8 year old daughter
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It's up to you if you want your daughter's ears pierced. Just don't use the Bible or God as an excuse if you say no.
There may be a lot of other reasons you can give instead.., you don't want her to have pain. You are not sure she will keep it clean and it won't get infected. You don't believe in jewelry for young girls.
As long as you know it's your choice and not prohibited by God or the Bible.
We are to be different from the world, but that is more about our thoughts and actions than what we wear outwardly.
There may be a lot of other reasons you can give instead.., you don't want her to have pain. You are not sure she will keep it clean and it won't get infected. You don't believe in jewelry for young girls.
As long as you know it's your choice and not prohibited by God or the Bible.
We are to be different from the world, but that is more about our thoughts and actions than what we wear outwardly.
If you feel like she's ready then I don't see why not. My daughter had her ears pierced when she was 7. I worked with her on taking care of them, and she did a good job. She picked out these cute little gold ball earrings. We had sort of a freak mishap though. As she was sleeping, one of her earrings had pushed it's way into the ear. She moves around a lot at night so she probably slept on that side. I had to push it out the rest of the way. That wasn't fun and she's pretty dramatic, so after that she said, I'm not ready for this and we took the other out. She said she'll wait until she's a teenager. But if that hadn't happened, she'd still have them pierced.
hi, Mimi 
reading through the thread, what i notice is that you don't seem comfortable with the idea of piercing your little girl's ears. and you're the mom !
so though i don't see anything morally wrong with it, the fact you're not quite sure, to me, says wait.
it can always be done at some future time, right? just wait till you, mommy, are certain.
reading through the thread, what i notice is that you don't seem comfortable with the idea of piercing your little girl's ears. and you're the mom !
so though i don't see anything morally wrong with it, the fact you're not quite sure, to me, says wait.
it can always be done at some future time, right? just wait till you, mommy, are certain.
hi, Mimi :
reading through the thread, what i notice is that you don't seem comfortable with the idea of piercing your little girl's ears. and you're the mom !
so though i don't see anything morally wrong with it, the fact you're not quite sure, to me, says wait.
it can always be done at some future time, right? just wait till you, mommy, are certain.
reading through the thread, what i notice is that you don't seem comfortable with the idea of piercing your little girl's ears. and you're the mom !
so though i don't see anything morally wrong with it, the fact you're not quite sure, to me, says wait.
it can always be done at some future time, right? just wait till you, mommy, are certain.
Your right.. I'm not that comfortable with it.. She's very young for her age too if you know what I mean.. Not as advanced as the other kids about.. Still very innocent
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And my mom's reaction would be, "And if all your friends wanted to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge, should I let you do that too?" That certainly broke me out of the "all my friends are doing it" clutch by the time I was 10.
To let your daughter get earrings? That's up to you.
To let her use "all my friends are doing it" sends a bad message to her and undermines your authority. I strongly suggest you not let her go with that argument anymore, no matter what you decide about earrings.
To let your daughter get earrings? That's up to you.
To let her use "all my friends are doing it" sends a bad message to her and undermines your authority. I strongly suggest you not let her go with that argument anymore, no matter what you decide about earrings.
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We never got the in toys, name-brand clothes, or the latest sensation. AND no one taunted us because of it. Not that they didn't try, but one thing we learned quickly was a good comeback goes a long way to avoid being taunted. I can't imagine how weak I'd be if my parents "protected" us from every little thing like parents today try to do.
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But you'd look so cute...
Hubby had them a few decades ago. (Actually, we both did, but, truth be told, we're too lazy to pick out more stuff to wear that's not needed, so his disappeared and now I have the divots in both ears, but got tired of the pain when reopening them by putting in earrings. I do miss wearing my peacock feather earrings though.)
Hubby had them a few decades ago. (Actually, we both did, but, truth be told, we're too lazy to pick out more stuff to wear that's not needed, so his disappeared and now I have the divots in both ears, but got tired of the pain when reopening them by putting in earrings. I do miss wearing my peacock feather earrings though.)