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at what age would you/ did you let your daughter get her ears pierce.
DD is just nine and has been campaigning for a year for them. I got mine done when I was 18 and could it with out a parents signature. My Dad thought only "bad girls" had pierced ears (this was 30 years ago). C |
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"Cheryl Isaak" wrote in message ... at what age would you/ did you let your daughter get her ears pierce. DD is just nine and has been campaigning for a year for them. I got mine done when I was 18 and could it with out a parents signature. My Dad thought only "bad girls" had pierced ears (this was 30 years ago). C I think around ten would be okay with me. But I would be very adamant about only allowing small and very appropriate to her age earrings. Definitely no big hoops for a tomboy. I did mine on a dare from some friends when I was 16. We were sitting on the stoop in front of my doctor's house when they dared me to do it. I rang his bell after office hours and asked him to do it. He said your mother will kill me, but he got a needle and thread and did it anyway. Lucky for both of us, my mother didn't have a fit. I doubt that would fly nowadays when everyone is suing everyone else. Lucille |
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Cheryl Isaak wrote:
at what age would you/ did you let your daughter get her ears pierce. DD is just nine and has been campaigning for a year for them. I got mine done when I was 18 and could it with out a parents signature. My Dad thought only "bad girls" had pierced ears (this was 30 years ago). I had to wait until I was thirteen. That's probably what I'd go with for DD too, except she has no desire whatever to get hers pierced. Hates pain. I'm also one of those cranky types who makes 'em wait longer the more they bug me. Karen E. |
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Karen E. wrote:
Cheryl Isaak wrote: at what age would you/ did you let your daughter get her ears pierce. DD is just nine and has been campaigning for a year for them. I got mine done when I was 18 and could it with out a parents signature. My Dad thought only "bad girls" had pierced ears (this was 30 years ago). I had to wait until I was thirteen. That's probably what I'd go with for DD too, except she has no desire whatever to get hers pierced. Hates pain. I'm also one of those cranky types who makes 'em wait longer the more they bug me. Karen E. Karen - I like the way you think, VBG! I also made my DDs wait until 13. Sue (one of the last of the baby boom generation with virgin lobes) -- Susan Hartman/Dirty Linen The Magazine of Folk and World Music www.dirtylinen.com |
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On 11/23/07 11:13 AM, in article
, "Karen E." wrote: Cheryl Isaak wrote: at what age would you/ did you let your daughter get her ears pierce. DD is just nine and has been campaigning for a year for them. I got mine done when I was 18 and could it with out a parents signature. My Dad thought only "bad girls" had pierced ears (this was 30 years ago). I had to wait until I was thirteen. That's probably what I'd go with for DD too, except she has no desire whatever to get hers pierced. Hates pain. I'm also one of those cranky types who makes 'em wait longer the more they bug me. Karen E. She is definitely the odd one out without pierced ears. She'll ask now and again (like yesterday when she was the only girl with out pierced ears), but not to bug me about it. C |
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Cheryl Isaak wrote:
at what age would you/ did you let your daughter get her ears pierce. DD is just nine and has been campaigning for a year for them. I think it's largely a question of maturity. I don't really want to have to be responsible for ensuring that they're properly cared for while healing, so it's not happening until I feel secure the kid can manage it well. Also, it can be handy to use things like this as a sort of rite of passage. To do that, you need some kind of rationale (why at this age/stage/whatever you've decided) and you need to build it up for a while so it feels like an important transition. Somewhere around the 9/10/11 year ages is usually a good time for some kind of rite of passage developmentally. Best wishes, Ericka |
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Susan Hartman wrote:
I like the way you think, VBG! I also made my DDs wait until 13. Sue (one of the last of the baby boom generation with virgin lobes) Add me to the list of baby boomers with non-holed ears... or anything else for that matter. lol I just could never understand why someone would put themselves through the pain voluntarily. And don't get me started about the parents who have babies in diapers ears pierced! Child abuse in my book! Nyssa, who might have holes in her head, but not ones for jewelry |
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..My dd got hers done at 8 - DAD took her, I thought she should wait.
Now that she's 12, I have to remind her to put earrnings in occasionally to keep the holes from closing! |
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Nyssa wrote:
Susan Hartman wrote: I like the way you think, VBG! I also made my DDs wait until 13. Sue (one of the last of the baby boom generation with virgin lobes) Add me to the list of baby boomers with non-holed ears... If God had meant for me to have holes in my ears, He would have put them there. -- Karen C - California www.CFSfacts.org where we give you the facts and dispel the myths Myths, with research cites: http://www.aacfs.org/images/pdfs/myths.pdf Finished 10/21/07 - Floral Elegance Collection "Crocus" WIP: The Teacher, Bethany Angel, Flowers of Hawaii (Jeanette Crews) for ME!!! Retrieved from UFO pile: Marbek's Snow Angel Editor/Proofreader www.IntlProofingConsortium.com Design page http://www.KarenMCampbell.com/designs.html |
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