ear piercing.. what age?

[ditsydoll]

Just wondering what age you would deem suitable for your dds to have their ears pierced?

Just because a 3 year old asks, doesn't mean you should say yes.

DD was 3. She had been asking since she was 2. Seeing other girls at nursery with them I think. I made her watch several other ear piercings, told her it would hurt and she still wanted it done. She didn't cry, said it didn't hurt and helped me clean them. She's not had any problems despite it being done at Claire's and hasn't caused her any long term damage. DS wanted his done but backed out when he saw how they did it.

It's personal choice. DD has always been very vocal and understood it might hurt. I had mine done at 6 and I don't remember it hurting anymore than falling off a bike or getting blood taken.

Its not against the law to get babies or childrens ears pierced. Loads of places do it. I just think it looks awful on young children.

It might not be against the law .....

What gets me (and this was a situation with a friend of mine). My friend caused such a fuss and was full of tears and worry because her baby was going to get an injection at the clinic. "I am so worried the needle is going to hurt". Yet.............couple of weeks later she was getting a earrings pierced through her baby''s ears and did not bad an eye lid

I was 16, I've told my dd she can have hers done at 15 3/4, I'm nice like that!

Excit you are right, its not against the law. Too many law enforcers on here

Loving all these rational toddlers and pre-schoolers who understand all about ear piercings and how painful it is. And their parents who think it's the kind of discussion you have with a child that small, rather than just a flat 'no'.

judges

I'm amazed at those duper advanced toddlers that have been discussing consciously ear piercing with their parents. There must be something wrong with DD, she hasn't mentioned it at all! Maybe her eyesight is not good enough that she hasn't noticed
or maybe we don't live in Chavsville where toddlers get treated like dolls.

It's 2 tiny holes in ears. No body parts have been chopped off, tattooed or irreversibly damaged.
DD wasn't harmed in anyway and she's had them long enough to be able to take them out and put them back in.

" I see it as a rite of passage and something for a girl to look forward to, and a stepping stone to growing up. I had mine done at moreleys, Brixton when I was 9 or so , and, oh, the anticipation. In my opinion it looks wrong on young girls and babies, akin to gilding the lily. Totally unnecessary and as a poster commented up thread "tacky".

Agree with this poster - it's aright of passage in western society.

For the rest of the world (and the world is far bigger than our society) it isn't. My mum had mine done at 4- considered late in her community. Mighty glad she did.

I didn't didn't need this rite of passage (in my day - 70/80s I was bewildered at the conversations my friends had over this and the accepted age was about 14-16). And it all ends up in er - ear piercings!

Rite of passage or not. Was very happy not have gone through the 'acceptable age' massive long conversations and arguments.

Oh yes. Chavsville. Of course, pierced ears=chav. Silly me.

When you resort to class arguments and name calling it lowers the validity of your argument.

My dd was 13, she wanted them done at 8 but she also wanted a gin and tonic at that age, didn't mean I let her have one.
Hate seeing pierced ears on little children.

I was 16, I didn't have any fights with my parents, I think I might have asked once. she said 16, seemed fine to me, got on with life.

Don't understand why people think I had such a deprived childhood where I was miserable and constantly at loggerheads with my mother, LMAO.

I said DD could have them done when she broke up from Y6 but she had two holidays booked during the summer with her dad and partner and they were camping / swimming / kayaking so I didn't feel I could send her off with them with newly pierced ears, and wasn't confident they'd get looked after properly, so she ended up having them done with just 2 weeks of summer hols left.

It meant she had to wear plasters on her ears for the first few weeks of term, but she wasn't that bothered and the teachers were fine about it. In the end she had to take them out for an hour once a week from 4 weeks in because she wasn't allowed on the trampoline with them in, even with plasters, but it's now been over 2 months and she's completely fine about changing her earrings and looking after them herself.

I think beginning of summer holidays age 11 is ideal in any other circumstance. She's managed the care of them well herself, and was completely committed to having them done. I haven't had any negative comments, and I have a LOT of judgy friends & family!

OFFS. I know this is a controversial subject but if I stabbed a needle into my baby's arm I could be accused of child abuse.

And?

I see the it's 'chavvy' posts have started.

Quite late in the thread to pull them out though.

You wouldn't want someone to think your daughters are not nice MC girls now would ha?

Would ya*

I'm foreign so no in no class over here.

Seriously 'beautifying' such young kids so permanently is bizarre at best.

My dds were 9 and 6 and shock, horror, I have let dd1 have her belly button pierced at 12.

It's hardly permanent. Take out earrings and oh look, no earrings.