Parents: Do you let your children dye their hair and/or get piercings?

What age do you think its appropriate for a young girl/boy to get a piercing? Would you let your kids dye their hair a bunch of different crazy colors,scene or emo hair, and cut it into crazy designs?

I personally would, I consider it a healthy form of expression. Your opinions please! Im always up to hear ideas and opinions from the other side of the fence.

Parents: Do you let your children dye their hair and/or get piercings?

Our rules are, other than your ears (which she asked to pierce when she was 10..and only the one hole, although if she wanted to do another I would be ok with that) there are no tatoos or piercings until you are 18 and pay for them yourself. We have done the pink hair thing, the blue stripes, the blonde tufts, the odd haircuts...I was the same way and see no issue. I homeschool, but if she attended school, whatever she did to her hair would have to meet the school's dress code. As for clothing, again as long as it is age appropriate, I am fine with it. However, if I say she needs to change, she knows there is a reason. And, depending on the event (military functions, weddings and similar things) she knows that she must dress appropriately.

I have always encouraged my children to "try": different looks. My daughter tends to be more experimental..my son does have a mohawk, but he is a sweats and tshirt kind of guy. I take the approach that there are so many other issues that will be so much more important, so many other things that kids have no control over, that this is simply one battle that doesn't have to be had.

Parents: Do you let your children dye their hair and/or get piercings?

Ok. Im 13 almost 14 and i reckon parents should just let yu get piercings at whatever age yu want. Most of my frendz have piercings but i dont cuz my mum is a pain in the *** and wont let me whereas my dad will. LOL but umm i rekon 16 when yu wanna get tatts. Haha ! Hairdying: 12 or 13 : ) Report It

Parents: Do you let your children dye their hair and/or get piercings?

i say about when they get into middle school ok because thats a way of kid expressing themselves Report It

Parents: Do you let your children dye their hair and/or get piercings?

ear piercing? Any age they want.

Body piercing? 18.

same with tats.

As far as hair dying? 13 sounds about right. When I was 13 I dyed my hair all the time, and my mom was cool with it. And I had wild hair-dos too! She didn't tell me not to, and took pictures and embarrasses me with them now!

Parents: Do you let your children dye their hair and/or get piercings?

I'm not a parent but I'll answer anyway if that's alright. I think its cool that some people do that. It is a healthy form of expression. My mother allowed me to get highlights when I was thirteen, since then I've dyed my hair, spiked it, braided it (yes I did have cornrows at one point), and now I wear it shaved style, like David Beckham.

In my opinion, I think the hair dying can be at fourteen. The piercing though? Other than ears, which can be done at any age, I would say wait until they are eightteen. But that's only my opinion.

By the way cool pic link! Love the different styles!

Parents: Do you let your children dye their hair and/or get piercings?

I'm not a parent but; IMO piercing on the ears as soon as they want one anywhere else 18+. As for the hair, they can do any natural colors; blonde, brown, red, and black, no rainbow colors.

Parents: Do you let your children dye their hair and/or get piercings?

i think 13/14 would be a good age for them to get hair dyed but piercings it depends on where they are getting the piercing if it's ears that's fine at anytime my daughters all have there ears pierced at 3months old and they love them.GOOD LUCK

Parents: Do you let your children dye their hair and/or get piercings?

now, you cant really let them because of the schools. they wont allow it. my dad let me get my lip peirced when i was in highschool. they threatened to cut it off off my lip with wire cutters, and my dad came up there and straightened them right out if ya know what i'm saying. if my daughter ever came to me (at an appropriate age) and wanted to get it done, i'd take her to do it. it's better she get it done with me, legally, than get it done by someone off the street who has unsanitized tools:)

Parents: Do you let your children dye their hair and/or get piercings?

Some...Anything with the hair is ok with me. whether it's pink or shaved off. It's up to their creativity. I don't have an age limit for hair.

Peircing is another story.

Ears - whenever they want

Anywhere else - 16

Private parts - 18 and out of the house.

Tattoos - age 18

Make up is allowed at 14.

Parents: Do you let your children dye their hair and/or get piercings?

i agree with you. hair color is fine at any age that they want it. but peircings, not until at least 17 and tats not until 18

Parents: Do you let your children dye their hair and/or get piercings?

People let little girls pierce their ears as young as they want. I don't think it should be different for boys. I think 13 or 14 for belly button piercing. No nipples or tongues or tatoos until 18. As far as what they do to their hair. It always grows back. It is a great way to give them some freedom that doesn't make a permanent mark on their lives until they are adults.

Parents: Do you let your children dye their hair and/or get piercings?

i agree hair grows and is always changing let them do with it what they want tats and piercings can wait they will regret it but clothigng is easily forgot let them express them selfs through clothing too

Parents: Do you let your children dye their hair and/or get piercings?

Dear.Parent

I am a teenager.I think you should get you children's hair dyied on my opinion.If there young then they should but for percings is not a good thing it costs money and alot and dying your hair doensnt.

Parents: Do you let your children dye their hair and/or get piercings?

no not at all

Parents: Do you let your children dye their hair and/or get piercings?

Personally I detest seeing babies and young toddlers with piercings (unless of course it's for cultural reasons) I feel that's a choice that should only be made about our own bodies.

Once a child is old enough to consent to their own piercings (I think it's 16 here in Australia) then it's up to them.

It's just a way for teenagers to express who they are, it doesn't make them bad people.

Parents: Do you let your children dye their hair and/or get piercings?

I'm a mother to a 2 1/2yr old and a 8 week old, my 2 1/2yr old has her ears pierced and has for a year, if she wants to get her noes done when she is older she can around the age of 14-15 cause I did. I got my eye pierced around 17 and she can if she wants but as long as it doesn't interfere with schooling. I got my tongue done at 16-17 and my mum freaked a bit but was fine in the end. If my daughters want to do that they can cause I want be a hypocrite. I had my first tattoo done when I was 18 so she couldn't really say much. Mind you my eye brow I did take out, my noes piercing is gone, I do still have my tongue done. All my tattoo are where you cannot really see them so I'm not a freaky person. It's really up to you thought cause you are the mum. I would let my daughter dye her hair a reasonable colour but not something really extreme.

Parents: Do you let your children dye their hair and/or get piercings?

Hmmm, ear piercing, well... whenever. Body piercing, most places will only do the nose and belly button. I had my nose done at 14, and my belly button at 16. I was dying my hair fucky colors at 13...

As for my own kids...Probably about the same.

Parents: Do you let your children dye their hair and/or get piercings?

im only 12

and ive been dying my hair since the 3rd grade, my hair has been blonde, purple, black, pink, red, orange and finally brown (my natural colour)

but i think i can pull it off i look like im 16-15

and i have 10 piercings- i got my ears piercied when i was 2 months old, my rim and nose piercied in the sixth grade, a lip piercing in the summer, a tragus piercing in october, monroe piercing in december, eyebrow,lip for the second time, eyebrow and second holes in january.

and yes, i AM getting a tattoo tomorrow at the age of 12, and YES, they will do one for me at my age.

and my mom hates them all, thats what makes it fun :)

Parents: Do you let your children dye their hair and/or get piercings?

My daughter had her ears pierced at 10 and it was her choice. She can dye her hair any colour she wishes as long as she pays for it. She has been asking for her lip pierced I told her no. She can have her nose but again she has to pay for it.Tattoo out of the question. Hair grows back I have never set limits on styles or colours.

Parents: Do you let your children dye their hair and/or get piercings?

my mom never said anything about what fashion i follow...hmm, i must confess here though that i dress and do make up in conservative way. however, i wore makeup from grade 10...she never said anything to me. instead, she bought me more cosmetics. i highlighted my hair around that time too and she didnt care about it. not even about hairstyles. so i will say my mom is cool!

Parents: Do you let your children dye their hair and/or get piercings?

1 lucy is a bald headed baby but i will let her dye it when shes ohhhhhhh 12 i guess and ear piercings 4 probably im a guy and my left ear was peirced arly anytwhere else ................... when she moves out

Parents: Do you let your children dye their hair and/or get piercings?

the hair dye is OK, piercings are dangerus make sure you watch the piercing guy and make sure everthing is clean and hes doing it with the proper tools

Parents: Do you let your children dye their hair and/or get piercings?

Neither. I have a son, and when he went through the phase of wanting colored hair, we used sprays which would wash out.

Had I a daughter, I'd let her get her ears pierced at a suitable age.

Parents: Do you let your children dye their hair and/or get piercings?

I would. I think it's a way to express themselves as long as they are well aware of the consequences of the piercings if they do not take care of them and if they regret them later on then that is on them. Age for piercings like ear any, anywhere else probably 15 and above, hair dye probably 13 and above.

Parents: Do you let your children dye their hair and/or get piercings?

OK this i can relate to. I'm 26yrs old and have 4 tattoos and had repeat HAD 7 piercings. I think the children need to know that what ever tattoos or piercings they get will not make them cooler and popular. if they get older (not being rude or anything) fat or pregnant the tattoos do stretch and the only way of getting rid of them is lasers (if they don't want it no more) they also have to understand that having tattoos or piercings comes with consequences. Like if not clean with the stuff they tell you to use can cause infections, tattoos not done in a tattoo parlor well ink poisoning also infections.. There are allot that children need to understand about these situations..

Let them dye their hair its a form of expressions. I had spiked hair with different colours in school but that is your way of expressing yourself. Go for it...