Dear Wendyl,
My 18-year-old daughter is planning to get a tattoo and I’m desperately trying to change her mind. She wants to get a dragon, of all things, but I think it will look terrible. She has assured me it will be on her lower back so she can cover it up for job interviews and things like that, but I think she’s too young to make a life-changing decision such as this. Do you have any ideas?
Anya, by email
Dear Anya,
Your daughter is old enough to vote, so she’s old enough to decide what she does with her own body. But I can understand how you might feel uncomfortable with her doing this. In these cases, the more you go on about it, the more she will probably want to do it, so stop any negative talk you might be having around the tattoo.
Instead, ask her to wait six months. Tell her if she still wants to get it, after then you won’t complain. This way you can be sure she has given it a lot of thought rather than rushing into it because she thinks it’s cool. And if you can negotiate her into something less predictable that would be a great gift to her and the people who have to see it.
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