What age for ears pierced?

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Almost 8 year old is asking more and more to get her ears pierced.

I am not going to let her yet. I say she can get them done when she is 18.

But just wondering what age parents have allowed them to get done.

I am thinking 10 / 11 at the very youngest but I will happily push it longer than that.

She did tell me the other day that it would have been easier if I had got them done as a baby

When she’s old enough to properly care for them by herself.

Think my eldest was 6 when she asked and we got them done beginning of the summer holidays. Middle child is 6 now and she's never mentioned it.

Getting your ears pierced is not a medical procedure but, if it was, Gillick competence would apply so the comment re age 16 is several decades out of date.

My DD had hers done end of year 6. I had thought later but then I got to the point where I thought why am I letting this achieve so much more significance than it deserves.

8 here.

With a needle and 2 weeks in they’ve healed beautifully.

We originally said 10, but most of her friends have had them done and she has been asking for years.

I don't have my ears pierced, and now I have a DD I can't imagine why she'd want to put a hole in her perfect little ears but I would begin to be open to it, depending on her maturity level, during the summer break between primary and high school. My DH is from a culture that does this near birth and while we talked this type of thing through before we had children, his mum and I had strong words about it when she tried to book it for us...

14-16 or whenever you feel you would hand over consent to them for a minor surgical procedure.

Ear piercing carries risks and no child you having it done before they are capable of understanding those risks.

Secondary school, so 11/12 ish.

I live in Spain and a lot of people put holes in baby girls ears before they leave the hospital. Horrible practice that thankfully seems to be dying out.

I finally caved and had my daughters done about 3 weeks ago. She is 7 almost 8, so far she has been doing most of the aftercare alone, had zero pain and they are healed already. My eldest DD who is 14 has never been interested so she still hasn't had her ears done. I think it depends on the child, only you know if they are mature enough.

I'm amazed how young you are all saying. I'd say 16 preferably but if the DDs wanted to once they were teenagers I wouldn't be too worried. My eldest is 11 and she isn't fussed about getting it done but says most of her friends have their ears pierced already which I was really surprised about. I remember it being a teenage rite of passage (being a bit rebellious and doing it before our Mums let us but now you can't get it done without parental permission before 16 in Scotland).

My 8yo had hers done a week & a half ago. I probably wouldn’t have let her have it done any earlier. Took 3 attempts as she kept getting scared it was going to hurt but she loves them! She’s been really good at cleaning them twice a day too. I think if they can take responsibility for them then they are old enough.

I begged my mum and she finally relented on my 10th birthday.

My mum never had her ears pierced and my sisters didn't get theirs done until they were in their 20s.

My daughter got hers done a couple of months before her 6th birthday, she had been asking since she was 3. She was actually one of the last girls in her class to get it done, most children round here seem to have them done before they've even started primary school.

I was 9 when I got mine done, I was desperate for them since I was about 5 but was always too scared.

I showed my daughter videos on YouTube of the process and explained to her how much it would hurt. My stepdad sat with her while she got them done because I felt a bit nervous about her reaction. She cried and said afterwards it was really painful and would never have it done again.

I'd told my DD that she could have them done in the summer after she'd left primary school, but all her friends had got theirs done and she was such a good girl for a good few weeks that I gave in and let her get them done at 7.5 in the Christmas holidays.

I explained to her exactly what it entailed and we watched youtube videos etc. She was so good when she had it done and let me clean them etc. The first time she changed her earrings, she was a nightmare though, but she realised it was fine and was doing them herself a few weeks later.

DD has her's done last week. She 8. Lovely gold studs. Have to say they look good. I made her think about it loads before I agreed.

I was 13 when I had my ears pierced.

It depends on each child. DD was 8 and are was fine at caring for them herself. Healed well.

It does feel like such a big deal is made of ear piercing these days though. As if it’s some massive right of passage. By 16 they can get married and have sex so I’d say such a minor deal as ear piercing should probably be allowed before then.

8 as that's the age I was when I was desperate to get mine done! My mum said no

I was 24!

Depends a bit on the child. How squeamish they are and how responsibly and good at hygiene and routines. My DD is squeamish and sloppy about showing let alone daily cleaning pierced ears. She’s 11. I’m only thinking she’d be ok with it now.

I’d say 10

I said 10 for my girls. Eldest chickened out and ended up doing it when she was 11. Dd2 did it on her 10th birthday. Much better to do it in year 6 as primary schools are generally less strict than secondary ie Dd2 could tape them for PE but dd1 had to remove them which led to problems because they weren't 100% healed after 6 weeks.

Whenever they want to AND you are confident they can take care of them. The two have to align.

My daughter was 8, very nearly 9

DD was 13, but had asked since she was about 8. I am very squeamish about -have irrational hate for- piercings so said she had to be old enough to do it all herself.

I think she had allowed her ears to close up by the time she was 18.

My DD just had them done age 11. She starts secondary in sept so had them done at the beginning of the holidays. She has been good at cleaning them twice a day.

DD1 (11) has just had hers done. Every girl in her class who didn't already have them has had them done in the last few weeks. Definitely a rite of passage for secondary school here!

Just can't get strike through a to work. Do you have to do every word?

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