14 Signs Your Little Girl is Growing Up Too Fast
8. She’s already hinting at the tongue piercing and tattoo she wants for her Sweet 16.
Just yesterday I had a student tell me – in all of her tattooed and tongue-pierced glory – that her own child would not be allowed to alter their body until age eighteen (although she had started her “enhancing” her own at thirteen). A tween obsessed with altering her appearance may need to be taught how to appreciate her own natural beauty before poking needles into it.