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August 24, 2007

The Painfully Obvious Reason Why Letting Your Impressionable 3-Year-Old Boy Watch The New Reality Show "L.A. Ink" Is Not A Good Idea

The boy was having one of his increasingly frequent putting-off-sleep-for-as-long-as-possible evenings, Beth was watching L.A. Ink, I had fallen asleep to same about 5 minutes after the show had started. Then he posed the question. "Hey Mommy! Can I get a tattoo on my back?"

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Sure son, you can get "I love my mommy and daddy" in old english script. We'll even toss in some hearts.

Yes, we are teaching "tattoo tolerance" at our house - http://www.mommyhastattoos.com/

My response was "When you are 18 you can. And don't be stupid like mommy, go to a good place and get a good one. If this episode of LA Ink tells you anything, it's NOT to pick a generic tat off the wall."

Well my kiddos love the fake tattos, I know that it'll be my downfall in the end, but I'll just go with the above, when your 18...

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