Child, 10, Gets Tattoo, Gets Put in Foster Care
Ah, remember the halcyon days of fourth grade — riding bikes, chasing down the ice cream man, getting your first tattoo… wait, what?
Yes, a ten-year-old kid got a tattoo, and not surprisingly, social services has removed the little boy from his home after the tat and some other unspecified allegations came to their attention. Grandpa Jerry Garrison of Jacksonville, Florida is heartbroken over the department’s decision to move the kid to foster care for the time being, and spoke to press about the family’s unusual decision to allow the ten-year-old to get a tattoo in the first place.
It’s actually kind of heartbreaking to read, and Garrison explains that initial tattoos are somewhat of a family tradition. And the grandpa makes no effort to conceal or downplay the behavior, he just comments:
“I didn’t see why a tattoo was such a big issue to begin with, and I didn’t see where none of this was right.”
According to Garrison, Florida’s Department of Children and Families knocked on his son’s door with “other concerns,” but the tattoo was the real problem. He explains that DCF moved the kids to foster care, and says:
“My little son called me and said, Dad, I’m so scared, I want to come home so bad. When you have your youngin’ call and tell you he’s scared. I want to go put my arms around him and say son, it’s alright, it’s really alright. But no, I can’t.”
Garrison adds:
“I ain’t never been in pain like this, it’s the worst pain I have ever felt in my life. In my whole entire life.”
According to a tattoo artist consulted by a local news source, tattooing a 10-year-old was actually legal, up until this year, with parental consent. But due to a change in laws, the minimum age is now 16 with parental consent, placing the kid well below that threshold.
DCF claims it was other allegations and not the tattoo that prompted the removal of the children.
Tags : 10 year old tattoo, child protective services, CPS, DCF, department of children and families, florida, jacksonville, kid with tattoo, kids, tattoos
Posted: June 25, 2012
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Jun 26, 2012
What baffles me is how does the parents and grandparents not understand what the problem is with their 10 year old getting a tattoo? In Colorado the minimum age to get tattooed at a studio is 16 with parental consent. I explain to people all the time when they come in with their minors to get tattooed that it is considered child abuse. You are inflicting pain and a permanent mark on someone who is not old enough to understand that this is a life long decision. As a parent also, I would never allow my children to get tattooed under the age of 18 and as a shop owner I am always stressing to parents that bring their children in that this is a lifelong decision. Children really do not understand the consequences of getting tattooed or the pain that is involved in getting one. As adults it is our jobs to protect them, not expose them to pain.
Jun 26, 2012
No freaking way, there are parents out there that want to tattoo their kids before the kid is an adult. I would slap the shit out of someone if they tried that. Tattoos are personal, a most kids grow out of things with in a few years, so what he is going to tattoo sponge bob, or power rangers. Idiots are going to take over, I swear it.
Jun 26, 2012
No freaking way, there are parents out there that want to tattoo their kids before the kid is an adult. I would slap the shit out of someone if they tried that. Tattoos are personal, a most kids grow out of things with in a few years, so what he is going to tattoo sponge bob, or power rangers. Idiots are going to take over, I swear it.
Jun 26, 2012
The father said it is family tradition….. That's his excuse! SMDH!
Jun 26, 2012
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