This strategy works for me:
“What we’ve said to the girls is, ‘If you guys ever decided you’re going to get a tattoo, then mommy and me will get the exact same tattoo in the same place. And we’ll go on YouTube and show it off as a family tattoo,” Obama said. “And our thinking is that might dissuade them from thinking that somehow that’s a good way to rebel.”
I may steal this.
Moe Lane
PS: I will not say a word if/when my adult children decide to get a tattoo. Neither am I criticizing the idea of tattoos: it comes under the broad category of A perfectly reasonable thing/activity/concept, for other people. I am merely exercising my parental rights to nix the idea for my minor children.
Via
I pretty much love this Obama plan for keeping his children from getting tattoos: ow.ly/knJ5c
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) April 24, 2013
I’m not sure what it says about me that when I read this, my first reaction was to check my bank account to see whether I had enough money handy to facilitate any and all of Malia’s and Sasha’s wildest tattooing proclivities.
That you pay attention.
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heh. The thought of Obama with a tramp stamp would be funny if he wasn’t POTUS.
Then there was my mom’s approach to me.
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“Mom, I was thinking of getting a ta-”
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“Do it and I’ll shave it off of you with a butter knife.”
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Pretty much ended the conversation.
A few years ago I saw this excellent flowchart that helps you determine whether you should get a tattoo or not:
http://www.forevergeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/tattoo-flowchart-524×1024.jpg
Another useful tattoo image– what the placement of your tattoo says about you:
http://cdn-i.dmdentertainment.com/funpages/cms_content/17488/tattoos1d.png