making things difficult…
January 22nd, 2008
Ok, so these Safety Tats have been making the blog rounds the past few days. They’re temporary tattoos you put on your kids when you go to large public places like airports or amusement parks. You write a phone number on the tattoo and then when your kid gets lost, someone will be able to get Junior back to you.
It’s a brilliant idea. No, really. But I’ll give you another brilliant idea that we use every time we go to those child-losing type places. It’s called “just write the number on your kid’s arm.” I tend to use a Sharpie because I always have one with me. I do not always have a set of $20 kid tattoos, along with a damp washcloth for application with me. I do not have time for this shit. Do you? No. You remember as you’re leaving the van (or standing in line at the security gate) that you need to scribble something on your kid, you do it, people look at you in abject horror (except that one wide-eyed mom who’s thinking “She’s. brilliant!”) and you move on with life.
Go ahead and draw a butterfly too if you really feel you must.
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4 Comments
1. Katy | January 23rd, 2008 at 12:42 am
I want one of those tattoos to wear around on my forehead.
I can’t believe it never occurred to me to simply write on the child. I’ve always tucked little notes in to her pockets, to be immediately forgotten in the rush of terror she’ll feel when lost.
Hey, you could even pick festive Sharpie colors the kids use today.
2. Jill | January 23rd, 2008 at 9:36 am
I used to use markes on my children…until I read this from Wikipedia:
According to the manufacturer’s safety data sheets (MSDS), various Sharpies contain: n-propanol,[citation needed] n-butanol,[4][5][6] diacetone alcohol,[7] xylene,[8] and cresol.[9][10] The first of these, n-propanol, is commonly used in cosmetics. The other four, however, are industrial solvents, chemicals that should not be sniffed, eaten, or put on the skin. As solvents they penetrate the skin and fingernails, and do enter the bloodstream.
I also used to have asbestos in my basement. We live and learn.
Please don’t write on your kids with Sharpies.
3. Ramona | January 23rd, 2008 at 6:11 pm
I don’t want them to wander off and get lost, but, at the same time, I am trying to melt them from the outside in. Sharpies seemed perfect as they were killing two birds with one stone…
4. Jen | January 24th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
I write on myself all the time… not melting yet, notes on paper just get lost. And I know your kids… they can handle a little sharpie every now and then
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