Navel piercing on a 13, almost 14 year old?

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What are your thoughts?

Sorry, I misread. ManyCrisps

I think you need to stop minimising actual child abuse by making statement like this

Sigh. Appreciating that there is spectrum is not minimising anything
Idiot

Never. Looks cheap and tacky.

Appreciating that there is spectrum is not minimising anything

Please do read Quack’s important post.

Idiot

Right back at you

Yeah but then piercing ears is nowhere on that spectrum. Calling someone an idiot though, actually is (not far up the spectrum mind)

No no no no no, and oh yes........no

Quack - your invisibility cloak has been breached! Quick! Deploy the rhino hide defence!!

21stCenturyMrsBennett

I mean, please do try and report a piercing studio for giving consensual piercings with consent as abuse. Do let me know how that works out for you.

I got mine dome at 14 I think managed to persuade my mum, don't know why I never showed my belly haha. Doesn't look nice after having a couple of kids though and now all that's left is a stretched hole and scaring from the skin around the peircimd stretching. I thought the novelty of belly bars would have worn off by now.

Calling someone an idiot though, actually is (not far up the spectrum mind)

I’ve had a quick skim of the poster in question’s other offerings. I’m not worried

How on EARTH is it abusive unless they don't want it and it's being forced onto them?

Absolutely crying with laughter at the idea that my mum was abusing me by letting me get piercings. I had 9 by the age of 15.

Cannot believe how precious some people on here get about this stuff. Living in some kind of bubble.

Oh is it only not ok to do things to your kids if SS will take them off you? What low standards you have.

Forcing metal into childrens flesh to make holes to hang jewellery off is abusive. It's insane to suggest otherwise. That worse abuse exists does not change that obvious fact.
If you choose to modify your childrens bodies for no good reason, risking infection disease and long term issues, no-one will stop you. Still doesn't make it ok.

In more sensible countries it is entirely illegal.

I work with kids from the age of 11 and the majority of the girls at around 13 and 14 have had at least their navel and tongue done.
I'm not sure about the legalities of it but it is very common ( as in popular)

I agree they are very 2002!

Quack

If @21stCenturyMrsBennett has a daughter who goes off in secret to have her navel pierced...

For the record, I note you are far too intelligent and uncommon to realise that Mrs Bennet of Austen fame only has one 't'.

I love a piercing thread when the snobs come out to play. For the record, I'm into punk rock, I am degree educated and I'm anorexic, maybe I am a bit common! Anyone can have piercings. Just personal taste. Personal prejudices not so welcome.

Forcing metal into childrens flesh to make holes to hang jewellery off is abusive

If you do it without their consent yes

A 13 year old? No.

Are you really unable to understand the nuances behind that?

If you choose to modify your childrens bodies for no good reason, risking infection disease and long term issues, no-one will stop you

I didn’t choose. How odd. My DD chose to have her ears pierced. We researched fully together and she decided to go ahead.

You’ve got a very odd idea of abuse if you think that is it.

I've got 13 piercings now. I should probably be dead from all the infections and "long term damage" from the way some people overreact.

Fucks sake. Some people really need to learn that words have meaning.

I had mine done at 14 but had to take my Mum. Mum drew the line at eyebrow piercing and as an adult I fully understand why.

Of all the piercings she could want, I'd let her get her belly button done because no one will see it the majority of the time. I was never allowed facial piercings and as soon as I got to even 18/19 I was grateful for that.

Haven't read the whole thread but just wanted to quickly input that I got my belly button pierced at 13 by tricking my friends mum (who was getting hers done) that my mum had given me permission to go with them and I had the money, she took my word for it, my mother was furious when she found out the next day (only managed to hide it for 24hrs lol) but she didn't make me take it out, I just got grounded. I'm 30 years old now and still have the piercing. I'm sure people probably judged even though my mum hadn't approved but it literally did me no harm.

Mrs Bennett seems to be having an attack of the vapours. Maybe she ought to lie on the chaise longue with her smelling salts whilst we summon the doctor?

@strippervicar

Horrible horrible

I had mine pierced at 12, which is FAR too young looking back. However I’ve had almost 30 piercings (I don’t wear jewellery in all of them) and I’m heavily tattooed so it was just the beginning for me

I’d say 16 is fine.