Nobody under 16 will see a violent or sexually explicit movie. Kids will be in bed promptly by 9 p.m. No son of mine will ever get his ear pierced while he's living in my house. C-, but could turn into an F when the two younger boys get older. Name something that we don't want, and a month from now, we'll be sitting across the table from it.
Tattoos are the final frontier.
We've poured a concrete footing for the fence on this one. Our stated position is that unauthorized tattoos will lead to suspension of whatever financial help we are able to offer for college. We'll see how long that lasts. Given the choice of having uneducated tattooed children or educated tattooed children, I'll probably be moving the fences back again. This would be a lonely battle, if I couldn't be assured that other parents weren't losing too.