Another Laurie Question on Tweens

[Laurie919]

Would you let your tween get their belly button pierced?

 

[Leanna]

I wouldn't, I would want a permanent decision like that to be made at 18.... same for tattoos... teenagers change a lot.

 

[DestinationHome]

Tween, no. Teen, yes, when they had their own money to pay for it.

 

[Manna]

Not until 18

 

[RedTulipMom]

no, i wouldn't let them get their belly button or even their ears pierced till atleast 16 or older.

 

[RedTulipMom]

And actually thinking further on it..i am a bit uncomfortable with the belly button piercing thing just because of the fact that i dont want my daughter showing off her belly to people...thats me though

 

[Meshavrischika]

Would you let your tween get their belly button pierced?

eh. If I thought she'd take care of it, probably. I just find that it is not that important to me in child rearing to prohibit piercing or hair dye.

 

[lovesdolphins]

eh - I could care less - my daughter won't ever have her bare belly shown to anyone until she gets married, so the point would really be moot.

 

[CelticRose]

Short answer ~No.

 

[Singin4Him]

I wouldn't, I would want a permanent decision like that to be made at 18.... same for tattoos... teenagers change a lot.

That and seriously what is the purpose of a belly piercing when you're a tween or any age for that matter? Who will see it? Just them? What's the point? If they plan to show it off then you're dealing with more issues than whether or not you should allow your your daughter to get her belly button pierced.

 

[fuzzymel]

I got mine done at 15 or 16 (I cant remember exactly). Now I am stuck with this stupid hole that will never close up and to be honest it looks ugly. I don't want to stick anything in it because no one is going to see it anyway unless I am at the beach.

I got a lot of piercings as a teen and that was the one I regretted.

There is no way a tween should even get the choice of having one.

I remember showing my mum after doing it and she just shock her head and said I would regret it. She was right. I still loved all my other 10 piercings though but she didn't mind them either (or wasn't so vocal on them).

 

[Meshavrischika]

I got mine done at 15 or 16 (I cant remember exactly). Now I am stuck with this stupid hole that will never close up and to be honest it looks ugly. I don't want to stick anything in it because no one is going to see it anyway unless I am at the beach.

I got a lot of piercings as a teen and that was the one I regretted.

There is no way a tween should even get the choice of having one.

I remember showing my mum after doing it and she just shock her head and said I would regret it. She was right. I still loved all my other 10 piercings though but she didn't mind them either (or wasn't so vocal on them).

really? mine closed up (I only had it for a year though). Had to take it out when I was pregnant with Elsa.

 

[fuzzymel]

Oh maybe I am just really unlucky. I have had it pierced twice. Got it done the second time because I hated looking at the ugly scar. I realised how stupid that was after a while and took it out completely and its been about 4 years now.

 

[angelpie545]

I wouldn't allow a tween to have her belly button pierced, but I probably would allow a teenager to do it. You have to remember that a lot of teens will self-pierce anyway (I knew a few who did when I was younger) if their parents say "no". I just don't see belly piercings as a big deal. I will probably discourage it because it is a permanent body alteration, but I wouldn't automatically just say "no" without a good reason.

 

[glamourdollxoxo]

I got mine done for my 14th birthday present when me and my sister were starting highschool and my mom was fine with it because it wasn't permanent and since I was old enough to start highschool I was old enough for it pierced. I didn't show it off really and now that I've had it for so long half the time I even forget its there.

 

[lucypevensie]

There shall be no belly button piercing on my children until they are grown and out of the house. Ears I am fine with.

 

[lovesbrightpink]

if I had a child no I would not let them get it done...whats so bad about the ears though. Why do parents make their children wait?

 

[GolfingMom]

if I had a child no I would not let them get it done...whats so bad about the ears though. Why do parents make their children wait?

I'm glad my parents had us wait on the ear piercing. once I was old enough I decided it really wasn't needed so I never did it

As for belly button, lip, eye, nose etc...When they are out of my house and living on their own they can do it. But while they live here...Nope.

 

[lucypevensie]

if I had a child no I would not let them get it done...whats so bad about the ears though. Why do parents make their children wait?

I make my daughter wait because to me ear piercing is a priviledge, not a rite of passage. A woman with pierced ears must be careful to take care of the piercings, keep the holes clean, take care of the earrings themselves. Right now she doesn't have the awareness of when she needs to take a shower and wash her hair. So I know that if my dd got her ears pierced it would be me reminding her to swab with alcohol, to turn them daily, and to take them out at night, etc...

When she demonstrates good personal hygiene without constant reminders from me then she will be ready for taking care of pierced ears.

 

[Laurie919]

Piercings i don't really have a problem with most of them do close and will go away. Tattoos now are another story. I don't think you are old enough to make a decision about a tattoo even when you are 33.