When her kids started asking questions about her tattoos, Jennifer checked in with other inked moms and dads on how they talked to their tots about tats.
Jennifer Pinarski
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Talking to your children about tattoos
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Tots and tats...
"Don't draw on yourself!" From the time they develop the skill to hold a marker, how many times have you told your children not to play tattoo artist? It's easy to plunk your daughter into timeout for inking hearts all over her legs if you don't have tattoos, but what if you do? I found myself in that position recently when Gillian found a marker and did just that. But then my clever six-year-old son pointed out that I paid someone to draw on me with needles and ink and that my tattoos don't wash off. Ever. So what's an inked parent to do? I turned to Twitter and Facebook to see what other parents say.
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