Dear Amy: I came home from work one evening to find that my 18- and 19-year-old daughters had gotten tattoos. I cried. Hard.
The next day I calmly told them if either of them got another tattoo while living under my roof I would consider them to be adult and they would be sent into the world as such.
Because I never made threats or ultimatums that I didn’t keep, they respected my words. Neither has gotten another tattoo. — Massachusetts Mom
Dear Mom: If they ever got another tattoo, it should say, “Thanks, Mom.”
