My girls have all gotten their ears pierced for their 8th birthday. Katie just turned 8 and couldn't wait for the big event! Kelsey will be 6 in February and really wanted her ears pierced, too. So, being the worn-out mother that I am, I figured "what the heck" and I let them BOTH get their ears pierced. You know, kind of a 2 for 1 deal....1 trip to the mall, 1-6 week stint of applying ear solution and twisting earrings. I guess am just getting old and tired! Well, you should have heard some of my other girls complain about it (who, of course, all had to wait until they were 8 for the blessed event...you would have thought I had just committed some major injustice!). Well, all I have to say is....."Get used to it, girls!" I am old, I am tired and if it's the easy thing to do I will probably do it again! ;)I am finding that I say yes more easily and more often...which benefits all of them! I am still trying to be a diligent parent, but some of my hard and fast rules have become soft and slow!! Hopefully it is not only because I am old and tired, but because I have learned a little something about parenting that I didn't know before and discovering not everything I thought in the beginning of my life as a parent was accurate!! good or true. Here's to always trying to improve and hoping to someday get it right!
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OUCH!!!!!!! I agree you do get more "laxed" as you get to the end of the line with raising your children. I think we realize it isn't that big of deal now. It's a bummer the older ones have to pay the price to help us figure it out.. Oh well makes them better people I guess??
My kids are so close in age yet the older ones tell me often how much the younger ones get away with. Oh well, too bad kids don't come with how-to manuals right?
My oldest niece, who is 27, was to get hers pierced at age 12. We decided to do it together, but I did it 4 weeks before her birthday (while my parents were out of the country---taboo when I was growing up!) Well, she showed me! She has had 8-10 piercings in each ear, but they slowly coming out (3 in each ear now) I guess motherhood will do that to you! (Her family had the 12 year steadfast rule, except daughter #4 was 9)
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