Kids w/Acrylic Nails

[Keli]

I'm still thinking about the tatoos....

Could you IMAGE what you would have choosen for a tatoo at that age?

I'd probably have Shaun Cassidy's name on my hiney.

That just made me LOL! Because you are so right, I was a huge Shaun Cassidy fan at that age too!

 

[m&m's mom]

The 4th grader next door got highlights. Instead of the other kids thinking it was cool, they all said "how weird".
I won't even let my kids get their ears pierced until they are 12 and they both said they don't want to do it even then.
I had diamond earrings made for each of them from some of the diamonds I did not use when I remade my Grandmothers wedding ring and even though a total of 1/2 carat per pair they still don't want their ears pierced.
I could have kissed a neighborhood girls friend who to this day, only has 1 ear pierced becasue it hurt so bad she would not have the other one done. You can't buy publicity like that.

 

[MadameLeota]

Tattoos....and fake nails...at like 13? Jeez! I'm almost 20 and I was just allowed to get a tattoo lol....and another piercing...

I was doing a teaching observation the other day and noticed on of the 10 year old girls with fake nails...it looked absolutely ridiculous...even more so than on an adult. At 10 I was still too busy climbing trees and playing with grass snakes to even care about brushing my hair...much less fake nails!

 

[lyzziesmom]

I think my first set of acrylic nails were at age 15, in the 11th grade. That is WAY different from being 11 years old. I also started coloring my hair at age 14 -- because yes, I was getting gray hair. Lucky me. Of course that didn't stop my grandma from saying I looked like a streetwalker (but not in such polite words).

These days I am unfortunately all natural. I would probably let my girls color their hair and/or get nails around the same age that I did, if they wanted to AND could pay for it themselves. I don't mean with money they "earn" from me, either. They would have to have jobs and make the choice that this where their hard-earned money was going.

 

[goofinoff]

These stories are just sad to me. Why can't we just let kids be kids? They grow up too fast already, without having to get acrylic nails at age 7 or 8 and tattoos at the age of 12 or 13. These are the same kids whose parents are going to wonder why they come home pregnant at 14.

I was just thinking the same thing. I think the problem is that a lot of moms want to be "cool" and want their kid and all her friends to like her. I have a friend who is like that. She dresses like a 20 year old (she's 45). Let's see, her son is a high school drop out who still lives at home with no job and has a drug problem and already got one girl pregnant and her daughter just flunked out of her first year of college because she got drunk every night. Yup....that's the way to be...cool!
I'll tell you what, I was scared sh*tless of my parents and it kept me on the straight and narrow! I had enough friends...I didn't need my mother to be my friend!

 

[DisneyGirl4188]

I can't believe a 13 yr old is getting a tattoo. I got mine when was 17 as a birthday present. The place I went you had to be at least 17 and have parental permission. I can't imagine the place that would tattoo someone younger than that.

I was 16 when I got my tongue pierced. I was allowed because a.) it wasn't permanent and b.) I researched long and hard about getting it done (I won't even go into what I had to do to get the tattoo).


Fake nails on little girls is gross to me.

 

[solferino]

I can't believe a 13 yr old is getting a tattoo. I got mine when was 17 as a birthday present. The place I went you had to be at least 17 and have parental permission. I can't imagine the place that would tattoo someone younger than that.


Fake nails on little girls is gross to me.

I hear you and am wondering what states allow tattoos for kids under the age of 18. When I had mine done it was VERY CLEAR that the studio I went to would not do them for anyone under the age of 18, even with parental permission.

And I totally agree on the fake nails on little girls. Let kids be kids, they've got a lifetime for the fake nails.

 

[Gymbomom]

My dd tried out for a local play. The casting call was to 1st - 6th grade girls. The 6th grade girls that came in - WOW - Some of them had highlights, fake nails, trendy clothes. I was really suprised to see how grown up they looked!!
I am very thankful my 10 year old / soon to be 5th grader - still looks like a little girl.

 

[Ciao Mickey]

The mother's got a screw lose.

 

[pigletz]

Just had to pop in and answer some questions about the tattoos. Yes, they were real. I teach in an inner city school. There are quite a few very shady places around that won't question the age of the kids. The poster who said the parents are trying to be the kids friends is right. In many cases the parents of my students are very young. I had my first "Oh my god, you're older than my mom" moment when I was 26. I was teaching 7th grade at the time and the parent was 25 making her 13 when she had her first child. I'm 33 now and I'm older than a large number of my kids parents. What makes it worse is that many of my students are not 13 and 14 like you would expect in eighth grade but 15 and 16. This year I had one that was 17 and had 2 kids. I'm guessing most of these parents would have no problem getting their child fake nails in 3rd grade either.

 

[PrettyInTink]

I hear you and am wondering what states allow tattoos for kids under the age of 18. When I had mine done it was VERY CLEAR that the studio I went to would not do them for anyone under the age of 18, even with parental permission.

And I totally agree on the fake nails on little girls. Let kids be kids, they've got a lifetime for the fake nails.

Our dd got a tattoo at 16 in Orlando while we were on vacation. Dh had to sign a waiver and she got a frog on her leg.

 

[lyzziesmom]

Just had to pop in and answer some questions about the tattoos. Yes, they were real. I teach in an inner city school. There are quite a few very shady places around that won't question the age of the kids. The poster who said the parents are trying to be the kids friends is right. In many cases the parents of my students are very young. I had my first "Oh my god, you're older than my mom" moment when I was 26. I was teaching 7th grade at the time and the parent was 25 making her 13 when she had her first child. I'm 33 now and I'm older than a large number of my kids parents. What makes it worse is that many of my students are not 13 and 14 like you would expect in eighth grade but 15 and 16. This year I had one that was 17 and had 2 kids. I'm guessing most of these parents would have no problem getting their child fake nails in 3rd grade either.

In many of those cases, I'd imagine the parents just don't know any better. It's sad that those kids get stuck in a viscious cycle. However it's nice that they have people like you who can hopefully be better role models to them than their families know how to be.

 

[Aidensmom]

I don't even do fake nails because they get in my way, I can't imagine a 5 year old finds them all that convenient. I'd worry more though if it turned into a regular thing, maybe it is just really some sort of special treat, though I still find it kind of age inappropriate.

I wouldn't want my child getting a real tattoo either because of the fact that young people change their minds so quick on things sometimes. What is cool to them at 12 may be the worst thing in the world at 13. Mine sports temp tattoos often though and he is 5, I've often wondered what a terrible mom people may consider me for that , but to me it is just temporary and I think he just thinks their cool because DH and I both have real ones and is trying to imitate us.

 

[dreamcometrue]

my DD is 7 and when I get my nails done and she's with me, she gets to have her finger and toe nails painted and a cute design put on them. But no way would I ever allow her to get acrylics!! That's insane! My DS is 11 and in the 5th grade and I have seen a few of the girls in his class with the acrylics and it just looks odd to me and I always wonder why parents allow it. They are having a "graduation" next week since they are graduating from elementary school and moving on to middle school. I bet I will see all kinds of acrylics and hoochie dresses and high heels on the girls!

 

[Mickeyluver37]

What makes it worse is that many of my students are not 13 and 14 like you would expect in eighth grade but 15 and 16. This year I had one that was 17 and had 2 kids. I'm guessing most of these parents would have no problem getting their child fake nails in 3rd grade either.

Is there any age limit to how long these kids can remain in middle school? I'm just thinking about how in a little over a year, my dd will be entering middle school as an 11 y.o. 6th grader and NO WAY do I want her riding a bus or walking the halls with 17 y.o.'s.

 

[Mickeyluver37]

I don't even do fake nails because they get in my way, I can't imagine a 5 year old finds them all that convenient. I'd worry more though if it turned into a regular thing, maybe it is just really some sort of special treat, though I still find it kind of age inappropriate.

I wouldn't want my child getting a real tattoo either because of the fact that young people change their minds so quick on things sometimes. What is cool to them at 12 may be the worst thing in the world at 13. Mine sports temp tattoos often though and he is 5, I've often wondered what a terrible mom people may consider me for that , but to me it is just temporary and I think he just thinks their cool because DH and I both have real ones and is trying to imitate us.

I don't get them as an adult, either. For me, it was more of a "kid" thing. I probably got them for every semi-formal or formal dance all through high school, which would have made me 13 almost 14 when I got my first set. But by the time I reached college, I just wasn't interested. I do like to get pedicures regularly, but I can't imagine acryllic nails now.

I would probably consent to piercings before 18, but I can't see myself ever consenting to a tattoo. Even 18 is too young, IMO, because I saw my friends get a tattoo just to get one, with no meaning behind the design.

 

[LindsayDunn228]

Is there any age limit to how long these kids can remain in middle school? I'm just thinking about how in a little over a year, my dd will be entering middle school as an 11 y.o. 6th grader and NO WAY do I want her riding a bus or walking the halls with 17 y.o.'s.

For real. I was 17 when I graduated from high school. I can't imagine 16 year olds in middle school.

 

[disneyjunkie]

Just had to pop in and answer some questions about the tattoos. Yes, they were real. I teach in an inner city school. There are quite a few very shady places around that won't question the age of the kids. The poster who said the parents are trying to be the kids friends is right. In many cases the parents of my students are very young. I had my first "Oh my god, you're older than my mom" moment when I was 26. I was teaching 7th grade at the time and the parent was 25 making her 13 when she had her first child. I'm 33 now and I'm older than a large number of my kids parents. What makes it worse is that many of my students are not 13 and 14 like you would expect in eighth grade but 15 and 16. This year I had one that was 17 and had 2 kids. I'm guessing most of these parents would have no problem getting their child fake nails in 3rd grade either.

I don't see anything wrong with a 15 or 16-year-old getting a tattoo.

Now a 17-year-old in middle school, that I have a problem with.

I believe the parents, the school, and the district all failed that child.

As far as nails on the 3rd. grader. I stopped being shocked by the decisions parents make 5 years ago when a few of my pre-K (4 years old) students started wearing bras.

I have a co-worker that started buying her daughter boy short panties and thongs when she was in 2nd grade.

 

[beattyfamily]

My girls are 7 and 11.

Glued on nails for a special occassion (that last about an hour ) are ok. Acrylic nails, no way. I've never had them and I'm 41.

Tattoos, never in my house. They'd have to wait till they were 18 and moved out and 'hopefully' I raised them well enough with our values that they'd make the right decision not to get them once they are on their own.

Piercings - traditional ear piercing at age 10 if they want them. No sooner and no other piercings.

It's unreal how young our kids are growing up these days.

 

[dementia412]

I find anyone who puts those things on their fingers to be an idiot. I don't care if I'm offending anyone here, they look ugly, ruin your real nails, and cost an arm and a leg. Nobody looks good with them on.
The thing that really disgusts me though are thongs. Once again, I think anyone who wears these are idiots, but the first time I saw a table filled with thongs in sizes to fit my then kindergarden student, it made me ill.

My DD7 asked to dye her hair a few days ago. Yeah, RIGHT! That's gonna happen.
My first dye job was when I was 18, but I did get a tatoo when I was 13. If my mother had known she would have killed me... I regret that ugly little thing to this day!

Thing is, I see nothing wrong with adults who calmly think about it, and decide to get tattoos or piercings, long ugly nails, or underwear that climbs up into oblivion.... but we let our children do this stuff, and every year it gets younger. Some of the younger people on the Dis are saying they were allowed these things at 17..16... 14... 12, but eventualy there will be people saying, "My mom let me get a tattoo and 8 and breast implants at 10, but a nose ring in preschool is just crazy." That prosepect scares the living h@## out of me.