We have an
eight year old daughter.
Do you think she is old enough to wear jewelry?
Children mature at different ages, some just seem to take care of things better than others.
Eight years old seems a little young to be given expensive jewelry other than
pierced ear rings.
It seems even very small children do well with ear rings.
We
gave one of my daughters a nice ring when she was ten and she lost it.
Looking
back I think that I would still have given the ring,
but kept it in the control
of my wife or myself.
This way the item can be cared for by the parents and only
worn on special occasions.
Hopefully an appreciation for the item will be
developed.
Then at some point, of course depending on the circumstances,
the
control can be turned over to the child.
Giving the responsibility of fine
jewelry at too young of age is such a bad deal
because what was given as a true
gesture of love is now something lost.
There really is no right answer to the
question,
but if you give fine jewelry to a youngster
ask yourself first if
you’ll be disappointed if they loose it.
Maybe more important question is will you be mad if they loose it.
If the answer is yes, then give them something else,
because the chances are kids will loose it.
Our daughters have done very well
with the jewelry
that they have received after they were 14 years old,
and I
don’t believe that they have lost any of those pieces.
The best advice if you
give a child expensive jewelry,
is to insure the items by carrying a rider on
your home owner’s insurance policy.
At Randy’s Jewelry we think it’s nice to be able to afford to give your kids fine jewelry.
For ear rings we recommend screw
back types.
We also recommend putting a youngsters first ring on one of their
middle fingers.
If
you put their ring on their middle finger, as they get older they can move the ring
from the middle finger to the ring finger and then to the pinky without having
to resize.
We size rings free the first time then charge there after.