A horrified mum is considering banning her daughter from seeing a friend again after the 11-year-old came back from a sleepover with several piercings.
The youngster spent the day with a neighbour and her teen friends before arriving home with the new accessories, completed by the older kids, to her mum's shock. The mother took to social media to lambast her neighbour, whom she had previously trusted with her girl in the past.
She wrote on Reddit that she had been a "little reluctant" to let her 11-year-old spend time with the 13-year-old next door, as she had invited two pals aged 14 and 15 to join them. Her worst fears were realised when the girl came home with the new jewellery, reports the Mirror.
She wrote on the message board: "It is very uncharacteristic for my daughter to do such a thing. I have many concerns around hygiene, removing the piercings but mainly how easily my daughter was influenced by the older girls to do something so stupid.
"She is also too young to make what I consider a permanent decision and she may also regret the piercings later. Now has her ears all blinged out with 7 in one ear and 3 in the other.
"I am very shocked that she did all those piercings and suspect she was likely influenced by peer pressure." The mum added that she was now considering banning her youngster from seeing the teenager again – even though they are "close friends".
However, commenters responding to the post on Reddit assured her that her reaction was not over-the-top. "She went in with 2 piercings and came back with 10??? Done by teens? Not ok at all," read one reply.
Someone else added: "I would be taking all of them out and talking to her about standing up for herself and peer pressure. I would be p****d at the neighbors for not noticing that s**t was happening and wouldn't trust them."
Meanwhile, another commenter advised: "Poor girl. That must of really hurt. I really don't like those other girls. They mistreated your daughter. Call those parents and she's not allowed to be around them, or at least not unsupervised. Get the piercings taken out and a trip to the pediatrician."
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