There is something to be said about being responsible for yourself and if applicable, being responsible for the livelihood of your children.
At A Glance Author Stiggy Contact [email protected] When N/A I am sick to death of reading letters that pop up on BME from parents and others whining that their children found this site and they want it banned, or people whining about "What will happen if a fifteen year old finds this site, does something wrong and kills himself on accident?"
Well, that's a good question. What if indeed. What if parents watched their kids and taught them good from bad, right from wrong, safe from stupid? What if these parents watched and monitored what their kids are seeing online, especially a woman that wrote in saying her five-year-old son found this site. What was her five-year-old doing online to begin with, and more importantly, why wasn't she watching him? Where was she while her five-year-old is checking out piercings and nullos online? How is this possible that her child found this site, found genital piercing pics, and managed to do so in a small enough time so that she didn't know until all of a sudden there's a pierced clit on her screen?
What if parents stepped up and said "Ah yes, it was me that left my son/daughter at home all day every day for eight years instead of spending time with them." Spend time with your kid if you are so concerned about their well being. If you find this web site and you are so terrified that your child is going to go out and do something stupid, then talk to your child (because they are yours and it is not the job of the internet to do it for you) and explain to them that certain things are not a good idea. Your child should have already picked up that deciding to go Nullo at 14 isn't a good plan. They should already know that maybe a decision that drastic should be waited out, until...oh I don't know... until they are legal? If you are just outraged that they may be getting ideas from this web site, talk to them! They are your children, just talk to them! Ask if they think a clean claw hammer is a good piercing tool. Ask anything, say anything, but at least say something. If your k ids do not come equipped with logic, help them out. Say something. Get involved in the life of your child.
It just seems that nobody wants to take responsibility for his or her own actions anymore.
"Waaaah, I'm 12 years old and decided to pierce my own tongue with the nearest rusty nail and now it's infected! I'm going to have my mommy sue you because it was my fault and I shouldn't have done something so stupid! She'll also sue you because she should have taught me from the get-go that shoving a nail through my tongue was a bad idea! Wahhh!!!"
Parents, watch your kids. If your child is going to pierce him or herself and did not have the prior knowledge that a rusty safety pin dripping with bleach isn't good, that is not the fault of BME. It is your responsibility to raise your children.
Nobody would be bitching if visiting yahoo.com inspired their child to build a web page of their own. Nobody would say "Golly gee, I really am glad that yahoo! was around to inspire my child to do something constructive. I'm glad they were around to inspire my daughter to do something with her spare time." Nobody would say that, but as soon as their child finds a web site that might give their child a stupid idea, they are all over it like maggots to rotted meat. If something good happens there is nobody to give credit to, it was all your child's invention, your child's idea and my, aren't they wonderful? But as soon as your kid gets some moron idea and does something stupid, it is automatically someone else's fault. Not yours as the parent, or your child's because they are, after all, the ones that did it. It's never the fault of the people directly involved. It's always video games, or "that damned Mtv," or Marilyn Manson. The Columbine shootings were all Manson's fault. Y our kid starts to smoke and it's the fault of his friends and their parents. Your child does something stupid and gets a piercing done by the three-toothed man down the road with a hammer? Well, that's BME's fault. There always has to be somebody else to blame.
It just seems to me that if the parents that bop on to this site (so outraged that these pictures are available to their children) want a babysitter, they should check out the yellow pages. It is not the responsibility of a web site to raise your children and look after their every move for fear they may do something stupid. They are your kids; therefore, they are your responsibility.