I allow teething necklaces, earrings, bracelets, necklaces, hair clips, ponytails etc and use common sense throughout the day to dictate when/if they need to go away. The 2 amber necklaces I've had were the right fit and the children couldn't put it in their mouth so risk of breaking was small IMO. I've seen some kids wearing them too big and they've been sucking on them. Just a couple weeks ago the back to an earring came out....looked for a good 20 mins before we found it!! But I'm not going to tell the parent she can't wear earrings at dc. She helped look for it and couldn't play with her friends (the other older child offered to help look too! So sweet) until it was found.

I am more of the type that thinks teaching them young on how to properly care/handle their items, the better. Obviously there are larger risks with some things but I don't necessarily take all the risks out of my dc...there's no way I could and I'd go crazy trying! Lol