I don't think he's meant anything bad by posting this. He was just looking for advice. Many people that have kids who are older (and similar ages to the MANY of the people on this forum) do not understand modification very well and it is completely reasonable to ask about it and educate yourself about what your kids are doing to themselves. There is nothing wrong with genital piercings. Many people have them, and many people are curious about them. Little brothers look up to big brothers so what is so wrong with the younger brother seeing it and wondering about it?

Originally posted by Cale I don't think he's meant anything bad by posting this. He was just looking for advice. Many people that have kids who are older (and similar ages to the MANY of the people on this forum) do not understand modification very well and it is completely reasonable to ask about it and educate yourself about what your kids are doing to themselves. There is nothing wrong with genital piercings. Many people have them, and many people are curious about them. Little brothers look up to big brothers so what is so wrong with the younger brother seeing it and wondering about it?

I think you are thinking, that those who think there is something strange here, is because of the piercings and related questions. I will jump on that grenade and say I think the creepiness from this post is that there are too many daddy/son/penis/naked references and with way TMI in this story .. I think


Edited by JClaude - September/17/2011 at 11:22pm

eh, i guess it is somewhat odd, but I really don't think we have the right to judge. It is not unusual for mothers to see their daughters topless, for example, if not naked. So why is it unusual for a father to see his sons naked?

He explained they are very open - some families are like that and we have no right to judge that.

To get back on topic - genital piercings are usually 18+ - for the simple reason that piercing minors in their private regions can very easily be seen as minor abuse. So even if there weren't laws forbidding such piercings on minors, most piercers would still refuse to carry them out.

see i thought it was a bit Overly close as i was reading it, but who am i to pass judgement.... but the point where one son had an erection and was happy to show it off, is a little weird, even for a close family!

That being said, on the subject, like Keiran said, over here the 'legal' age is 16.....obviously it varies a great deal.

Originally posted by Cale Some parents sleep with their children in their bed up until they turn into teenagers. Does that seem creepy or weird? I'm sure they see each other genitals all the time. It's not a big deal to them, until perhaps they start talking to others about it. Couldn't that be the case here? Also, kids are stupid. "Pew pew, look at my erection with a piercing!!" I'm not trying to say the guy is right (or wrong), I just thought it strange how barely anyone answered the question and instead just jumped all over him for being a single dad who lives with three boys, two of which have genital piercings. Ah well.

NO ONE jumped all over him for being a single dad who lives with three boys, again, that was not it!!