PEDIATRICS Vol. 98 No. 5 November 1996, pp. 910
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow P3Rs: Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when P3Rs are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow E-mail this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My File Cabinet
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via CrossRef
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by L., J. F.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by L., J. F.

PARENTS SPUR LAWS AGAINST TATTOOS FOR KIDS

J. F. L. MD

When 15-year-old Ria Hendrickson came home with a "black swirly design" tattooed on her stomach, her mother didn't just lecture her and ground her for life. She called the police. She also called her state senator.

"It was an invasion of my parental rights," says Sharon Hendrickson, a mother from suburban Phoenix who pushed the Arizona legislature to make it a crime to tattoo anyone under 18 unless a parent is present. The bill became law in April.