by DubstepPanda » Thu Jul 14, 2011 10:11 am
I agree with everything shellbournian has said.
I don't want to have children, but if I did adopt, I would let them stretch when they turned twelve. Of course, I would be there to watch them/provide precautions and assist them and/or make sure they're not effin' up their ears like 90% of people I know with stretched ears do.
And I wouldn't let them go past 00g until they reached high school. I'd also not let them go past 1" until they were 17.
They can also get whatever (except for genital, LOL) pierced when they're 15+. No tattoos until 18, though; and only after a long and thoughtful deliberation.
As long as my kids are being smart and safe and know all the possible outcomes of stretched ears and other body modifications, I have nothing to worry about and I will let them have free reign with their own bodies.
In my opinion, 13 is too young for 1-1/4" sized lobes unless he is completely mature. I don't even know what his parents are doing. At least wait until you're 15.
Christ. When I was 13, I thought I was mature because I'd spend 98% of my time reading or learning. Now that I think back on it, I remember I thought that colored skinny jeans were cool and that I was totally gonna be best friends with the girls from that horrible scene-kid band, "Millionaires." and marry Zack Merrick from that horrible 12y.o. girl-aimed band, "All Time Low," no offense to anyone who likes them.
CURRENT:
Left lobe: 5/8". Right lobe: 9/16"
Goal size: 3/4" (both ears)
RETIRED:
16g Snakebites(x2)
14g Septum.
SOON:
Snakebites again.