Ear piercing for 11 year old

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Grand daughter who's 10 has been asking for about 6 months if she can get her ears pierced.(kids live with us so not being interfering grand mother)

I'd prefer her to wait, but she's quite mature (sometimes) so I've agreed to her having it done in the summer holiday before she goes to senior school, when she'll be 11.

I now wish I hadn't, but can't go back on it. Am I being unreasonable to let her have it done at this age?

I think 11 is an ok age for ear piercing. I had mine done when I was 10.

Crikey times have changed!
When I was at secondary they were very anti-earrings. I remember the senior mistress saying in assembly that if any of our parents were silly enough to let us have this done then they had to send in a note to ask for the studs/sleepers to be allowed for six weeks. After that time they were not allowed at all. That applied to girls, for boys there was no tolerance of it whatsoever!

DD says that at her school some people have them but they have to put a plaster over them before PE to make sure they can't injure themselves.

I guess I am old-fashioned by todays standards but I don't really like seeing children with piercings at all. If DD wanted it done now (she is 14) I would probably let her but only after making sure she knew all about the after care and being prepared to take responsibility for that.

i wasnt allowed til i was 15.
have put my dc's off and now dd, aged 12, seems to have forgotten.

dd, aged 10, is promised at aged 11

my nan took me when i was 11 to have my ears done i thin k its ok age

I had to wait until I was 15/16, so I let my DD have hers done in the holiday before scondary as well.

Thing is, just after getting them done, she fainted in the middle of the shop

The shop staff were fab, apparently it happens loads (delayed shock), gave her a sugary sweet etc etc. However, DD was Mortified and has vowed to this day (she is 19 now) NEVER to get anything else pierced, ever. So I calll that a result

Oh, it turned out she was very sensitive in the easr lobe, and nealy passed out for the next 2 weeks every time she had to twist them! However, did get used to them and loves them as much now as she did then.

I was 15 and my dad didn't want me to have them done and wasn't best pleased but finally gave in.
I really wished I was allowed to get them done earlier.

I'd let my DD have hers done just before high school.
I don't like the look of kids with their ears pierced tho, my nieces both had their pierced in preschool FFS but that was my SIL's decision.
I don't like little babies with earrings either but I understand that sometimes that's a cultural reason.

I'd wait until a child really knew that they wanted them piercing, which might mean that they are beyond childhood before they have them done.

When I was ten I desperately wanted my ears pierced so I could be like all the other girls in my class. I am so glad I didn't have them done as it's not something I ever wanted to do in my adult life at all.

I got mine done the summer I turned 8. They were studs with my birthstone in and I don't think I wore much else for quite a few years.

Crossing over the border into Canada that summer on a camping trip with my dad, we were asked if we were carrying any alcohol. My dad said no, but much to his dismay I piped up 'YES we do!' I had alcohol wipes to clean my newly pierced ears

I had mine done at twelve. Don't see the problem. I don't like seeing tiny kids with it done, but that's probably because it's seen as a bit chavvy here. I think this is what might be bothering the OP. In a lot of Southern European countries they have them done as toddlers, and it is quite standard.