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facial piercings on young teens
Am I an old fogie at age 31? I keep having this shocked feeling when I find
out 13 and 14 year olds that I know are having their lips, tongues, navels and/or noses pierced. Is this just normal now-a-days and I am behind the times, or what? This is not a case of my being a prude or uptight about the idea; I've had tattoos and some piercings, but I was an adult, not a 13 year old. To me there is quite a large difference in an adult and a 13/14 year old having something like that done. -- Marie ~The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.~ Ralph W. Sockman |
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facial piercings on young teens
MarieD wrote:
Am I an old fogie at age 31? I keep having this shocked feeling when I find out 13 and 14 year olds that I know are having their lips, tongues, navels and/or noses pierced. Is this just normal now-a-days and I am behind the times, or what? I haven't noticed it being common here (and heck, I'm down in Sin City while you're up there with the snake handlers.) I'm not counting multiple ear piercings - that doesn't seem unusual among teenagers. I'm also not counting a nose piercing in a girl from a culture where that's common (Indian, say). I don't know that I've seen it in a 13-year-old, but if I saw a girl who obviously was of Indian/Pakistani heritage, I'm sure I wouldn't think twice about it if she had a nose piercing. This is not a case of my being a prude or uptight about the idea; I've had tattoos and some piercings, but I was an adult, not a 13 year old. To me there is quite a large difference in an adult and a 13/14 year old having something like that done. Besides, if you let them get facial piercings when they're 13, what are you going to fight about? Clisby |
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"MarieD" wrote in message ... Am I an old fogie at age 31? I keep having this shocked feeling when I find out 13 and 14 year olds that I know are having their lips, tongues, navels and/or noses pierced. Is this just normal now-a-days and I am behind the times, or what? This is not a case of my being a prude or uptight about the idea; I've had tattoos and some piercings, but I was an adult, not a 13 year old. To me there is quite a large difference in an adult and a 13/14 year old having something like that done. -- One of the things when I was growing up, was that basically the reputable places wouldn't do non-ear piercing for under 16s (and ear piercing only with an adult). So anyone under that age that had it pierced had gone to one of the backstreet tattoo places where they didn't ask too many questions-and the hygene was supect. As far as I'm aware (and I haven't researched this) this is still the case in the UK. I know of a few 17/18yo with piercings, but not noticed many obviously under age around. Debbie |
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facial piercings on young teens
"Clisby" wrote in message
m... I haven't noticed it being common here (and heck, I'm down in Sin City while you're up there with the snake handlers.) Snake handlers LOL I'm in the Greenville area actually. But I know what you mean. I'm not counting multiple ear piercings - that doesn't seem unusual among teenagers. I'm also not counting a nose piercing in a girl from a culture where that's common (Indian, say). I don't know that I've seen it in a 13-year-old, but if I saw a girl who obviously was of Indian/Pakistani heritage, I'm sure I wouldn't think twice about it if she had a nose piercing. I had multiple ear piercings also, but I did those myself when I was 14. These girls I am seeing aren't pierced for cultural reasons. One of them is my cousin and her best friend, her mother doesn't understand what people see wrong with it. Then last night I ran into a family we used to live next to when all our kids were toddlers. Now they are teenagers with tongue and lip rings and pretty questionable reputations. After looking at the 13 year old's myspace, with pictures of her and her boyfriend with tongues down each other's throats, I am getting a sense that it involved a very lax-to-nonexistent parenting attitude. Besides, if you let them get facial piercings when they're 13, what are you going to fight about? Ugh, yeah. My oldest is 13 and so far there's not been any big fights about anything. I've been enjoying this time, besides the moodmonster popping up occasionally. Marie |
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facial piercings on young teens
"Welches" wrote in message
... One of the things when I was growing up, was that basically the reputable places wouldn't do non-ear piercing for under 16s (and ear piercing only with an adult). So anyone under that age that had it pierced had gone to one of the backstreet tattoo places where they didn't ask too many questions-and the hygene was supect. As far as I'm aware (and I haven't researched this) this is still the case in the UK. I know of a few 17/18yo with piercings, but not noticed many obviously under age around. Debbie The piercing studios here will do it with a parent's permission. When my husband had his tattoo/piercing shop though, he did not do any type of work on minors, even with parent's permission. Marie |
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facial piercings on young teens
"Welches" wrote in message ... "MarieD" wrote in message ... Am I an old fogie at age 31? I keep having this shocked feeling when I find out 13 and 14 year olds that I know are having their lips, tongues, navels and/or noses pierced. Is this just normal now-a-days and I am behind the times, or what? This is not a case of my being a prude or uptight about the idea; I've had tattoos and some piercings, but I was an adult, not a 13 year old. To me there is quite a large difference in an adult and a 13/14 year old having something like that done. -- One of the things when I was growing up, was that basically the reputable places wouldn't do non-ear piercing for under 16s (and ear piercing only with an adult). So anyone under that age that had it pierced had gone to one of the backstreet tattoo places where they didn't ask too many questions-and the hygene was supect. As far as I'm aware (and I haven't researched this) this is still the case in the UK. I know of a few 17/18yo with piercings, but not noticed many obviously under age around. Debbie I think this is an unfair statement about hygene and all that. Here at an actual piercing shop, the norm for piercings is around 14-16. It has been a couple years since I've walked into a shop, though. With a parent or guardian's permission, it can be younger. I also know that there's certain situations where they won't do it until 18. Something like a tongue, genitals, bla bla bla. Or with parents' permission - although I am not sure, but I think a piercing in certain places is 18+, no matter what (I believe they're piercings like a Prince Albert or something lol) A number of years back, I had a few other piercings. At one point, I had my eyebrown, labret, lip and tongue done, along with 2 in each of my ears. I now no longer have the labret and lip due to tooth/gum damage as a direct result of the piercings. I also have my ears at a 0ga on the bottom lobes and about 4ga on the top holes on my lobes. I was, I believe, 16 when I had my tongue and lip done. 17 or 18 with my labret. 18 or 19 with my eyebrow. For all of them when I was under 18, I did need parental consent. I went to a reputable shop with full health inspections and it was not dirty. Maybe kids will be kids, or teens will be monsters, but I managed to get by the "parental consent" by bringing a "signed" letter from my "mom"... which was actually a letter a friend wrote and signed and gave HER phone number for in case the shop wanted to contact my "mom" to double check for the permission thing. They did call and my friend/mom said yes, I had permission. I think with piercings, the one good thing is that they aren't permanent. My labret and lip are both fully grown over. If I keep my eyebrown barbell out for any length of time, it does start to grow over. That's the good thing about piercings - they can still grow over and be gone. I know I'd be ****ed off if my child came home with piercings. I also do know that I would get over it. It's not permanent. I also am pretty sure that my anger wouldn't be from the actual piercing itself, but more because I said no, I said wait, we didn't discuss this, you went behind my back, etc.,if this was the case. If one came home with a tattoo, however, I'd literally flip out and I would NOT get over it. Tattoos are permanent and there pretty much for good. I really would lose it with a tattoo. Oh, and neither of my girls - now 2 and 3 - have their ears pierced. This is something I feel strongly about to wait until their old enough to make their own decision about an actually ask to have their ears pierced - and will do that if and when they are old enough to ask. |
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facial piercings on young teens
MarieD wrote:
"Clisby" wrote in message m... I haven't noticed it being common here (and heck, I'm down in Sin City while you're up there with the snake handlers.) Snake handlers LOL I'm in the Greenville area actually. But I know what you mean. You might appreciate this, from a local blog (click on the map for a better view): http://xark.typepad.com/my_weblog/charleston/index.html Clisby |
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facial piercings on young teens
"Clisby" wrote in message
m... You might appreciate this, from a local blog (click on the map for a better view): http://xark.typepad.com/my_weblog/charleston/index.html That was really cute! Knuckle draggers and mouth-breathers for sure! I'll have to save that one. A few houses down from me lives the Jerry Springer family. I've watched this huge bald guy chase another guy down the street, yelling that he never come back. Very entertaining. Marie |
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