still call them babies.

 

[lnh'smom]

I just think that is so funny because my sister is 26, married with 2 children and my mom, dad, my other sister, and I still call her "the baby!"

 

[fakereadhed]

There are lots of other cultures that do this. Definitely not the norm in our culture, but not abuse in my book. Stupidity maybe, but not abuse.

DH goes nuts when he sees The Barkers on Mtv because their little guy has a mohawk. (Not any worse than the bad haircut I had in the 70's.) He would have probaby called 911 if he had been at your Walmart since he thinks the mohawk is child abuse.

 

[LuluLovesDisney]

I don't know-
permanent scars, physical pain being forced onto a child for no other reason than parental gratification, I certainly think it qualifies as abuse- definitely psychological abuse. Imagine this baby contracted Hep C from the needle or something. Do we know that tattoo/piercing risks are the same for a baby with a developing immune system?

I wish there were a way to require parenting classes for parents. As a teacher, I'm sick of dealing with DYFS when no child should be in that type of home in the first place.

 

[momrek06]

Aren't there state laws about piercings and tattoos???

In MA you have to be 18 to get a tattoo..PERIOD! And my DGF's DD wanted a belly-button ring and she had to be 18 as well for that....???

I am confused about underage children having tattoos and piercings???

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

that is all soo sad!

 

[momofdbsdc]

I hate having to take my chidren for shots I can't imagine even contemplating getting them piercings!!!! What is wrong with people!!!!???

 

[fakereadhed]

Aren't there state laws about piercings and tattoos???

In MA you have to be 18 to get a tattoo..PERIOD! And my DGF's DD wanted a belly-button ring and she had to be 18 as well for that....???

I am confused about underage children having tattoos and piercings???

It's 18 without parental consent. They definitely had parental consent. I would never tatoo my baby, and I don't think it was the right thing to do, but don't consider it abuse. There are much worse things done to children that people turn a blind eye to. JMO.

 

[tatooed goofy]

All I can say is WOW....how scary....WOW!

 

[matthew&haleysmom]

All I can say is WOW....how scary....WOW!

my thoughts exactly!

 

[all4fun]

It's 18 without parental consent. They definitely had parental consent. I would never tatoo my baby, and I don't think it was the right thing to do, but don't consider it abuse. There are much worse things done to children that people turn a blind eye to. JMO.

I agree w/ the last statement but shouldn't the child at least be old enough to want the tattoo (and/or piercings)? I wonder how that kid's going to feel when he or she gets older? Will she or he even like it? After all, I've known some adults who've regretted certain tattoo's they had done. And what will other kids say (since kids can be cruel). It's really terrible, IMO.

I also feel that children should be old enough to decide if they want their ears pierced or not (not do it when they're a baby), but that's jmo. I find ear piercing, even babies, to be socially acceptable, but tattoo's and body piercings on children are just...Not.

 

[fakereadhed]

I agree w/ the last statement but shouldn't the child at least be old enough to want the tattoo (and/or piercings)? I wonder how that kid's going to feel when he or she gets older? Will she or he even like it? After all, I've known some adults who've regretted certain tattoo's they had done. And what will other kids say (since kids can be cruel). It's really terrible, IMO.

I also feel that children should be old enough to decide if they want their ears pierced or not (not do it when they're a baby), but that's jmo. I find ear piercing, even babies, to be socially acceptable, but tattoo's and body piercings on children are just...Not.

ITA with you as well. I think it is awful and think children should be old enough to decide(i.e. out of my household ) I was just saying I think calling it abuse was the wrong word for it. I don't agree with it at all and I think it was reckless and socially harmful, but not child abuse.

 

[noodleknitter]

I don't know-
permanent scars, physical pain being forced onto a child for no other reason than parental gratification, I certainly think it qualifies as abuse- definitely psychological abuse. Imagine this baby contracted Hep C from the needle or something. Do we know that tattoo/piercing risks are the same for a baby with a developing immune system?

I wish there were a way to require parenting classes for parents. As a teacher, I'm sick of dealing with DYFS when no child should be in that type of home in the first place.

I agree. I guess that it would be okay for me to brand my child. They do that in some cultures. Or, how about that nice little surgery done to young women in some parts of Africa. Mutilation is mutilation, IMB.