would you ever take your child to get pierced? Just their ears? What about if your son wants his ear or ears pierced? Their tongue? Belly button? Lip? Anything? Nothing?

Is there a certain age where you would allow it (15? 16? 17?)? Not until they are an adult and can get it done on their own?

i wouldnot take my child to get facial piercings (if i had kids) when they are 18 they can do that on their own.

i would take them for ears (any sort of piercing on the ears i am okay w/ and i would take girls for their belly button) all but the first 3 regular lobe holes would be paid for themselves.

i guess my son can get his ears pierced if i ever have a son. but i dont like that.

I was 10 months old when my mom got my ears pierced and I'd do the same if I had a girl. I don't know about my son, I can't see why he would WANT to get his ears pierced- but I'd cross that bridge when we got to it

I would pierce my daughters ears... I would even allow her to do it twice. I woulnd't let my son get his ears pierced, thier dad doesn't and I can't stand the way it looks. Other than that they can get whatever they want when they are old enough.

I used to have several piercings and I feel you should get them when you are old enough to sign the consent yourself.

:yes Even tattoos. If my kids want it done at 16 I will take them to get it. I am a big piercer and tattoo supporter. They are a map of our lives IMO. If Anya wants her labret, monroe, industrial, nape, conch whatever as long as she has shown she has a good head on her shoulders, her grades are decent I will galdly walk her into a shop and sign permission. BUT she needs to pay for it.

The reason I want them to do it when they are old enough is because I believe as a teen a lot of kids will get things done that they will regret as an adult... especially tattoos. I am huge on tattoos and piercings but along with that I believe you should be old enough to get them yourself when you have it done.

Hmmmm if i had a daughter- i would take her to get her ears pierced just before the start of school- so around 5 and a half.

If i had a son- i wouldn't let him pierce his ears or anything else until hes around 16. I don't think piercings suit males.

And my girl would be able to choose if she wanted her navel or nose pierced around the age of 16 aswell. No tongue, no nipple, no labret, NO EYEBROW, nothing like that. Nose is ok and so is belly button.

The reason I want them to do it when they are old enough is because I believe as a teen a lot of kids will get things done that they will regret as an adult... especially tattoos. I am huge on tattoos and piercings but along with that I believe you should be old enough to get them yourself when you have it done.

:yes but I also think it has a lot to do with the indiviual. Some have a really good head on their shoulders and others are just chasing the crowd. Ya know?

Like for us, my rule is for tats.. Draw it out. If after 6 months you still want it, and it wont be some horrible looking thing smack dab in the midle of your face for the world to see, and you have the funds, then I will take them to get it. But it all depends on grades and their character.

:yes but I also think it has a lot to do with the indiviual. Some have a really good head on their shoulders and others are just chasing the crowd. Ya know?


I agree with that.

Like for us, my rule is for tats.. Draw it out. If after 6 months you still want it, and it wont be some horrible looking thing smack dab in the midle of your face for the world to see, and you have the funds, then I will take them to get it. But it all depends on grades and their character.

i like that rule.. i think it has to be something you can stand ot look at for a long time.. so i would make my kid hang it on their wall for at least 6 months.

you seem like a cool mom. why cant my mom be cool? :lol im 19 and cant get a tattoo :rolleyes

i like that rule.. i think it has to be something you can stand ot look at for a long time.. so i would make my kid hang it on their wall for at least 6 months.

you seem like a cool mom. why cant my mom be cool? :lol im 19 and cant get a tattoo :rolleyes

You're legally old enough, why can't you get one?

both kids will be able to get ears pierced if they want when they are old enough to make those decisions. what age is that? i think every child is different. my daughter could 6 or my son could be 33!!! tatoos is something permitt on your body so you will have to be 18 and sign your own consent.

Yes i also like that rule!! My mum gave us that rule and well by the time 6 months came by- i still wanted my nose pierced, so i got it when i was just abit older then 15.. i still have it- and i still dont regret it.

As for tats- same thing went. But amy & i were never into tats.

I say 16 if i had a son because jeez- earrings on guys just dont look good lol.

i like that rule.. i think it has to be something you can stand ot look at for a long time.. so i would make my kid hang it on their wall for at least 6 months.

you seem like a cool mom. why cant my mom be cool? :lol im 19 and cant get a tattoo :rolleyes

Im not a :quote cool :quote mom, just free with their upbringing. Im like my mom. I base everything off of school. If grades and behavior are out the door then the reins are pulled in. I am a big believer of reaching high for education. Piercings, tats, hair color, those all go with the wind, but education is what gets you through life. So I don't feel the need to nitpick on the small things. But if you also saw me with my kids, you would know I keep a short leash and can sometimes be too harsh on punishment too

You're legally old enough, why can't you get one?

just because im 19 doesnt mean my parents dont support me ;)

i would like to finish college and for that i need their help.

I will let Taylor get her ears pierced whenever she asks to have it done and is old enough to take care of them. If she ever wants more than that she can wait until she's 18.

I would take my dd to get her ears pierced. That is it. My son- nothing. They can wait until they are 18yrs old like I did for my body piercings. If they sneak and do body piercings before they graduate high school AND are younger than 18- I will remove it/have it removed as punishment.

If they SOMEHOW can sneak and get a tattoo before they turn 18 (like I did also!) than what am I going to do about it? Nothing I can do. I'm not going to pay to get it removed. Hopefully they don't regret it later in life and if they do- they can pay to remove it themselves. (My parents said this to me)

I know, a weird way of doing things, but really- it's how I will do it.

I wouldn't. I'd rather if they want to pierce something to do it when they are an adult.

If I had a girl, I'd wait until she wanted earrings and could take care of them herself.

just because im 19 doesnt mean my parents dont support me ;)

i would like to finish college and for that i need their help.

I've been on my own since I was 17 so I forget about people at 19 living with thier parents :P

I've been on my own since I was 17 so I forget about people at 19 living with thier parents :P

:lol yeah where i live, there isnt even anyway to move out unless you go far away.. we dont have apartments around here really.

and well, i am in a 4 year univ. and its not cheap. so my mom and dad are paying for it. and until they arent anymore i have to respect their wishes.

Haha- my mum is cool. She was looking for tattoo designs the other day when i mentioned it. She found a really nice celtic cross...for herself.

I say 16 if i had a son because jeez- earrings on guys just dont look good lol.
totally :lol

Nope..... I have been having this very discussion with my DD

my mother got my ears pierced when i was 3 years old, then when i turned 13 i wanted to get them pierced again and then when i was 16 i got my belly button pierced...so if i ever have a daughter, i would prolly let her do the same thing...but for a son, idk i dont really like guys with earring, but my boyfriend does have his ear pierced and it does look good, i guess it depends on the guy... as for tattoos my mom wants me to wait till i was 18 then i have control...but ill prolly get one for my birthday and it will be a present from my mom :)

All of my girls have their ears pierced. We do that as early as we can, with Brayana we got them done at 2 weeks but now you have their Hep B shots before they will do them.

Anything else and they will wait until they are 18 and pay for it themselves. The reason for that rule is that DH had his ears pierced as a teen and regrets it.

Kahley has her ears pierced and Juliana did but they were uneven, so I let them close. She will get them done again, soon. I dunno about other piercings or tattoos. It would depend on the child to me and the situation, so my answer is, it depends.

I will take Sydney to get her ears pierced when she wants it done. If she wants her belly buttoned pierced at 16 then she can also have that. If DH and I have a son then I see nothing wrong with him getting his ear or ears pierced, all he will have to do is ask. As far as the lip, eyebrow and other area's besides ears and belly button, well they will have to wait until they are 18 for those.

i got mine pierced young, so i would let my girl do that too. i also got two more holes in each ear when i was like 13, so she can do that too if she wants but after that, wait till she can pay for it.
tattoos....i got a mother/daughter type thing with my mom at 17, so it really depends on the girl and what she wants. boys...depends.

my daughter has her ears done already. We did it at 6 weeks. She now has the choice to wear them or not to. She likes having the freedom to choose. As for our son I guess if he is in the right mind frame and old enough to ask he can have his done if he wants.

For tats though I think they should wait until 18. That is a rite of passage.

Aside from the girls ears they can get it done when their 18.

Aside from the girls ears they can get it done when their 18.

:yes

I got Lilys ears done when she was about 18 months I think. Im glad I did then. Its was up to me to make sure they stayed clean. Now she has it done and she likes to wear them some times and some times not. As for Cory getting any peircings I'd like to be older much older. I think it can look good but not in excess. Tattoos will be hopefully never but if they really want it, it will just depend on why they want it and how they are doing in school and how old they are. I won't take my 14 year old in but I would consider my 17 year old. I really the draw it out and wait 6 months thing. Great rule Michelle!

1st set of earrings I plan on giving to a daughter as in infant. A second whole and/or cartilage in the ears, she can get as a teen. Anything else she can get on her own after she's 18.

I'm not sure if I'd let my son get his ears pierced. I really hate that look for guys, but I guess I should consider it to be a fair mom. We'll see...

Earrings for my daughter will be done at 3 or 4 months of age after she's had her first round of shots, but before her little hands can start grubbing at her ears!

Cartilidge piercings are fine. Once she gets into highschool, go for it. Hurts like a mother and she's going to have to take care of it if she really wants it.

I will probably OK a belly button piercing when she's a teenager. (14+)

I may go along with a LITTLE nose piercing. Like a little stud would be cute, no hoops!

No eyebrows. No lips. No chins. No tongues. She can do all that crap on her own when she turns 18 and pays for it.

Sons are just a big fat negative in my book. They'll have to work their father for that.

Cartilidge piercings are fine. Once she gets into highschool, go for it. Hurts like a mother and she's going to have to take care of it if she really wants it.


I must be a freak then, because I had no pain at all with my cartilage piercing..LOL... I've had it since I was 16, so almost 10 years now.. lol :wow sure doesn't seem that long ago!


Camryn and I have a deal all worked out, she can get her ears pierced and have earrings when she's completely potty trained and wearing big girl panties.

My daughter had her ears done a year ago, she was 6. I doubt I'll let her get anything else done. She can do it on her own when she's older. I don't like they earring look on guys, so he'll have to do that on his own also.

I got my daughters ears pierced when she was 3 months. Everyone thought she was a boy!!

I would not allow anything else until they left home. Thankfully I don't think I have to worry. My boys don't think piercings are cool and my daughter can't stand pain.

I let my son get his ears pierced in about 7th grade. He had to beg me for a while and a lot of his friends parents had let them, so I caved. I actually bought the sterile home kit and did them myself. By highschool he kept sticking things in them and making them bigger and bigger until he had huge plug holes.......then he wore plugs for a long while. BIG ones:rolleyes

Now that he works at a good job he has taken them out for quite a while, he has pretty big holes but they have grown back to where you really cannot tell.

He wanted me to sign for a tattoo when he was still 17 and I wouldn't do it. He turned 18 in November of 05 and by December he had a huge tattoo on his arm. He works full time and makes pretty darn good money so it's his business at this point:yes

Yeah when they're 42!

I took my daughter to have her ears pierced before she was even one. However, should she want another piercing or a facial piercing she will have to wait till she is old enough to do it on her own. Same as tattoos. I have recently been looking for work and i was told by one company that they will not hire anyone with facial piercings or visible tattoos. What may be cool to have as a teenager may not be cool later in life. I have a big tattoo on my back that is sometimes visible on my lower neck depending on what I am wearing.