My son really really wanted to jump off the porch roof when he was about six. Just the low part; he saw his dad do it! Why make the kid wait when I'm going to be fine with it when he's man-sized, right?? I'm sure he totally hates me now that he has two intact ankles. |
| 18. Chances are good they won’t even want one anymore if they wait that long |
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I think I probably allowed around 12.
I was a kid who's parents were really strict about it and I ended up with a bunch early in college. I tried a different approach with my daughter, letting her get her first holes when she asked around 7 I think. It was never a hill I was going to die on, piercings don't bother me much. I actually currently wear 3 per lobe, a cartilage piercing in one and my tragus on the other. So, she had one in elementary, second in middle school, and then I lost track. By the end of HS, she probably had 4-5 per ear and her nose. She's soon to be 20 and has several more ear piercings. |
| I really wanted a belly button ring when I was 15-16, but my mom wouldn’t let me. I really glad she didn’t. By the time I went to college I thought they looked trashy and the girls I knew that had them were constantly getting infections in them making them look even worse. |
| I took the metro freshman year of high school and had it done without my parents' permission. I guess I was 14. It was my third hole left ear. I don't remember getting the second holes pierced, but maybe around 12? |
The education system has clearly failed you. |
| Not a fan of more than one pair of piercings, but then I'm very traditional when it comes to body modification. My 15 year old expects to get her ears pierced at some point, but not right now. I got my ears pierced in my early 20s. |
Sorry for being rude, but that's just gross. |
| My 11 yr old is getting 2nd piercing for Christmas. I really don’t care about piercings since I had a ton in high school. I just her piercings fine, nothing permanent like tattoos. |
Good luck. My mom was like this. I got my septum, belly, and clit Freshman year. |
| 12 |
| 14. Only thing she really wanted for Christmas. |
| 15 |
So? You think your mom should have let you do that at 12? |
| 13 |