The other thread was fun, so lets find out at what age you think it's appropriate for your son to:


Go out on a date?

Have condoms in his wallet?

Stay home alone overnight?

Get a piercing?

Get a tatoo?

Sleep over a girls house (or got to a coed sleepover)?

Go out on a date?

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Go out on a date? 17

Have condoms in his wallet? When he starts having sex- which better be when he is 35!

Stay home alone overnight? When he has his own place.

Get a piercing? He is welcome to join his sister at the tatoo parlor after my funeral.

Get a tatoo? See funeral.

Sleep over a girls house (or got to a coed sleepover)? College

I am far more protective of my son than my daughter. I am looking forward to talking to her about boys she likes, etc. With my son, the thought of a little squeaker calling here and asking for him makes my skin crawl! That's MY Boy!

My Dh calls him Norman Bates.

The other thread was fun, so lets find out at what age you think it's appropriate for your son to:


Go out on a date?40

Have condoms in his wallet?40

Stay home alone overnight?40

Get a piercing?40

Get a tatoo?40

Sleep over a girls house (or got to a coed sleepover)?40

Go out on a date?40

lol...I have four boys. Not quite ready for them to "grow up" yet...

Go out on a date? 14

Have condoms in his wallet? when he feels he needs them.

Stay home alone overnight? 13 or if he's mature enough

Get a piercing? 18

Get a tatoo? 18

Sleep over a girls house (or got to a coed sleepover)? depends on his maturity, but 16

Go out on a date? 14

I have two boys and really based these answers on the oldest. They both have totally different personalities.
I really dont worry much about him wanting the tat's or piercings as he is terrified of needles. He once decided he wanted his ear pierced, so I took him to get it, sat down in the chair, lady starts getting prepared, he jumps up and says I changed my mind, lol He settled on stopping by McDonalds and going home. As for the condoms, I am sure I will be frowned on for that one, but as much as we teach them, they have a mind of their own and I live in reality, so if he feels he 'may' need it, then by all means have it in hand and ready. As I am not ready to be a granny.

These answers are based on my youngest son:
Go out on a date? 14, preferably 15+

Have condoms in his wallet? again, when he feels he may need it.

Stay home alone overnight? probably 16 or older.

Get a piercing? 18

Get a tatoo? 18

Sleep over a girls house (or got to a coed sleepover)? 20

Go out on a date? 14, preferably 15+

I know that probably sounds like a double standard, but one is far more responsible and mature than the other. One is also more of a 'dare' devil than the other. So, that's why I split my answers.

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Go out on a date? He is 16 and has already been on a date, but we drove them and picked them up.

Have condoms in his wallet?I have told him that I dont think he is ready for sex but if he is going to have sex to come and talk to me before, so that he is prepared.

Stay home alone overnight?Already has.

Get a piercing?He hasnt asked but I would consider it now at 16, maybe

Get a tatoo?He is going to have to be 18 and pay for it himself

Sleep over a girls house (or got to a coed sleepover)?It would really depend on the supervision, probably I would be only comfortable with it if I were hosting.

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Go out on a date? Aj was 1 for his first date and I was fine with that.

Have condoms in his wallet? I found them at 16

Stay home alone overnight? AJ was 15

Get a piercing? He was 19 and paid for it himself

Get a tatoo? When I'm dead and gone and then I will haunt him.

Sleep over a girls house (or got to a coed sleepover)? He was 18

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Go out on a date? He can start group dating at 16, then we'll see about singling off maybe at 17 or 18.

Have condoms in his wallet? When he's married and isn't ready for me to be a grandma

Stay home alone overnight? Young adult, maybe 17?

Get a piercing? Never (I did like the funeral idea, but I would have to haunt him if he did)

Get a tatoo? Never

Sleep over a girls house (or got to a coed sleepover)? When he's married to the girl.

Go out on a date? Still 16 for group dating.

Our religion recommends that group dating start at 16, and abstinence until marriage. I'm planning on that for my children.

Go out on a date? UGH..we've always said 16 after he's gotten his license.

Have condoms in his wallet? This is SO not something I want to think about.. but whenever he's going to need them. My son is strongwilled and he's going to do what he's going to do. I'd much rather him be safe then pretending he's too young to even think about it.

Stay home alone overnight?16

Get a piercing? NEVER.. Over my dead body!

Get a tatoo? 18 (I think tattoo's are better than piercings, and hopefully he'll put them somewhere that's reasonable.. not on the neck or the face)

Sleep over a girls house (or go to a coed sleepover)? 17 at our house or friends house only if I'm very well aquainted with the area and the parents

Go out on a date? 16 and I would have to drop and pick up, 17 he can alone

Have condoms in his wallet? well everyone would love to think never on this, but I hope he will have them when he has sex for many reasons other than fathering a baby.

Stay home alone overnight? 18 ( safety reason's more than anything )

Get a piercing? I hope never, but if he did he will have to be a legal adult. 18 in Alabama

Get a tatoo? Hmm. When he's 18 ( legal adult ) And I hope and pray it would be in good taste.

Sleep over a girls house (or got to a coed sleepover)? 18

Go out on a date? this was already asked in 1st question.

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go out on a date? 9th or 10th grade with parents driving
have condoms? when they are both 18
stay home alone maybe 16
piercing 18
tattoo 18
sleep over at a girls house- when SHE is 18!!!

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Go out on a date? around 16

Have condoms in his wallet? when he thinks he needs it

Stay home alone overnight? when they have their own place

Get a piercing? ears-at least 13, other places over 18

Get a tattoo? over 18

Sleep over a girls house (or got to a coed sleepover)? college

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LOL .........We've been using the non-permanent tatoos so he can get accustomed to them before he goes to his first coed sleepover piercing party at his Grandparent's house!! (it's at Grandma's house so that they can supervise the "adult" 15-16 yr olds with the beer drinking!!)

Okay, this is all said in jest....had to laugh and wonder what some are thinking!

My oldest is 20 so I will go by what we did with him.



Go out on a date? 15 I drove and picked up, 16 on his own.

Have condoms in his wallet? ??? When needed I don't know.

Stay home alone overnight? 16 but we have never been away over night.

Get a piercing? 16 or 17 I got him a piercing by his eyebrow for his birthday.

Get a tatoo? 18 by law. He got one on his 18th birthday, paid for it himself.

Sleep over a girls house (or got to a coed sleepover)? 17

I think a piercing is much better then a tatoo because you can take out the piercing and it will close up, the tatoo is there forever. My son has let the eyebrow piercing close up but now has one above his chin but below his lip. He has a second tatoo and is growing dreadlocks. The thing I like the least is the dreadlocks. He is very smart and very nice. I hope people can see beyond his looks and see who he really is.

Go on a date? 16 (My DS is 17 and has never been on a date. He's too into football and weightlifting and
keeping his 3.9-4.0 GPA) But I would let him go he's more of a hang out with the
guys and play video games type.

Condoms? Whenever he feels he needs them. He will be 18 in Nov. So whenever he is comfortable

Piercing? Well he goes to a Catholic High school so never before 18. Not allowed at school. That would
be for him to do when he is out of school.

Tattoos? He doesn't like them so I'm not really concerned. But he would have to be 18 and pay himself.

Stay alone overnight? I'd let him now. But I am never gone overnight so it probably won't happen.

Stay at a girls overnight? Not while living here. There is never any reason for that while living in my
house and no girls staying here either.

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Jazme answered for me....and it sounds like our sons are very, very similar. I wish my 17YO would go on just a casual date....I am starting to worry what will happen when he goes off to college without stepping out a bit here on the home turf...had a roommate like that my freshmen year. She went W-I-L-D!

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Go out on a date?Group dates-14 - Alone dates-16

Have condoms in his wallet? Hopefully never in his wallet as the heat and moisture in the wallet can make the condom break down and not "perform" as needed. We have talked openly and he has them now tucked away in his room somewhere... He is 16.

Stay home alone overnight? DH and I remember being left alone over night and so do our friends who snuck in for the party we had...so no time alone overnight!

Get a piercing? When he no longer lives here

Get a tatoo? When he no longer lives here

Sleep over a girls house (or got to a coed sleepover)? When he no longer lives here

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Go out on a date? 16

Have condoms in his wallet?whenever he tells us he wants/is going to have sex. Safe sex will be a rule if you are going to have it.

Stay home alone overnight? 13..depends on maturity

Get a piercing? 18 unless it's an earring...those are okay

Get a tatoo? 18 unless we've discussed it and it's meaningful and we agree

Sleep over a girls house (or got to a coed sleepover)? depends if it's parental supervisored. If under 18, that's a must. Otherwise, once he's an adult (18)

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[quote=flipper113;2766115]The other thread was fun, so lets find out at what age you think it's appropriate for your son to:


Go out on a date? when he is 40 (i have a 14 yr old but he is still my baby even though he is my oldest )

Have condoms in his wallet? he isnt allowed to have sex so he will have no need for one hopefully when he is 21 or over

Stay home alone overnight? 17

Get a piercing? 16 or 17

Get a tatoo? 16 or 17 for a small one

Sleep over a girls house (or got to a coed sleepover)? he can sleep over his grqandmas anytime he wants, besides me, his grandma and having a slumber party with his little sister, there will be no co-ed sleepovers

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My sons are now 25 and 23.

Go out on a date? Thes oldest was 17 and the younger one 18. THis was a go out you and a girl alone. They had gone to homecoming at school with others that drove, or prom, but not alone.

Have condoms in his wallet? I hope 18 because when they went to college they both had girfriends at other colleges freshman year that they "visited ". We lectured the h--- out of them about diseases and pregnancy and their responsibility towards both.

Stay home alone overnight? I don't remember.

Get a piercing? The older one has never had one or wants one. The younger one at 20 went on spring break with a bunch of guys and came back with his nipple pierced when we "learned" about around a month later. It lasted a couple months and he let it grown in.

Get a tatoo? None for either...nor their sister.

Sleep over a girls house (or got to a coed sleepover)?They did this as seniors for prom so 17, and I called and talked to the moms at the houses to check things out. Our older son was not as "curious" as the younger one. We had alcohol concerns about the baby. He was an athlete...which is one of the ones that you would think stayed away, but his football team won the state championship and celebrated, and his basketball team lost in the semi-finals to a team with LeBron James on it. This was his competition. His is also an Ohio State student ...so any of you who went to or have heard of the Ohio State partying ....you heard correctly. He is a senior and has always had the rule of 3.0 or better or your behind is home to go to the local school.

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Go out on a date? 15 or 16 with us driving, 17 alone

Have condoms in his wallet? When he needs them, not something I would discourage

Stay home alone overnight? 18

Get a piercing? Not until he is 18 and able to pay himself

Get a tatoo? same as piercing

Sleep over a girls house (or got to a coed sleepover)? NOT

Go out on a date? 16

Have condoms in his wallet? I hope my son will respect girls/women and use common sense and know when the time is right.

Stay home alone overnight? Depends on maturity

Get a piercing? Ear maybe 16 anywhere else forget it

Get a tatoo? Never

Sleep over a girls house (or got to a coed sleepover)? Never will I allow it, after he goes off to college what he does is his business.

Go out on a date? He was 17 and it was just last month

Have condoms in his wallet? I pray this will not be an issue until marriage.

Stay home alone overnight? He already has, he was probably 15.

Get a piercing? Who knows, I don't think he would want one.

Get a tatoo? Same as the piercing. I guess 18 if that's what he wants

Sleep over a girls house (or got to a coed sleepover)? He already has, it was during his first "date". He flew to Virginia to take our sil's sister to a dance. He stayed at her house. Much supervision. No relationship there now though.


It is very interesting to me that people prefer, or are at least more resigned to their kids having sex to getting tattoos and piercings.

Go out on a date? Group (school dance type events) -- middle school, regular dating --16

Have condoms in his wallet? We pushed abstinence. However, we made condoms available, juat in case, from the time my oldest son hit puberty but (thankfully!!!!!!) none of my children needed them until they were adults. I take that back -- my oldest son was not quite (by less than a month) 18 when he became active.

Stay home alone overnight? First son -- couldn't trust him as far as we could spit into the wind until he was 18 & "legally liable" , the youngest son stayed home semi-alone (with younger sister) for a week when he was 15.

Get a piercing? Except for a single ear piercing? On HIS deathbed!!!!!!!!!!! I've told each of them, I didn't spend 9 months with my head in the toilet to see you deface your body. They respect me enough to honor my wishes in this regard. BTW - none of my boys chose to pierce their ears either, even though I wouldn't mind it.

Get a tatoo? Same as above

Sleep over a girls house (or got to a coed sleepover)? when both were over 18 and she had her own place or the girls parents were in approval.