A sign of the apocolypse
Yeah, you read that title correctly. Your kid can get a tattoo all for less than $20.
Or at least, they can act like it. The toy company Spinmaster released a product in 2007 called “i-tattoo” that is dubbed on Wal-Mart’s website as:
“A cool vibrating electronic tattoo pen lets you decorate your skin with all kinds of fun designs, safely and easily. Take advantage of the assortment of awesome tattoo stencils for a professional look. Or, let your imagination run wild and invent new designs that are all your own. When you’re in the mood for something new, just wash it off and start all over again!”
I am not against tattoos at all. In fact, I condone tattoos, because I think they are an excellent expression of body art, HOWEVER I do believe there is a reason you have to wait until you are 18 to get one…so you can make a sound decision for yourself, as a somewhat level headed adult.
Now, while this is just a toy that emulates the act of getting a tattoo, it still puts it in the kids head at a young age that it is a hip and cool thing to do, where as it may be something that they are not are should not be interested in.
Young children are impressionable. They will take things and run with them. How is giving them a fake tattoo machine any different than giving them a toy cigarette?
Smoking is a decision that adults can make for themselves as something they want to do, and as to not encourage our youth to make adult decisions at too early an age…you can no longer find toy cigarettes on the market.
So why a toy tattoo machine? Kid’s already grow up way too fast. They are faced with tougher decisions at younger ages that we ever had to make. Why sensationalize something at an early age that may not be for them?
Regardless of how far we have come as a society, some people still frown upon visible tattoos in the work place, and deem them as unsuitable in many social situations.
What are your thoughts on this? Let’s get a good debate going…leave a post below!
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