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Kids need to stop being in such a hurry to grow up. I mean, you have 10-12 year olds that are getting their hair dyed and streaked, wanting to get things other than their ears pierced, and want to have boyfriends and go to all these parties. I mean, it's their lives, but come on! Save all that stuff for when you're older. For now, enjoy being young and somewhat innocent, amirite?
Ahhh what I'd give for a chance to relive all of those summers in elementary school...
I don't see how getting your hair dyed/streaked is "not innocent" or anything, but I agree with the rest of the post
It's not that it's "not innocent." It's that they're making such a big decision so early in their life (most of the time they get it dyed/streaked multiple times which = early hair damage) , solely based on what they think is "cool" or a "good idea" at the moment.
The part about innocence has to do with them wanting to grow up so fast. I mean, getting your nose pierced and hair dyed won't cause you to do drugs or get arrested or knocked up or whatever, but things like getting involved with guys pretty early (not sex exactly, but...) and partying (they might get introduced to some things they didn't know before, that they might try.)
What idiot clicked No Way? :(
a 10-12 year old
Hey now. Dying your hair is fun. I rather enjoy having pink bangs (though, I did that when I was 13 not 10, and I'm 15 now), and as long as you're smart about it, it's not going to destroy your hair.
And about the boyfriends thing, when you're 10-12, being in a "relationship" is more like holding hands and hugging... maybe. I went out with my first "boyfriend" when I was 12, and it took us 2 months to hug. TO HUG. It's not like they're making out with everyone they see.
I know right? I'm fourteen in a couple months and I've cute and dyed mine and others hair for years. It started as a way to spend time with friends I barely see any more, not trying to be cool or playing working girl or anything.
*cut, not cute.
I wish I had parties like that.
People haven't changed that much in 5 years. Stop being ignorant and thinking every single preteen is having sex.
Sex was never mentioned in the post...
It's somewhat implied that they are having or are soon going to start having sex. The stereotype is that every 13 year old is a trashy whore, when that's not true at all. It's pretty ridiculous.
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So just because a post doesn't explicitly say something, I can comment on a related issue that pisses me off? This post goes in the category of posts that bashes 10-12 year olds. A decent amount of that category makes the assumption that those kids are having sex or just about to. So my comment was completely appropriate.
No, I wasn't thinking of sex at all. I actually don't know a single pre teen that's gone that far. I was just thinking of those just for the hell of it parties, and having boyfriends not for sex, but simply because most of them just want one to show off to their friends or prove how "cool" they are.
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I got my nose pierced when I was twelve.
Coolstorybro.
I was eleven when I got my nose pierced. I didn't do any of the other things mentioned in this post, though. Actually, I was pretty much the biggest nerd ever.
im sure you have so much insight on the 10-12 year old lifes... parties piercings and older boyfriends? really? how much of that did you pull out of your ass.
I didn't say OLDER boyfriends. I just said boyfriends.
And actually, all of it is located within the first few pages on my facebook.
"OMG (insert guy name here) is soooo hot!" (true story)
"(insert guy name here) is my life. <3"
"Preteen toniiiight! <333" (Preteen's this club/party thing my city hosts at the rec center on Friday nights for pre teens.)
"Nose piercing!!! <33" (picture of a girl with a nose piercing)
"Getting hair dyed and streaked again today, what colours should I get it?"
All these were posted by kids in the grades 6 and 7.
Why do you have kids in grade 6 and 7 on your Facebook?
Because I'm in grade 8, and my school goes from
K-8. :|
anyone could make those things up you know. seriously, unless your a 10-12 year old why do you have these kids added? its bad for preteens to think guys are hot...? and ooh a club for preteens? i could see why youre worried. nose piercing really isnt that bad, neither is hair coloring.
Well, I didn't make them up. And it's not bad for them to think guys are hot, but to advertise it in such an irksome way? And I know what's going in that club. I haven't been there, but apparently the whole thing is one big grind fest for grades
5-8. And it's not that it's bad, it's that they're making all these life altering decisions (well ok, nose piercings can be taken out) so early in their lives, just for the sake of being "cool" and "grown up" that they might regret once they get older. (Frequent hair colouring = hair damage, and besides, I bet their natural hair colour was pretty too.)
Except your hair can recover from being dyed, hair damage usually occurres from dyeing your hair to many times to fast. Like say going from brown hair to blue hair to red hair to black hair to blonde hair all in the span of 2-3 months. Streaking you hair does pretty much nothing to it. And if you've never been to one of those clubs, how do you know what going on in them? And what do you mean advertise that they think guys are hot? Are they walking around with giant flashing signs with the name of the guy they like in it?
Well I guess that's true, but why would they even want to dye their hair anyways? And people that do go to those clubs come back and tell me stories of the stuff that happened there. I mean they're always talking about how much they just LOVE, LOVE, LOVE boys, and that's okay, but honestly, I'm really tired of hearing about "how hawt and sexxi Matthew whatshisface is." I know it sounds extremely over exaggerated, but a lot of them don't even like guys that much, they just talk about them because their friends do.
how would you know if they like guys that much and only talk about it with their friends?
none of that sounds like growing up too fast sounds about normal. except maybe grinding in the club
Middle school is too young to dye your hair, 95% of middle schoolers aren't disciplined enough to maintain it and they'll end up regretting it when their pink streaks are no longer cool. The same things with piercings, I haven't actually had one but it seems that anything other than your ears is going to require you to be a bit more careful about cleaning it and stuff, most kids that age won't keep up with it.
Ultimately it's the idea behind it that makes it growing up too fast. Kids do this because they think being older is cool and want to make themselves seem older. Then when they really are older they regret squandering their childhood. I wish kids would just enjoy being the age they are, instead of spending all their energy pretending.
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