Where have I gone wrong???? Where? Where? Where?

[JimmyJazz]

Guess what my 7 year old asked me in the car on our way home tonight!!!!

"When I'm 12, can I:

A. Get a tattoo?"

B. Get my belly button pierced?"

C. Be Britney Spears for Halloween?"

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[yvr girl]

1. B

I think she said B

[JimmyJazz]

18. I wish. At least I would know there was hope.

:cry: Hold me, please.

[GOPisEvil]

2. Well...can she?

:shrug:














:P

[JimmyJazz]

15. NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[GOPisEvil]

19. So, for the record, the tattoo and piercing are ok, but Brit is out?

:shrug:

[JimmyJazz]

23. Your question is rhetorical, isn't it?

:P

[GOPisEvil]

24. Well, I sure as hell don't have any kids!

I'm just trying to get answers for your daughter. :P

[Pystoff]

43. Holy shit!!!

Damn that girl aging badly and shes only like 23 LMAO.

[jeff30997]

3. Is your kid a boy or a girl ?

:)

[JimmyJazz]

8. girl

[Shoeempress]

4. Maybe you should take her to a tattoo parlor and/or piercing

emporium so she can see what it involves. That might change her mind.

[JimmyJazz]

10. Are you saying that if I do that, she'll forget about wanting to be

Britney Spears for Halloween? :bounce:

[Shoeempress]

16. Yes.

[southlandshari]

5. I'm afraid I may have you beat, darlin'

My six year old tells anyone who will listen that she has a "J-Lo Butt".

She kinda does, but still...where in the heck did she hear this?

:wow:

At least she also tells people that Condi Rice is a big fat liar and that George Bush steals other people's gas and oil. But I KNOW where she heard those things!

;-)

[politicaholic]

7. You should just say, "What? You have a 'jello butt'?"

[JimmyJazz]

30. It's that DAMNED kidz-bop - it's corrupting our youth

Where the hell is James Dobson when you need him? Nevermind. No one needs James Dobson. Ever.

[southlandshari]

32. LOL on the Kidz Bop!

I will say this, though. Those Kidz-Bop CDs may have kids singing the pop songs in their little kiddie voices, but they don't change the lyrics at all. So now my daughter also knows the lyrics to several songs celebrating infidelity and casual sex. I'm no Tipper Gore, but this is too much even for me Sigh. My parents made this look so easy. It's not.

:hi:

[JimmyJazz]

35. We don't have any of those CD's but I did catch my oldest

singing along to a commercial. :cry:

[southlandshari]

40. One. We only have one.

One Kidz Bop CD was enough. Yikes.

I know it is a total cliche, but jeez, you can see why kids are "growing up so fast these days". I can't believe what my daughter sees and hears at school alone. We're pretty laid back around my house, but I'd still rather not have a kindergartener who knows what I didn't know until I was old enough to have a driver's license!

:scared:

[politicaholic]

6. I think "C" would probably be most disappointing.

[JimmyJazz]

12. I AM A BAAAAAAAAD MOTHER!

:cry: :cry: :cry:

Pass me a kleenex, would you?

[ScreamingMeemie]

9. Not enough panda in your house.

We watch the pandas and haven't had this problem. :hi:

[lildreamer316]

11. Oh lordy

You know that really isn't that bad. I know it seems like it, but don't stress...that's funny as hell anywyay. Best of luck. (I have a boy. I'm assuming he's not going to bother asking)

[JimmyJazz]

20. ...to be Brtiney Spears for Halloween!

You must be doing something right!

[lildreamer316]

33. You are incorrigable.

That is all.
(this coming from a stripper, mind you)

[JimmyJazz]

34. I practice.

:7 What's your excuse? :P

[lildreamer316]

36. That should be obvious.

Tee hee.

[lildreamer316]

65. On second thought...

I would be hopeful he would pick someone with more poise and fashion sense.
Angelina Jolie; perhaps??
oops.:evilgrin:

[LisaL]

13. Tell her about that poor kid who almost died from having her

belly button pierced. That should shut her up for while.

[JimmyJazz]

17. Her mother has her belly button pierced - I don't think that will fly.

:o

[LisaL]

37. Then it's rather obvious where you went wrong.

:evilgrin:

[JimmyJazz]

39. I let them watch Barney?

:shrug:

[Mrs_Beastman]

14. a piercing she can take out...

a tattoo and Britney Spears stays with forever...well, at least in her psyche

[JimmyJazz]

25. Why are you posting as Mrs_Beastman?

Now I'm confused :crazy:

[Cathyclysmic]

42. Oh, I F'ed up

I was checking my inbox and cleaning it up...and didn't sign out...god forbid I THINK before I post!

[jmm]

21. My little sister Danielle wanted a tattoo when she was five

My older sister took her to hang out in a tattoo parlor one day. When they got back Danielle told me she saw a really cool big dragon on the wall and wanted to get it on her back. So I asked her...

me: Aren't you doing good in school
her: Yes
me: Ok then I'll take you let's go
her: Really!
me: Sure but you have to promise me you'll be really brave and not moving around or else it will be ruined.
her: I promise
me: Are you sure, because they use alot of different needles for every one of those pretty colors so if you want to cover your whole back they'll be poking you with hundreds of needles for hours.
her: Well then I'm never getting a tattoo and my sister Jessie is never getting one and my brother Marc is never getting one and my sister Lisa better not get any more.

Normally I'm not a fan of instilling fear in children but I'd atleast like her to wait until she's legal and old enough to spot a reputable place to get one done.

[JimmyJazz]

26. she doesn't want a tattoo - She wants to be BRITNEY! I have failed her!

:cry:

[caty]

22. My favorite is when

my son, who was 14 at the time, told me that his father and I cared too much (about him--he had gotten a bad report card). I said, "Oh my---I'm calling Phil Donahue. That could be a topic for one of his shows. Parents Who Care Too Much!"

[JimmyJazz]

27. Here's mine: One day, I was getting on her about not doing something she

should have and she looked at me and screamed, "BUT MOM, I'M JUST A KID."

:D

[caty]

29. Excuses---excuses....

:rofl:

[Briarius]

28. But just think how scary that would be!

it'd be terrifying for everyone! :evilgrin:

[BamaGirl]

31. omg

My 8 and 9 yos are asking me if they can shave their legs. :eyes: What's with these kids!?

[texas1928]

38. Delete

delete.

[JimmyJazz]

62. why did you delete your post? it was cute.

:shrug:

[GalleryGod]

41. "Yes!" to "C". She'll be a Has-Been Hag by then !

Got to love the kids!












TUT ROCKS!B-)

[Redstone]

44. Welcome to The Joys of Parenthood.

PS: Your daughter's questions indicate that she is pretty much exactly like all the other girls her age.

If you "went wrong" raising her, then 99.5% of all the other parents in America did also.

I'd not worry, were I in your place.


Just sign her up for the nunnery NOW, and you won't have to worry anymore. (That's a joke.)

Redstone

[JimmyJazz]

48. Meh - It's good fodder for the DU lounge.

:D I'm just kidding. I just think it's funny for the most part.

[BigMcLargehuge]

45. I picked the wrong script! The wrong actors! The wrong director!

WHERE DID I GO RIGHT??!!??



Actually, the fact that she asked is proof that you are doing an okay job.

:hug:

[JimmyJazz]

50. Thanks. I DO have a four year old who says, "I hate Barney."

I'll take solace in that :D And: NEENER, NEENER, NEENER, this is going to be you in just a couple of years!

[elshiva]

46. Sorry, hon!

:( :hug:

[JimmyJazz]

51. It wasn't you. In fact, I was thinking about you the past couple of

days and wondering where you had been hiding. :D

[merh]

47. I wanted to be Ann Margaret after watching Viva Las Vegas!

I had those cool ankle high boots and I tried to stand up on my banana seat bicycle like she did the motor scooter!

Ann Margaret was the sex kitten, my era's Britney.

I still want to be like Ann Margaret!

[JimmyJazz]

52. I didn't have any female idols. I am deprived.

:(

[merh]

57. Go watch Viva Las Vegas!

Then you can idolize Ann Margaret too! That was a hot movie, the chemistry between Ann Margaret and Elvis was incredible. Of course, I had no idea about that chemistry when I was a kid, I just knew that she was pretty and could stand up on a motor scooter as it traveled down the road.

I wasn't so lucky with my bike! :-(

Heck, I hope to age as well as Ann Margaret.

[ghostsofgiants]

49. Teach her who Ani Difranco or Tegan and Sara are...

Give her as many good, talented, intelligent female role models as you possibly can.

[Elidor]

53. Well of course you say A: No. B: No. and C: No.

It's perfectly ordinary for a child to want things beyond their years. You just say no. When I was five, I wanted to eat three quarts of chocolate ice cream every night for dinner, but my parents didn't let me, and I got over it.

[DS1]

54. All of the above

[JimmyJazz]

55. Have you met my kids?

Or just me? :o

[DS1]

59. It was the obvious answer, Britney has all three - she was working you

up to it.

[JimmyJazz]

61. I can take the tat and the piercing, but BRITNEY!

I HAVE FAILED! :(

[Not_Giving_Up]

56. Don't worry

My daughter used to tell people that she was an alien from the planet Venus. She had an entire language made up and everything.

Your little one probably caught a little Britney fever and wants to be just like her. This will pass, all will be well.

[yellowdogintexas]

58. um if it's any consolation, I think you have to be older, even with

permission of a parent for that stuff.


Varies per state.

My daughter's shop will not tattoo anyone under 18. Period.

But they will pierce IF parent is there with birth certificate and signs the authorization;

and the piercing will grow back if she gets tired of it.

[JimmyJazz]

63. The place where I go won't do anyone under 18, but the guy

broke the rules and fixed a bad nose piercing on a 17 year old that was done poorly by someone else. :)

[yellowdogintexas]

67. fixing is a nice thing to do. My daughter's shop is nice about

stuff like that too.

The Princess of Piercing actually does a very nice job. I have been in the shop when she does them and all the customers say she is very good.
I myself have no desire to know how good she is.

[johnnie]

60. LOL

Well, is this better than a dental floss collection? OK, so *this* is the one who cuts her own hair. I think I am figuring out your children. What did you do to them?..LOL. Kidding. They are great for a few laughs.

[JimmyJazz]

64. This is the one with the dental floss collection. The one who gave

herself a mullet is only 4. GAWDS, do I talk about my kids too much? :o

[johnnie]

66. No, you don't

It's just trying to get straight which one is doing what. I should have done a bit more thinking and I would have had it right. Sometimes my brain slows down at this time of the evening.