I got my son's ear pierced yesterday!

[Christine]

I don't know any self respecting rednecks with an earring!

I think we have a different "brand" of redneck here in the D.C. area. The city rednecks.

 

[ozarkmom]

Maybe the idea of what a redneck is different to alot of us? What are you all picturing when you think "Redneck". Is it an insult? With all that redneck humor I wasnt' sure if it hadn't become a compliment of sorts!

Anyway, I don't think that what I think of as "redneck" wears an earring? Or am I behind the times on redneckwear? [/QUOT

Do you see Larry the cable guy wearing an earring???? I personally don't care for earrings on boys. My sons play football and couldn't have earrings anyway. My husband who sometimes has some redneck traits is very anti-earrings on boys. Our daughter had a boy over one day who had one and he told him that our house men didn't wear earrings, makeup, or dresses. She was so embarrassed.

 

[In a hurry]

I don't know any self respecting rednecks with an earring!

No kidding!

Your kid, your business. I wouldn't allow my sons to get theirs done while they were young. I think there are already too many people speeding up life for kids, and this comes under that heading for me. What on earth is the rush to push them into teen hood.

 

[LindsayDunn228]

....and I did ask her doctor first if it was ok.

So that makes it ok, then??

 

[MsLeFever]

So that makes it ok, then??

it makes it safe.....I make it ok.

Geez - I was just trying to support the OP.

 

[auntpolly]

it makes it safe.....I make it ok.

Geez - I was just trying to support the OP.

See what happens when you try to be nice? Bet you won't try a stunt like that again!!!!

 

[auntpolly]

Maybe the idea of what a redneck is different to alot of us? What are you all picturing when you think "Redneck". Is it an insult? With all that redneck humor I wasnt' sure if it hadn't become a compliment of sorts!

Anyway, I don't think that what I think of as "redneck" wears an earring? Or am I behind the times on redneckwear? [/QUOT

Do you see Larry the cable guy wearing an earring???? .

He doesn't right???? I don't know I don't watch that show, but it doens't seem like he would. I'm just curious. You all are making me a little homesick with this redneck talk though. The rednecks in my neck of the woods do not wear earings!!!! It's the punk kids that do that around here...

 

[MsLeFever]

See what happens when you try to be nice? Bet you won't try a stunt like that again!!!!

You betcha! Thanks so much for this post - I was feeling all defensive and you made me smile.

 

[Nancy]

But that's how it is with little girls all the time. I go to the mall. I see little ones as young as 5 getting roped into ear piercings they aren't quite so sure of all the time.

That's so wrong. My girls got their ears pierced when THEY wanted it, not me.
I actually wish they would have waited longer, but I told them when they got into the teens I had no problems with it...my kids thought that meant pre-teen, double number for age. I didn't want them to do it until they could take care of them on their own.

Now..how I feel about boys...nope, don't like it. I work with a lot of kids that have piercings and I just don't like the look on a boy. BUT...since I have all girls my opinion doesn't count!

 

[sajetto]

I don't have kids, but I think my opinion still counts. Sorry if I get longwinded here, but here it goes


The reason I am against earrings in any men period, is the public perception of it. Here's a little story for ya. I have a 4 year old nephew, he is a diagnosed genius in a special school, and is as handsom as he can be. Clean cut, nice clothing, well mannered. He is absolutely brilliant and I see him as being a leader in the future. Now, if I ever saw him with an earring, my perception would totally change. How many world leaders have you seen with earrings??? The earring may not be wrong, but it just doesn't fit with those who have a major positive impact on society. Maybe if the earrings were taken out now the holes would grow back, but again they may not. Just seeing the holes would remind me that they had been pierced. I'm not saying you want your son to be the next president or even company CEO in the future. These are just my feelings. However, I know for a fact that the majority must be with me on this one, because we haven't elected any pierced presidents, senators, or state representatives yet.

May be a weird explanation to you, but makes plenty of sense to me.

 

[corie161]

Personally wouldn't let it happen in my house. Even for my 8 yr old DD. Speaking from personall experience, I had my ears pierced for the first time when I was around 7. While playing on the playground I bumped my ear on the a jungle gym pole and ripped the earring, another time I was playing with a basketball, it hit my other ear and ripped that one. I still have scar holes from those piercings. I was able to get them re-peirced when I was in my teens, but for those who say that the hole will close up, I tend to think otherwise. Boys are boys, heck I'm not even a boy, and I would hate to see something like that happen, where it's permanant.

Thankfully my DD is a chicken when it comes to pain and she hasn't even asked for it to be done, for her the clip-on and magnet back earring are a-ok.

 

[grlpwrd]

Just another DIS day around here! lol... Just kidding!

Really, the OP comes from Queens and it is fashionable for kids there plus he has male relatives with pierced ears so it seems like a tradition. No big deal to me. There are bigger problems for a boy growing up these days than a pierced ear.

 

[AnaheimGirl]

I agree with this. Pick your battles. Also I agree it's a regional thing. Or maybe even a city thing (it seems like those who have no problem with this are near cities).

Also, I didn't realize cutting your own hair was "doing something wrong". I cut my own when I was 5 and it's a funny story in my family that we still talk about today - especially since my DD3 just cut her own a couple months ago! While we didn't get it colored, we also didn't get it fixed. It grew back.

I don't see the big deal about an 8yo boy wearing an earring, but then, I grew up in an area where it was common, and not "redneck" at all. Where I live now, only a few boys have them. There are many things that worry me more about my kids than haircuts and earrings.

And I think the horror of a little girl who sees how terribly she's mangled her own hair is consequence enough for cutting her own hair. While I probably wouldn't have dyed it, I see no problem with getting her some earrings if she's crying that she looks like a boy. Time goes by so much slower for little kids, I wouldn't want my child to be miserable for the entire time it takes for her hair to grow back out.

Oh, and I do think "redneck" is an insult, but this is what I think of as redneck.

 

[sajetto]

Oh, and I do think "redneck" is an insult, but this is what I think of as redneck.

 

[imsorry]

Weeellll, my father made me wait until I was 18! (and I am a woman).

Honestly, I don't like the idea at all.

 

[auntpolly]

Hey! How did you get this picture of Uncle Marshall and my cousin Clair at our family reunion!!!!

 

[sha_lyn]

Personally I don't like earrings on little boys at all, and much prefer only 1 on teens/grown men. DS started asking for one around 8 and I told him he had to wait until he was in middle school. I didn't think DH would have a problem with it since several of his brothers and nephews have a pierce ear or ears. Well turns out DH is dead set against it at all. He even told DS that even at 18, if he lives here, he can not get it done, and once he moves out the earring comes out before he walks in the door.

 

[Mercy]

My DS talked about getting something pierced and also a tatoo. I said no way are you doing anything permanent until you are 18, then you can do whatever you want. But I did council him on the downfalls of a tatoo, and how you really might not want whatever picture you get on your body when your 40!

Anyway, about a week after he turned 18 he came home with his lip pierced But you know, he's been a pretty good kid and if that is the worst thing he does, well so be it. However, I think all my talks about tatoos have deterred him from getting one.

 

[robertsmom]

What do you guys on the DIS think about it?

To be honest, what I really think is why on earth would you get your 8 year old son's ears pierced??

 

[CookieGVB]

Your kid, not mine.

Mine will be waiting until he actually takes care of his HAIR before I consent to a piercing.