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Pierced Ears on Boys. Opinion?
I was at the pedi with Davis Wednesday (he has a nasty butt rash). Anyways, there was a boy in the waiting room about 4 or 5 with an earring in his ear?
What is your opinion on earrings in little boys?
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1 Month - 9 lbs., 5 oz, 21 inches
2 Months - 11 lbs., 4.5 oz, 23 inches
4 Months - 14 lbs, 1 oz, 26.5 inches
6 months - 16 lbs, 1 oz, 28.75 inches
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1 Year - 21 lbs, 6 oz, 31 inches
2 Years - 28 lbs., 37 inches
Re: Pierced Ears on Boys. Opinion?
Ridiculous!
Poor kid.
I hate it. I know I'm a hypocrite that I'm ok with little girls being pierced...I know it's painful, disfiguring, blah, blah, blah...
But I really don't like little boys with their ears pierced.
Or pageant boys. That's just weird too.
I think its rediculous too. I would never get TJ's ear pierced now, but if he decided it was something he wanted when he was older(past 18) thats his own decision. DH has a small, gold hoop(its barely visible because it hugs his earlobe so closely) in one of his ears, but that doesn't make me want to go get TJ's done.
I don't see a bad thing for girls because most girls have their ears pierced but I just dont see why someone would do it to their young son.
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At 4/5 the kid can say if he wants it or not, so I think if the kid wants it done and the parent is ok with it ... then it doesn't really bother me. Both of my nephews have earrings.
If I had a boy I'd just go with the same rules I have for my girls. They are allowed to get their ears pierced if they want to, are old enough for the responsibility of taking care of them, and earn it. I think it'd be hypocritical to not give a boy the same privilege. But in general, I do not like boys with earrings - lol.
I don't mind it on little girls, but I find it odd on little boys for some reason - LOL. Also being hypocritcal here.
I suppose if Davis wants an earring when he is older, like HS, we would discuss it then. But I'd never choose to go get an earring put in one or both of his ears as a toddler.
This is essentially my opinion too. I don't think 4/5 is old enough though.
4 or 5 is totally not old enough. Maybe 16, but not my kid.
Also are boys even allowed to have earrings in school? I'll have to look that up in our manual.
Ooh, I didn't mean 4/5 was old enough to actually get them done ... just that by 4/5 kids are able to verbalize what they want. Skyler will be 5 in a week and she doesn't have hers pierced even though she's voiced wanting to have earrings.
This goes for me too.
Although I don't want to make it a big deal to where he rebels and gets large gauges put in when he is 16 like so many of the boys have in our school now.
There was an interesting article where a girl was a member of a "body modification" church and she was suspended for having a piercing (can't remember if nose or lip) but she fought the suspension claiming it was her religious expression....
Was his name Blaze?
I do not like it at all. But like PP said at that age they can ask, but I think it is wrong for the parents to take them and have it done.
I know if B2 wants it done, I will tell him not until he is 16.
On the topic of ear stretching: My oldest son (15) has been stretching his ears for over a year now. What I find ridiculous is that he has to have (supposed to have) parental consent to be pierced in the first place, but he can go to Hot Topic at the mall and buy all the different guaged plugs with no questions asked and stretch to whatever size he wants at home with no supervision. He has torn his ears several times by stretching too quickly.
I think a kid should have to be 18 and show ID to purchase the guages. Society has made it perfectly legal and easily accesible for kids to permanently disfigure themselves. I want to start a petition to make them illegal to sell to minors.
(Before you flame: His father who he lived with at the time allowed him to do this. He came back to me in this condition. I'm still trying to fix him. Literally. This is my son with all the psychological issues...we're working on the mental and emotional stuff first.)
This made me giggle! Go Kel!
I thought about getting A's done, but not sure how I feel about it. I have 3 holes, with the first being done when I was too little to remember and it is nice to not remember the pain of it, but at the same time, I want A to be the one to choose if she wants to do that to her body (which they really don't know what they are asking for/doing at 4 or 5).. so.. I'm torn. I would not let my little boy get one (if I had one). Maybe once the kid was 15/16..idk.
This is me exactly. I don't care if I see them on a little girl but I just won't get my dd ear's pierce at a young age. Caitlin was 8 or 9 when she asked to get her ear's done and that is when we did it. I'll do the same thing with Abby and Addison.