They can sue you because she decided to tattoo another kid? Ugh kids are such a liability.

My now 18-year-old was doing self tattoos with pen ink and my sewing needles. They had 4 by the time i needed to sew something and noticed. I don't think these kids realize tattoos are forever (or very expensive to remove.) When you talk about Powersulk, it always reminds me a little of my youngest. They sound similar, except mine doesn't sulk. But mine does procrastinate with schoolwork, is always failing till the end of the semester (they do pull it together at the end but it stresses me), and seems to have similar interests. 

Of course, it wont surprise anyone that SD62, when a teen, tsttooed a cross on her arm with a needle and pen.  It was really quite a scene to parent her as a teen.   When she matured a little, she realized it wasn't quite the thing so we went to a dermatologist and had it removed $$$.

My thought is to mitigate the risks until she turns 18.  I would not put this in DH's hands. I would tell DH what he will do and have your attorney tell DH that if PS mutulates herself or another minor the liabilities could leave you both without a home, and with a massive financial liability if not criminal liabilities.

Though a tattoo is not a school shooting, recently a father was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for his son perpetrating a school shooting because he did not intervene to prevent it.  If a minor PS tattoo victim gets a fatal infection  or loses an appendage from PS perforating them with her Amazon tattoo starter kit the potential liabilites to you and DH are intollerable IMHO.

Do not give her the kit until her B-day or HS graduation whichever is the later.  Do not risk that she turns 18 before HS graduation, damages a minor, and because she is not yet out of HS she is not fully emancipated.

I would get a lawyer consult on this.  If it comes from a lawyer you can hopefully deflect PS hurt fee fees directed at you as well as it may force your DH to actually do something rather than the usual avoidant ignore the obvious. 

I think you should stay out of it. Leave the package on the porch and ignore it. She is going to know it was delivered, and she is going to figure out that you are the one who has it. No good will come from you getting involved in this. Yes, it is theoretically possible for the kind of lawsuit you have described - but the odds are pretty low. On the other hand, the odds are very good that if you keep that package it will cause huge problems in your household.

That pagage will go to the dump.  ASAP.  Nothing comes into my home what I do not want in it.  Tell her to move out, or back to BM to do unlawfully things. You have to go through training to be a tattoo person.  Knowing public health laws. Cleaning of equipment, changing needles between each person. Not to infect other people.  A person with hep C or HIV can infect everyone else if not properly dealt with. 

Clove, have you ever looked up the term catastrophizing? It's when you're triggered by something and all you can think of is the worst case scenarios. It occupies your mind and ramps up your anxiety.

I think that's what you're doing here. You are so hyper vigilant and I know that the life you've led with your husband and his kids has traumatized you.

Stay out of it. Leave the package on her bed. She's lazy. How many musical instruments did you buy that she never used? I seriously doubt that she will get farther than putting a DOT on herself or someone else before they wimp out.

She will be 18 soon. Let her bring out her little kit and brag about how she's going to be a tattoo artist. That's when you let her know that she can take her tattoo business elsewhere, regardless of her age - it's not happening in your house. And if you find she's doing it, you'll confiscate the tattoo kit.

If you stay neutral, she may just announce her new endeavor. Once she announces it, send her a text to let her know that she's not allowed to tattoo anyone in your house. That way you have a digital record of it.

Breathe. Let it go. ((HUGS))

I turn and look the other way 99% of the times with SD13 since I'm disengaged. I would stand up to this one too if SD wanted to start tattooing underage. I'm NOT going to be liable for dumb decisions. It's literally the law. She could be mad at me if she wanted. Don't care. 

If SK wants to pursue these tattoo dreams, why doesn't she start shadowing someone at a shop? I'm sure they look for cleaning people all the time. This way she can get an idea of what it actually entails.