One of my 3 sons turned 9 May just gone and he's becoming all of a sudden fascinated in drawing 'fake tattoos' with skulls, etc all over his arms, and he says he can't wait until he gets a real tattoo & piercings and he has decided he wants to become a guitarist and eventually play in a rock band when he gets older.
His grandfather(who is a music teacher) gave him a second hand small accoustic guitar and now my son's always practising on it(which I don't mind him having as a hobby), but do any other parents have young children with similar interests? Is this normal for a 9 year old?
2007-10-18 01:50:32 · 16 answers · asked by Shivers 6 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Grade-Schooler
OMG! you are talking about MY son!!! He just turned 9. Loves skulls - every t-shirt is skulls. Wants to get a tatoo when he can - but not too big mom (lol) no piercing talk yet - yuck. He plays guitar - electric and is saving all his birthday money to get a new one. Loves rock and roll guitar. Wants to join his teacher's band (teacher is 14 of guitar) So, YES!!! my son sounds identical!!! Embrace it! He's ok!
2007-10-18 04:40:33 · answer #1 · answered by wfhlembo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sweetheart I hope this helps you've done nothing wrong and it is not unusual for you to feel this way it is the guy who concerns me he's 21 right? are you sure ghe flirts with you? hopefully his intent is innocent but you should be careful and try n avoid him it is very unnatural for a guy to show interest in a younger girl once a guy is over the age of 13 it is considered mentally unhealthy to be attracted to any girl who is a quarter of their age younger or more for a 21 year old, having an attraction to anyone 16 or under borders on paedophilia this crush will pass if he stops flirting with you older men may seem tempting but growing up is a world of hurt don't try and grow too fast i'm only eighteen but i'd kill to be twelve again hope this helps
2016-05-23 07:45:34 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Totally normal, just different from you. What is normal anyway? My 4 year old loves tattoos, skulls, dragons, etc. he asked for a mohawk, I gave it to him. My 8 yr old daughter wants to be a rock star, she has guitar lessons.
Let your kid(s) be who they are. If you try to stop them it will only make what they want that much more appealing.
My luck, my kids will be preppie teenagers!
Who knows, your child will probably be famous and a millionaire. It sounds like he knows what he likes and that's a good thing! Tattoos aren't the end of the world and they say nothing about who people are inside.
2007-10-18 10:35:44 · answer #3 · answered by qnbee1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's normal. My kids are totally into the whole fake tattoo's, although they all hate needles so don't want real ones, but they still think they are cool (and dh and I don't have any.) I was into drawing on myself as a child though, and my 2 youngest do that too (so the 6y/o actually does most of her drawing's on the 4y/o, but anyway...)
My oldest (11) is an artist, and very good at it (has won base and city awards and sold a piece for $140 last year.) She and most of her friends are very into the Manga books and japanimation period.
All of my kids like guitar (dh plays.)
2007-10-18 06:11:13 · answer #4 · answered by Just me 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My soon-to-be step son (who is the perfect child btw) is into the same thing, he is 11. He loves AC/DC, kiss, and rock and roll! We aren't sure what to think about it, so we just let him listen to it, but explain that the lyrics are not very nice. He understands that part, but he still loves the guitar part. He plays air guitar to every song, and loooooves this game Guitar Hero or something like that. I think maybe its just a phase, atleast we hope so because I have heard "she was a fast machine, she kept her motor clean, she was the best #### woman that i've ever seen" at full volume on the computer. LOL :) Good Luck!
2007-10-18 02:02:43 · answer #5 · answered by BNic 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it seems these are just fantasies at the moment...its good he's only 9 so this phase could pass as opposed to him being 17 and to have his mind made up...i think its great he's into music and the whole rocker scene, you just need to explain to him the risks and consequences of certain behaviour...try to make him see you know about what's he's talking about...show an interest, but draw borders...if he sees your interested he won't feel the need to rebel + he'll know that u know exactly what you're talking about him when u don't let him have a tattoo.
2007-10-18 02:00:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, nothing odd in that. Encourage the artistic and creative aspects and try to ignore the more... tasteless aspects. Or discuss those, what he feels about them, what makes them "cool", what they mean to him. Explore his imagination with him. Perhaps even explore Medieval and Romantic art with him that has similar macabre themes.
You can turn this into something that will promote a love of learning if you play your cards right. And a window into his developing psyche as well.
2007-10-18 02:51:47 · answer #7 · answered by Gnu Diddy! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if he has a interest in music by all means support it...as far as the tattoos and piercings and wanting to be in a rock band i hope it is a phase because my step son wants tattoos and piercings and wants to become a rapper and he is 14.
2007-10-18 02:01:40 · answer #8 · answered by stormy4 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Get him some lessons...(grandfather could help there). Sounds like a phase however the tattoo thing and the skulls.
2007-10-18 01:57:51 · answer #9 · answered by OMGiamgoingNUTS 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds pretty normal to me. I wouldn't worry about it. Like someone else said, it's likely a phase. Encourage him to learn to play the guitar though. Music is wonderful for children to learn!
2007-10-18 12:41:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anne 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋