Farrah Abraham Defends Her Choice To Let Sophia Get Six Piercings In One Day!

Farrah Abraham is speaking out after garnering major backlash for allowing her teenage daughter to get six piercings for her 14th birthday.

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Last week, The Blast reported on Sophia Abraham getting six piercings in one day to celebrate her birthday.

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She got “snakebite” piercings underneath her bottom lip, two earlobe piercings and two other unknown piercings.

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As you can imagine, Farrah’s decision to allow her 14-year-old to get all these piercings IMMEDIATELY garnered backlash.

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Nope too young,” one person wrote. “Poor girl doesn’t stand a chance,” another added.

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Speaking to TMZ, the “Teen Mom” alum said, “I’m fortunate to be able to go with my child when she thinks about getting these piercings and those things.”

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Farrah said she is teaching her daughter self-love and self-care by allowing her to get these piercings.

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“So, Sophia is doing that and I’m giving her a welcoming and comfortable place to do that as a teenager to reparent herself and relearn things,” Farrah said.

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Farrah will not allow Sophia to drink, do drugs or have sex right now.

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