Did you know that Massachusetts only recently legalized tattoo parlors and that the people working in them have to be licensed? Me neither. But then again, I live in Virginia and I don't need any tattoos right now, so it hasn't come up.
Well, Kara over at Cape Buffalo knew. When her daughter came home with a fantastic report card they asked her what she wanted and she wanted to get her ears pierced. In Kara's post titled "If he's skilled enough to pierce someone's johnson..." she explains how they took her daughter to one of Massachusetts' new tattoo parlors to get her ears pierced.
Before you judge, you should remember that these artists are licensed. That is more than you can say for the teenager in the stand in the middle of the mall where I got my ears pierced. These shops are new, clean and heavily regulated. Kara also had to provide identification for both herself and her daughter and show them her daughter's birth certificate.
After reading this post, I would be pleased to take my little girl to a tattoo parlor to get her ears pierced. How about you?
