I had missed that. Indeed. Bad play for many reasons.
I often find myself going back to this post: Questions about installation for a x series implant for a teen
I get the older-teenager-independence thing, hell I’m still a teenager who thinks that freaking out the 'rents with bits of tech stuck in me is good fun. I knew a lot of people in high school who pierced their ears with a sewing needle or did stick-and-poke tattoos with their friends. I don’t think I know anyone who got nasty infections from these, but I can only imagine the fallout for some of them when their family found out.
I agree, but with an amendment: I fully support informed body autonomy (as a good practice, not from a legal sense. Legally, full body autonomy all the way)