my daughter aged 11 would like to get her belly button pierced?

Question

she is just going into primary 7 and her and her friend are desperate to get their belly button pierced what do you guys think

iam not letting my daughter do this i put the question on to let her and her friend read the answers

iam not letting my daughter do this i put the question on to let her and her friend read the answers

Answer 1

To your daughter: You might thing it's stylish sweety but it is vulgar... don't do what everybody else is doing, be yourself... Think that you will have all the time of your life to do things that are original.
Girls of your age might think that it is cool and you might be sick of adult telling you what to do or what not to do but your mother only think what is best for you... you will understand that later.
Wait and see if in 2/3 years if you still want to do it then you can discuss it with your mother again but at the minute enjoy your body the way it is now!

Answer 2

There was an 11 year old who asked this question I gave my answer to her and loads of others said no take a look at it.
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AgAt6zpll2eTJYtflXJ2LP0gBgx.?qid=20060711001830AABakaA

This was my answer then and it still stands now but it was written to answer an 11 year old so dont take my way of wording personal.

11 is too young as you body changes and the percing could reject. As the skin grows and seperates and it can get infected or drop out.

I had my belly button pierced when i was 13 i am now 24. I had a bit of a growing spurt at 15 and my belly piercing got a little hole in the skin where i could see the bar through it. Eventually the hole got bigger and infected the hospital removed it and said if i had left it the infection would have got worse and the whole bar would have pushed itself out of my belly button!

I have since had it re pierced as the scaring looked so ugly but it does not sit the same and sometimes stings.
Out of all my piercing it is the one i hate the most as it catches on all my clothes and once you catch it odd it kills. Having the piercing did not hurt me but after it bothered me and the cleaning is a pain and the balls often come off and the bar fall out and then you have a pain of trying to get it back in without hurting yorself again.

I have a lot of piercings 4 in each ear my nose my chin my tongue my nipple (I had done at 16 and that rejected the 1st time as i was still growing) and my belly button.

I would say stick with ears until you are about 18 as even now with piercing on my face people are funny on giving me a job. All the piercings i have had done after i was 18 have been infection free.

Answer 3

Eleven is WAAAY too young.

I think appropriate age differs for different piercings, but for belly button, I think at least sixteen. AT LEAST. Any younger than that, and they'll probably regret it later. Personal style and opinions change a lot- especially during the early teen years (beginning of high school), and you could always wind up regretting something like that.

To your daughter:
I was a total tomboy at 11- sweats 24/7, and NEVER listened to music, and I was absolutely positive that I'd ALWAYS be that way. I was even convinced that if I got married, I'd wear sweats to my wedding! Now I'm 15, and while I retain some of my tomboyish ways, I actually can get really obsessive with clothes and music accompanies me everywhere. A lot of things change. Wait 'til you're older. Your belly button isn't going anywhere.

Answer 4

I am a father of three, the youngest of which is 17. I too went through the piercing and tattoo questions. The way I handled it was to tell my children that what made them truly unique in the world was who they are, the way they are. Once they start with piercing and tattoo's they are simply identifying themselves with a group or culture and they are no longer interesting as a unique specimen. Children want these things because they think it makes them special. The opposite is true. It makes them one of the herd. It also helps if you personally express a revulsion at the excess's of body alteration. If none of this works, remind them that until they are grown up and on their own, you have an obligation as their parent to insure you keep their best interests at heart and to allow them to disfigure themselves would make you remiss in this regard. Remember, you are a parent first. Friendship will happen later, especially if you act like a responsible parent

Answer 5

i really would try and suggest to your daughter that she waits.
Although the piercing itself is not too painful (from what i found), the complications with P.e for example may be a burden on her.... Especially if she decides to go for a bar that has danglely additions to it. Also sometime the piercing can scar (like mine) when it falls out (like mine). This although rarer in adults, i imagine may become a problem with your daughter as she is still growing, and her adominal skin in going to strecth still.
If her heart is set on it however, make sure once pierced she followers all the piercers advise of cleaning the area and moving the bar around. Maybe you can kurb her craize for a piercing by getting something a little less problematic done like ears, or nose?.

Answer 6

There's one place in my area that does tattoos and piercings. Their policy is you have to be 18 in order to get either. If you are under 18 and have a parent or guardian with you that approved, you still can't get it because you're not old enough. Even though I have piercings and tattoos, I've always liked that policy. There are too many people who don't think about what they're doing to their bodies and come to regret their choices when they're older. I think it's best for a person to risk that kind of mistake when they're legally an adult and can make those decisions for themselves.

Answer 7

That would be a bit young for a piercing in that location most parents wouldn't even allow their daughter to get their ears pierced at age 11

Answer 8

Don't let her do it. While piercing the belly button is relatively common, so are infections and problems from doing so. At 11 she is not old enough nor responsible enough to take proper care of a piercing such as this.

Answer 9

No Way that is absolutely way to young I know kids are getting piercings alot younger now but 11 is too young i would say 13 which considering some of the parents i know is being very generous.

Answer 10

even when she's 16 she will need a parent to sign the consent form.
Mine girls are 6 12 and 15, i wont even let my 6 year old have her ears pierced until she can choose herself, good idea letting her read the answers,
now she'll know mum was RIGHT,
no matter how much she wants it done...
At 11, its not for herself, its for her friends,
a peer thing...a show off factor,
not only will you get slated if you let her
but you can imagine the other mums whispering about your lack of parenting when she shows it off...she'll be all smiles and oyu'll get talked about like dog poo..

Answer 11

I think she's MUCH to young to pierce her belly button. Any kind of piercings other than ears for a young girl is totally out of the question in my opinion.