At What Age Children Should Start Wearing Jewelry?

Some of the parents want to buy pretty jewelry for their kids a very young age for many reasons, some kids start to ask for jewelry themselves. The question parents often raise is - what is the decent age for children to start wearing jewelry?

Jewelry industry is a billion dollars industry so it's obvious that most of the people love wearing pretty pieces on their bodies. But when it comes to children, adults often get concerns even there are plenty of beautiful jewelry for children out there. Most common paren't concerns ar at what age kids should start wearing jewelry and how to choose the safest possible accessories.

First of all, we have to start off, that children and even babies have been wearing jewelry since ancient times. The most common reason was adult's belief that some kind of jewelry might help children with health issues or prevent them from the evil spirits, especially jewely made from specific gemstones and crystals.

Even though some of the beliefs still remain today, more and more children and their parents choose jewelry for beauty purpose. It is difficult to protect children from the impact of social media and television, therefore many kids can be the ones to convince parents to get them a pretty piece of necklace, bracelet or other accessory. Little girls and even boys might idolize their favorite singer or actor/actress and might want to look like them, or often time to look more grownup. Just like for adult, jewelry might be the way for children to express themselves. This need to wear jewelry can come as early as toddler age. So it's all up to parents to go for it or stand against.

Safety Regarding Children Jewelry

It is difficult to decide what age is the best to start wearing jewelry, but many doctors admit that child should be at the age when he/she is aware of their boddies and can express themselves verbaly. But adult might be aware that all age of children up to teenage year are extremely active what can lead to choking hazard or other dissaster, therefore it should be taken off when children play outside or home or do sport activity, especially when they are not under adult attendence. Keep in mind, that young children like to bite and put things into their mouth, so be aware of that and choose the jewelry which is tighly knotted in between each bead so it cannot easily break loose. Some jewelry can be made of some harmful metal or plastic which can be poisonous and not supossed to be put into the mouth, so read carefuly about the metals and other materials and what substance they might realease before buying you children this kind of jewelry. Often times buying very cheap jewelry for your children might not be the best idea. Some children jewelry might be made in the countries, where they don't need to go through safety tests. The other thing to remember - always to take off the jewelry off when your children go to sleep, especially when it comes not neck accessories.