A MOTHER has revealed that she let her 12-year-old daughter get her tongue pierced.
, 31, a mum from Rotherham in , claimed that people will “judge”;; her for it, but she isn’t bothered, as it was something her wanted.
Posting on , the , who has three – Cora Bentley, 12, Addison Squires, seven, and Adley Christopher, three – shared a short clip of her and her eldest child whilst in .
Alongside the clip, the self-professed ‘bad mum’ wrote: “Cora got her last week. A lot of people will judge but she wanted it.
“It’s been cleaned properly and it’s something she wanted.”;;
As the pair tucked into their , Whitney said to the youngster: “Cora, show us your piercing then...why have you got that done?”;;
To this, the 12-year-old stuck her tongue out to show off her new , as she responded: “Because it looks nice.”;;
In and , there is no specific legal age to get a tongue piercing.
Despite this, may have their own age policies, often requiring parental consent for those under 16 or 18.
The 12-year-old then confirmed that the piercing hurt and the swelling was bad, but she would recommend it to other youngsters.
To this, Whitney explained: “Mum tried to talk you out of it and I told you how bad the swelling was.
“You couldn’t talk properly, couldn’t eat.”;;
The content creator, who has , then asked: “Are you happy, though?”;;, to which Cora simply beamed: “Yeah.”;;
But it appears that Cora doesn’t want to stop there, as she shared: “I just want my thirds done next, then I’m done.”;;
But to this, Whitney clapped back and confirmed: “I was 31 when I got my tongue pierced.
“You’ve got your , your tongue, two [sets] of ear [piercings], you’ve had your rook and your helix.”;;
Social media users react
The clip, which was posted under the username @itsmebadmom, has clearly left many open-mouthed, as at the time of writing, it had quickly amassed 598,500 views, 14,400 likes and 931 comments in just two days.
Social media users were horrified that Whitney would let her get her tongue pierced and many eagerly raced to the comments to express this.
Wow that’s absolutely ridiculous
TikTok user
One person said: “Your once again is shocking.”;;
Another added: “She’s too young.”;;
A third commented: “All them piercings at 12! That’s so wrong!”;;
Meanwhile, someone else wrote: “I’m shocked a would do this, they are supposed to be 18 years of age.”;;
Whilst another slammed: “Wow that’s absolutely ridiculous.”;;
