Teenage girl gets a tattoo while in the care of her friends parents!!!
By Sarah1977
@Sarah1977 (495)
United States
March 12, 2007 4:58pm CST
I was watching "Judge Judy" a little while ago, and there was a mother who took her daughter's friend's parents to court because the daughter came home from their house with a tattoo! Apparently the parents of her friend allowed her to get a tattoo from their neighbor without even asking the girl's mother! The daughter is 16 years old, so it was done illegally as well. The mother won her lawsuit, and received enough money to have the tattoo removed from her daughter.
I'm curious to know what other people think about this...are the parents of the girl's friend to blame, or should the daughter have had to take full responsibility?
3 people like this
4 responses
@bicklelady (1404)
• United States
16 Mar 07
Well I think they both are to blame. Where did the girl get the money? In my state if you are underage, you cant get a tatoo. I would go off if my son came home with a tatoo and the parents that I trusted was suppose to respect me enough to atleast call me and ask me first. My oldest son just got a tatoo. He is 20 and i still did not like it.
@Sarah1977 (495)
• United States
16 Mar 07
I agree that both are to blame. I don't think the girl had to pay for it. The guy who did the tattoo was a good friend of the girl's friend's father, so he did it for free.
By the way, I ckecked out your photos, and I have to tell you that both of your sons are absolutely gorgeous!
2 people like this
@Sarah1977 (495)
• United States
22 Mar 07
I am really sorry to hear about your son. The good thing is that you raised him up to know the Lord...God promises us that if we raise our children to know and love Him, they will never depart from Him. That doesn't mean that they won't stray for a while sometimes. Try to have faith that God will not allow His children to continue living a life of sin...He will draw your son back to Him. Who knows...maybe him meeting this girl will turn out to be something that glorifies God...maybe she will end up accepting Christ! I will be praying for your son and his girlfriend, and also for you. Take care, and God bless!
@bicklelady (1404)
• United States
19 Mar 07
thank you so much. You said you are a Christian? Well I need you to do me a favor. My oldest son has gotton mixed up with a girl that is not a Christian. Ever since he met her he has changed. He was raised in church but he does not go anymore. He got a tatoo, he has just changed. The girl he is involved with is bipolar. I know she cant help that and I do not fault her for it. She just will not take her medication and when she is not on her meds, she lies so bad. She has told some really bad lies that would get people in alot of trouble. She hates my sons family and she is trying to turn him against us. The favor is will you please pray for my son? Thanks
@inked4life (4224)
• United States
12 Mar 07
The blame here has to be shared pretty equally I think. The girl is wrong for getting tattoed behind her parent back. Now, depending on what state you reside, you can get tattooed at 16 as long as you had parental consent. The friends parents should never have taken her to get it done without first consulting her parents. The tattoo shop should never have done the tattooing withhout proper photo ID from the girl and the adults (they should have made sure that they were her parents).
@Stephanie5 (2946)
• United States
17 Mar 07
I would have been FURIOUS!!! No, at 16~most aren't responsible enough to make a desicion like that. I mean, of course a 16 year old is going to WANT a tattoo to be 'cool'! I know I did, and I got one too, and you know what? I REGRET IT!! I think the parent's are doing the girl a favor by making her get it removed! I would probably kick that woman's butt for doing some stupid crap like that!!! That's crazy!
@Rexy_leigh (1189)
• Philippines
13 Mar 07
Am not sure if the girl's mother asked her daughter's mom to "babysit" for her daughter...did she? coz if she did then I believe the her daughter's friend's mom should take full responsibility for whatever stuffs this girl might wanted to do while at her custody.
But if this girl just went to their house just to hang around and maybe have with her friend which ended up with this tattoo thing, I guess the blame has to be shared...the old woman has to be blamed for just letting this young girl get the tattoo without asking her mother...and the girl gets the bigger part of the blame if I may say, she was already 16 and I supposed she already know what a tattoo is and how would her mother react if she gets one..so she could have gotten some second thoughts and asked her friend's mom or her mother herself.
