I had my ears pinned 25 years ago. Plastic surgery changed something that upset me every day to something that I didn't even think about any more.
I try to educate my children about the hollowness of obsession with appearance, to help them understand how magazines and television project an unrealistic, unattainable standard. Of course I also tell them that they are loved, whatever they look like.
If in the end, my child asks for cosmetic surgery, I would be supportive on the corrective end of the scale (big nose, ears etc) and less so on the cosmetic end (breast enhancement etc). Some surgery should wait until the child can understand the full implications of their actions (and pay the bills).
I try to educate my children about the hollowness of obsession with appearance, to help them understand how magazines and television project an unrealistic, unattainable standard. Of course I also tell them that they are loved, whatever they look like.
If in the end, my child asks for cosmetic surgery, I would be supportive on the corrective end of the scale (big nose, ears etc) and less so on the cosmetic end (breast enhancement etc). Some surgery should wait until the child can understand the full implications of their actions (and pay the bills).