Earings on younger boys, yes or no?

[Blandmum]

on lads less than 16?
Yes or no?

Better or worse than on girls?

I know a boy of 5 who has 6the same ear pierced twice. Looks flippin ridiculous.

My brother has both his ears pierced - I think he was about 14 or 15 when he had the first one done.

Why is this meant to be a signal of poor behaviour? my db has a degree by the way.

and I am sure that there are thousands of blokes with earings and degrees. However as a genermal thing, looking at the classes I teach, the more earings in a class the worse the behaviour. Not all of the kids, of course, but quite a few of them. And the younger the child with the piercing, the more marked the effect.

And I don't pre judge a child, but it is an interesting trait

worse. you might as well give him a mullet to go with it!

Do you find that applies to girls too, or specifically boys? And do you mean disruptive behaviour in class?

Don't mean to sound like I'm giving you the third degree - just curious as to whether you have a theory!

The thing I find with girls is a correlation between being plastered in make up and poor behaviour. And again the younger the girl, the worse the 'prognosis' IYSWIM.

So girls at 11 in full face make up often seem to 'switch off' and give you the bored, moody teenager look sooner than those without IYSWIM.

But again, obviously not all.

And yes, I do mean disruptive behaviour in class. The two most disruptive boys I teach ATM both have piencings and they are young

This is my first time on this site and I am disgusted with how small minded some of you are. Just because a young boy has an earring does not mean that he is disruptive or naughty. I teach year 4 and at least half of the boys in my class have earrings and only one of those can be described as naughty, in fact most of the naughty ones do not have earrings so I guess that is your theory out of the window.

Also To say that just because a mum allows her son to have an earring it automatically makes her a bad parent is disgusting. Many of my friends have allowed their sons to have it done but you could not fault their parenting skills. They all love their children and do anything to give them a good life. Just because they allowed their child to have a choice about his own body does not mean that they deserve to be criticized like that. I only have a daughter but if I had a son and he wanted an earring I would let him, it would be his choice.

In some countries it is part of the culture but does that mean that they are all thugs? No, and it shouldnt be any different over here. In todays society we should not be condeming people just for their choice of clothes, body art etc. Every person is different and while you have every right to your opinions I dont feel you have the right to criticize someone because they act differently to what you believe in.

Also having an earing does not mean that someone will not get anywhere in life. My brother has an earring and is a solicitor, a friend of mine with an eyebrow ring works in an accountants and I have yet to meet someone who has been turned down for a job or promotion just because of his jewellery.

Well, that told 'em!

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Sukki, if you hang around for a while longer, you will find that people on this site are certainly not small minded.

In this case, the posters that I think you are referring to are only speaking of what they have observed, and FWIW, it exactly like that where I live.

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What an entrance, Sukki. Hello to you too.

whiskers on cats?

Sorry if my comments upset anyone but we are always being told it is wrong to judge people by their colour, religion etc. surely it should be the same for how people choose to look whether it is earrings, tattoos or green hair.

i do agree that it is wrong to pierce the ears of babies however as they are too young to have a choice.

aaahh, that's a whole new thread sukki

They may not realise that they have been turned down on the basis of their look Sukki - but it does happen I'm afraid. First impressions are very important, and to wish otherwise is a bit naive I'm afraid.

You may wish that this was the the way the world is, but genetically those who didn't make a judgement in the first few seconds of meeting someone didn't always get the chance to reproduce. Of course as intelligent beings we will persevere and push past our initial impressions and eventually base our judgements on more than appearance, but don't ever kid yourself that appearance isn't important.

I don't think that people on here do believe that 5 year old boys with earrings are automatically thugs. Unfortunately the image is tainted, and therefore it is odd that people choose to permit/encourage the very young to adopt the look.

You're comments didn't upset me one bit. I still think it looks chavvy, and still question why parents would allow their sons to have their ears pierced. That doesn't make me small minded - what would make me small minded was if I call someone else small minded for not agreeing with me. Geddit?

You didn't upset me either. First time I've laughed all day.

I have met several people who have been turned down for jobs because they have facial piercings.

I think we can judge someone who, against all the rules against employees having facial piercings and unnatural coloured hair, goes and does it anyway.

It means they think what they want is more important than rules. Which is not a good attitude for an employee to have.

And may I be condemned for my opinions, but earings on children looks just plain nasty, especially on boys.

No, not upset, in fact, I did chuckle.

Absolutely hideous. It really upsets me seeing them on boys of about 5. It's chavtastic

Chavtastic - love it!

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