Body Peircings

Twisterdog, I know how you feel. I tried to control my daughter about makeup. It just made her revolt against me, and sneak and wear it. I had fits one day when I came in and caught her drinking in our home, when she was 15. Again she revolted and drank with other teens. I mean in very unsafe places.

Mahayana let his boys use their own judgement. They never got into trouble. In fact, they did not care for fast cars or drinking. They tried drinking at home but didn't sneak out to drink. They turned out great from his trust of their judgement.

I can't say for sure that not allowing your children to use their own judgement is good or bad. I have been thinking that if I had trusted her more she might have had a better life. The other girls at her school were allowed to wear makeup. They wore less than she did. I blame a lot of her troubled young life on myself for not allowing her to make a few judgements for herself.

Maybe somthing different with each child. I wish I knew the answer.:confused:

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Originally posted by amoore
Twisterdog, I know how you feel. I tried to control my daughter about makeup. It just made her revolt againest me, and sneak and wear it. I had fits one day when I came in and caught her drinking in our home, when she was 15. Again she revolted and drinked with other teens. I mean in very unsafe places.

Mahayana let his boys use their own judgement. They never got in the trouble. Infact they did not care for fast cars or drinking. They tried drinking at home but didn't sneak out to drink. They turned out great from his trust of their judgement.

I can't say for sure that not allowing your children to use their own judgement is good or bad. I have been thinking that if I had trusted her more she might have had a better life. The other girls at her school was allowed to wear makeup. They wore less than she did. I blame alot of her troubled young life on myself for not allowing her to make a few judgements for herself.

Maybe somthing different with each child. I wish I knew the answer.:confused:

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Oh, I hear you. There are NO easy answers. If there are, I haven't found them yet. You try to do everything the best you can. Sometimes it's good enough, and sometimes it's not. Some kids run amok, some kids are straight-laced. It seems like it depends more on the kid than the parenting style. My mom says if you have four kids, you have to have four completly different parenting styles, because what works for one kids fails miserably on another. Raising kids is SO hard, and I think we always feel we haven't done a good enough job, no matter what.

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Originally posted by amoore

Wow! 4or 5? You have cool parents!:D

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LOL, yes, I meant grade 4 or 5!:D

not 4 or 5 years old!:eek: :p lol

I kind of knowed that!:D I thought it would be funny to pretend I didn't. LOL! :D

I agree with letting kids or teens make their own judgements for the most part. I mean, I would tell them in no uncertain terms what I preferred, and, educate them on pros and cons on all situations as much as possible. But, honestly, it's just all about fitting in. I know with me, my mom wouldn't let me wear makeup, and, I never really gave her too much he** about it, and, now, at 27, I own very little makeup, and, it's only applied about twice a year. I think too much makeup is nasty anyway, regardless of the age. But, it's about self expression at some point, and, squashing individuality is just asking for trouble. But, then, alot of girls just do it to blend in with the crowd. It's all just so confusing! I don't have any kids, but, I'm getting the feeling of what it's like, because I've been a friend and teacher (sometimes student) to my 18-year-old niece for about ten years now, and, she's been an amazing lesson for me. It's been fun, but, hard to let even her grow up! I don't know how parents do it sometimes. Kudos to all of you. ;) Especially MY mom and dad, of course!

I know I'm a little late to reply here, but hey...what the heck. :p

I love [and have]:
-My cartilidge pierced
-My belly-button pierced
-My nose pierced [nothing drastic, just a little diamond that I hardly ever wear]
-Two holes in each ear-lobe

I hate [and would never have]:
-My eyebrow pierced
-Anything on my chest pierced [ahem]
-Anything below the belt pierced [ouch...and how?]

Yep...there ya go. lol

I love most piercings. I don't have any...I can't stand pain. :p Braces are even hard for me...lol. I'd love to get a few on my ear someday, though. My friend just got her nose pierced, and it looks great. :) My cousin has her belly button pierced, but her parents don't exactly know. :o

haha...I didn't exactly come right out and tell my parents about my belly-button piercing either. :p I had come home from going shopping, lifted up my arms to hold up a new shirt I bought that I wanted to show my mom, and oops...something was all glittery. Didn't take her long to figure out what it was. She was so mad, lol. I had just turned 18 and was so excited to get it...she, however, was not as thrilled. :p

Haha, bad bad Brooke. ;)
She's 16 and not exactly the most "responsible" person ever. She had her next door neighbor do it, but I have to admit it's pretty cool. :)

Eww...dirty needles. :p lol

I've got my tongue, belly button and ears pierced.

Hm, see...I'm not a big fan of the tongue. I'd be too scared that I'd catch it on my tooth or something and bam...major problems. Eesh...it makes me shiver just thinking about it.

Tougue piercings aren't my favorite, but I've had people tell me if doesn't interfer with eating or anything.

I also love gauged ears. Just something about them, as long as they aren't *too* big. :p

I'm not a big fan of those, either. lol.

i love tongue peircings, nose peircings, lip peircings , it is super hot when it is kinda to the side on guys :p. IMHO... :D

I also love eye brow peircings and navel peircings!

mwahah i could go on :p

I don't like piercings other than ear piercings. Anywhere else grosses me out. Nose piercings are ok. Though I wouldn't want one, they don't bother me, and I think they look good on some people...............but anywhere else.......no way! To each his own. :D I only have my ears pierced, and have had them pierced since I was a baby. I don't want anything else pierced ever. :p Just my ears.

Don't tongue piercings hurt?...alot?:p lol, whenever I accidently bite my tongue, it kills...imagine sticking something through it!:eek:

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Originally posted by bluekat
Don't tongue piercings hurt?...alot?:p lol, whenever I accidently bite my tongue, it kills...imagine sticking something through it!:eek:

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I wouldn't know...but I'm guessing it wouldn't hurt too much. Afterall, it's only a couple seconds. :p

it has been said that tongue peircings are the lest painful other then the ear lobes :). the nose is suppost to have worst pain involved.

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Originally posted by bluekat
Don't tongue piercings hurt?...alot?:p lol, whenever I accidently bite my tongue, it kills...imagine sticking something through it!:eek:

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It wasn't bad at all. When you bite your tongue, you bite the tip or side usually, but it gets pierced in the middle, and they hold your tongue out with an instrument, and put the stud right through--a quick pain.
Afterwards though, for a few days, it is hard to eat at all, and tough to talk!!!

when my friend got it done, I was with her, her tongue swelled up and she talked with a lisp for like a month ;). it was cute.

hmm I'm a bit late at chiming in to this thread, but I never seem to look at any section except cat general.
I have 3 holes in one ear (one in the cartilage) and 2 in the other. I also just got my tongue pierced 3.5 weeks ago. I absolutely love my tongue piercing. As long as I don't yawn without covering my mouth, no one can see it at all. If it's placed properly and the barbell is the correct length it can be quite a discreet piercing. I have wanted it for YEARS but my parents were grossed out by the idea so I resisted. Now that I'm older, married, and have had several years to research and consider the pros and cons, I was able to make an informed and non spur-of-the-moment decision about my tongue. The piercing itself was surprisingly painless. I was scared to death about it, so much that I was having cold sweats! I'm so glad that they took my 8900 yen as soon as I arrived or I would have chickened out. My piercer was very professional (and bilingual, thankfully!) and pierced from the bottom up to avoid any mishaps. I didn't even feel the needle until it poked through the very top layer of my tongue. Even then it hurt A LOT less than getting my cartilage done had. :D :D Starting the morning after, my tongue swelled up to a little more than twice it's normal size and gradually returned to normal over the first week. Now that my barbell has been changed to a shorter length, my voice is completely back to normal. I even think that it makes me a little bit better of a singer because it forces me to concentrate on the position of my mouth. Anywho, aside from the initial prick (which hurt a lot less than biting my tongue) there hasn't been a bit of pain. :) I love my tongue piercing:):):):)

OK, I am Sirrahsim's square mom but I am really not grossed out. It is just my JOB to worry about infection, broken teeth and stuff like that. (that is a VERY expensive smile she has) I always wanted a tattoo myself, but was too chicken to get it. Just too prove I am am reluctantly cool, I even got her a barbell - here it is in her tongue.

That pic is not real clear - but here is what it looks like.

I guess if I was *really* a cool mom, it would be a skull and crossbones :D but Hello Kitty was a stretch for me. There really IS some pretty body jewelry out there. Some of it is gross though - IMO