Teenagers, Piercings and Dogcollars, OH MY!
This was the Goth’s gift to himself for Isaac Newton’s birthday (for those of you who don’t speak scientist, Isaac Newton was born on Dec. 25). Yes, he wears it to school.
Before you brand me as “bad mother of the year” (not that I don’t have quite a few of those plaques on my wall), just ask yourself, “Why?”
The Goth is a cool kid. He has his head screwed on completely straight. He just has a dramatic streak that likes to see the looks on people’s faces when he gets on an airplane dressed like Neo with a satanic twist (yes, they let him on. He reports, happily, that a little old lady was smiling sweetly at him until her eyes fell to the enormous pentagram on his chest).
If he gets that same look from you, he wins. Never, ever let a teenager win. You will rue the day.
I know ignoring piercings and dog collars is really hard, but it pays off in the end. Big time.
I have a friend whose son got his eyebrows pierced. Multiple times. He ignored it. The son kept flashing his face, trying to get a rise out of dad. Dad ignored. After a week, the son asked him what he thought.
“You mean about the eyebrow rings? Cool. Where can I get one?”
They were gone the next day.
So I let my kid wear the dog collar. He’s an honor student, and, unless it constricts the blood to his brain, it’s okay with me. Ditto the kilt. And the pentagram.
I try to look on the bright side—I can borrow his earrings.
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4 Comments
The Lawyer Mom
Thursday, 29th January 2009 at 1:16 pm
I’ll take a collar over a tattoo (sp?) any day.
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AmyAnne
Friday, 30th January 2009 at 12:28 pm
I told my almost 10 y/o that when she wants to go Goth I’ll totally help her dye her hair and we can paint her room black and and and…..
She rolled her eyes and walked away. So good at the eye rolling thing.
Anyway, I’m fine with anything as long as it can’t land them with 1) illness 2) pregnancy 3) infection 4) jail time. I’m not really asking much. Am I?
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themother Replies:
January 30th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
Not asking too much. Whether we GET it or not is the question.
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Amber
Wednesday, 11th February 2009 at 6:33 pm
Can I just say I love you? Oh, I just did.
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