What if your child wanted to pierce something?
By sassyitalian
@sassyitalian (92)
United States
February 19, 2007 5:32pm CST
At what age would you let your child get a piercing? Asuming that they were good students and had good grades, would you consider it? I mean lets face it, would you rather have your child full of drugs, or full of holes? Not literally, but which would be better?
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@samtaylorskykierajen (7977)
• Canada
19 Feb 07
I don't have a problem with piercings at all but my husband does , so we compromised that the girls could get their ears pierced as many times as they wanted and at any age they wanted but only their ears and if they want to get more then this done they have to wait until they are out on their own . Our son has never really asked to get anything pierced but I think he knows his father would never agree to it anyway lol .
When my girls were all babies , I had their ears pierced as soon as I could as I think babies are really cute with their ears pierced and they are so young they forget the pain so quick that it doesn't seem to bother them at all .
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@kitchenwitchoftupper (2290)
• United States
20 Feb 07
You aren't saying how old your child is Sassy, but it is totally up to you. If s/he is a responsible person and you are willing to let her/him get the piercing, I would say it's great that you have such an open relationship with your child. You must first check into the laws in your state because some states only allow piercings in children, even with parental consent at certain ages. The only one that I am totally against is the one beneath the lower lip. A friend of mine is a dentist and says that this particular piercing can cause severe damage to the gum in that area and may cause the person to lose the front bottom teeth at a very premature age. Personally, I think the eyebrow piercings are really cute, as are nose piercings with very tiny studs (if the nose is a really cute one!) ~Donna
@sassyitalian (92)
• United States
20 Feb 07
my children and I are very close. I already know what I would do, I just wanted to know if everyone else out there would let their child express themselves in their own way. My kids are 19, 16, 12, 11 and 6
@Bizziebod (3497)
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20 Feb 07
Hi, this topic is close to my heart as both myself and my 17 year old daughter both have piercings. In my mind I find it acceptable for her to have 'her own free spirit' when it comes to piercings, if she decides to take them out at some point they very rarely leave a mark. I wouldn't let her have a tattoo that young though. One thing I can't stand is seeing a small baby with pierced ears it just looks wrong to me. My daughter was 7 when I allowed her to have her ears pierced and 15 when I allowed her to have her belly button done, although she took it out not long afterwards. It's another topic that is each to their own and comes also down to whether it is acceptable where you live also.
@poppoppop111 (5731)
• Canada
20 Feb 07
i think you have to pick your battles with your kids. tattos are a definate no but piercings come out. this is the time they should do it because once their out of school and looking for a job you can't have piercings anymore.
