Earings on younger boys, yes or no?

[Blandmum]

on lads less than 16?
Yes or no?

Better or worse than on girls?

no earrings on younger anyones!

NO NO NO NO NO on boys and most men (although it's slightly more OK if the man is a bit gothy).

Earrings as per the chav/ned look - NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO.

Can you tell I hate them?

no

you planning to do ?another PHD on the sociology of piercing mb

What's OOT hair?

On young boys ...no, but once they're a bit older and want/are able to express their character with piercings, hairstyles, fashion etc then great... no problem at all as it's their own decision.

no
worse

NO.

Worse.

my ds chose to have his ear pierced on his 10th birthday, most of his mates have them pierced and i think it looks good and no were not chavs!well only pretend 1s!

yes

No. Looks nasty.

Big yuck on little boys, medium-size boys or big boys. Grim.

definitely not its common

YUUUUK, no!, they look like little thugs (and very often they are)

Chandra goes to sleep with the slight suspiction nthat the first thing her lovely DS would ask in the morning it's for an earring.

no

it's naff

same goes with naff little pony tail ,or head shaved with longer bit at the front top bit.

imo people do judge by appearances,that's life!

Abhorrent. What do you think MB?

whats wrong with the "chav" look?

Oi...it's NOT a class issue IMO - it's a question of infections, allergies, risks, and the fact that I think these are decisions for adults to make about their bodies, not children.

why cant a kid of 12 make that decision - and looked after properly infection is unlikely.

i mean at that age doesnt a judge ask them which parent they want to live with?

At 12 I probably would let the child decide - even if I personally find it revolting, holding back a child of that age is totally counter-productive. I'm still a bit sore from the "lets pierce our 1-month-old" thread

i dont get the "oh my god" ness about that either tbh.

its ear piercing not taking out a kids kidney for no good reason.

Nooo, don't like the ear piercing babies thing. Would be even less keen on removing teir kidneys...but I think babyhood is risky enough without people having extra punctures made for cosmetic reasons (I think it DOES have something to do with DS1 having about 200 blood tests when he was in ICU, so am prepared to accept that I am not being objective)

however i think we agree that a stud piercing for a removed kidney is perfectly acceptable?

MOM you asked me what I thought Earlier I wrote
'I'll admit I don't like them on younger boys, I don't like 'OOT' hair on their either.

However I like the sixth form boys to look a little crazy, I think by that time it shows character! '

OOT should have been OTT!

I'm a professional and I never let impressions cloud my judgement as a teacher. I try my utmost to be totaly fair and even handed to the kids I teach.

However it is true that of the wild children I have worked with, significant numbers of them have hair shaved in spirals and patterns, ears pieced and eyebrows shaved in patches (why this, it makes them look as if they have mange!? )

And I would imagine that to a degree the child is doing this to send a message about themselves, don't you think? They seem to want to look hard. Thinking of the classes I teach there appares to be a direct correlation between earings and behaviour.

And before anyone froths at the mouth, no, I don't pre judge. One of my nicest sixth formers is a goth (male) with more hardwear in his face than you can shake a stick at......he just can't belive that I also once had green hair!

Custy, what were you doing posting at that time in the morning ???