My daughter is 6 years old and she has a Pandora bracelet. She has 5 beads on it as well as the clips. She only wears it on special occasions or when she is with me. She has had it for almost a year and so far so good. I am planning on getting her a bead for Christmas and then for her birthday in April. I also just got my 14,12,11 and 9 year old nieces a leather bracelet with 2 beads for Christmas. They all know about Pandora from school and know that I work for a Pandora retailer. It is extremely popular in my area with the teens, tweens and elementary school girls. If you think she is responsible enough to have one, then go for it. I love to think that down the road when my daughter is older, she will look back on this and have great memories of the holidays and people who gave her these beads.