LET FREEDOM RING

NOWADAYS TEENAGERS ACROSS AMERICA ARE TRYING TO MAKE A STATEMENT OF THEIR OWN UNIQUENESS. THAT MUCH HAS REMAINED THE SAME FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.

ONE FORM OF THIS UNIQUENESS IS BODY PIERCINGS. MOREOVER, BODY PIERCINGS TODAY ARE LIKE THE LONG HAIR AND OUTRAGEOUS CLOTHING OF THE SIXTIES; OUR HIPPIE GENERATION. TODAY ITS OUR TEENAGERS WAY OF OUTWARD EXPRESSION THAT SAYS "I'M GROWING UP AND MAKING DECISIONS ON MY OWN, EVEN IF THEY OFFEND YOU." WHICH IS A NORMAL PART OF THE MATURING PROCESS.

FURTHER, BODY PIERCINGS HAS ALSO BEEN FOUND TO BE PART OF THE PHYSICAL ADORNMENT OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS. NOSE RINGS SPECIFICALLY AND OTHER FORMS OF BODY ART INVOLVING PIERCINGS ARE STILL USED WITH SIGNIFICANCE IN MANY TRIBAL CULTURES AROUND THE WORLD.

FINALLY PARENTS, TEACHERS AND CLERGY SHOULD ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT TEENAGERS AS THEY STRUGGLE TO FIND THEIR IDENTITY AS YOUNG ADULTS.