Hell how can I ever tell my kids not to peirce or tattoo something, I'm covered with them!
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I agree, I'm 16 and I got my nose done, my eyebrow done and considering my ear.Originally posted by chaserfan:
yeah I think the most important thing is a meeting of the minds between you and the wife. gotta be a joint decision for sure, but as I said, at least with peircings they can be removed
Hell how can I ever tell my kids not to peirce or tattoo something, I'm covered with them!
When I have kids and it comes to tats/piercings I won't tell em no, just to make sure it's definately what they want.
my oldest daughter got a small tattoo on her inside ankle about 3 years ago when she was 17. we did alot of talking and going over and over how perminent it is and what if...yada, yada yada. I really thought she thought it through and to this day neither of us regret her doing it.
so recently, my youngest who's 16 went through the same thing. the wife and I both talked to her at great length going through everything pro and con about it and she still wanted one. After alot of thinking about it, the wife and I finally allowed her to get a very, very, small one on her ankle. one that could later be covered if she changed her mind on it. Kind of hard to say no when she was the only one in the family without one. Now the whole family is inked. Me the most, but they can still say they have one. all are happy, but the wife is the one that doesnt care for hers anymore. Me, I say give me more!
Hey Andyman,
Well, from a girl's perspective, i honestly say that is way too young to get a naval pierced. I'm 19 years old and i still don't have my naval pierced, and i don't plan on getting it done ever. To me, it's just stupid and it's another dumb teeny bopper trend.
You know what you should do, i know at that age girls tend to be rebelious and think they have the right to do what they please. You should tell her and show her the side effects that can happen with a piercing, let her know and understand that having your naval pierced is going to be 10x more painful then it is with having your ear pierced.
I know she is going through that phase where she wants to look cool and fit in with the crowd but she needs to think of the long term effect. Just because if she gets her belly button pierced is not going to make her look any cool, if anything, it's going to make her look like everyone else, it's going to make her look like a follower.
She's too young to have her naval pierced, she may not understand now and argue you guys to death that she knows what she is doing, but she'll thank you in the long run, you know how girls can be.
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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I used to say stuff like that too... but it's funny how your opinion changes when you're older and actually have a child. Your views on a LOT of things change.Originally posted by STD:
When I have kids and it comes to tats/piercings I won't tell em no, just to make sure it's definately what they want.
Andy, I'd tell her no, wait until she's a bit older. 15 is ok for ears, but way too young for navel piercings or anything below the neck.
So you'd let your kid have their neck pierced at 15? [img]rolleyes.gif[/img]
you know what I mean.
seriously though, man... write down a list of what you will and won't let your kids do when you have them of your own. Look at that list in 10 years...
..You will have a great laugh. [img]smile.gif[/img]
That's why I try not to think about stuff like that, I know I'll end up changing my mind and then I'll just feel really old and out of touch.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yup, it's a bitch growing up.Originally posted by STD:
That's why I try not to think about stuff like that, I know I'll end up changing my mind and then I'll just feel really old and out of touch.
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