Ear piercing

[E9climber]

I always said I would like my child to decide. With my eldest she first had them for her 8th birthday (they closed up due to school etc) then again when she was 10.

My youngest is 2 going on 17 ha and has said I want my ears pierced. I want my ears to be pretty 😂 and I want doughnuts in my ears (sisters earrings).

What age was your child or you?

I was about seven and could easily have gotten them earlier but it was fairer on my older sister who got hers at nine! I cried at hers but not my own😅🤷🏼‍♀️

I hate how they look on children and they must be an absolute pain for kids who lead active lives (dancing, swimming etc etc). I've told my daughters that I won't ever sign consent forms for them so they will have to wait until they're old enough to not need me to! I don't have pierced ears though so they don't see me wearing earrings and honestly don't seem to care about it.

they must be an absolute pain for kids who lead active lives (dancing, swimming etc etc).

Not at all. I swam competitively aged 8-16. Never even noticed my earrings being in.

I was 10, dd had her done at 8 then let them close a couple of years later, she's never wanted them redoing

I was 11, one dd was 6 and the other 8. They had it done when they wanted it and I felt they could clean them.

I think making a child wait until they're 15/16 is ridiculous and incredibly controlling.

I had mine done at two. Then as a teen just added extra by myself.

I was 1 (I think) when my mum did mines. I did my DD's a day before she turned 1. Went on to love piercings and have several plus a tattoo 🤗

Lucky you. My parents did mine when I was a baby, and I don't like them - I don't wear any jewelery at all! They don't close up either. Also, in one ear I have two holes on top of each other, because like every other body part, the ears of a baby grow .... and you can't predict how they will grow. In many cases, like mine, a hole that was in the middle of the lobe will "move" somewehere else. My earlobe grew in a way that made my first hole be quite high up, so when I was a few years old I "had to" get another one pierced beneath it.

I think making a child wait until they're 15/16 is ridiculous and incredibly controlling.

Why? Do you also think that about other piercings? If not, then what's the difference between a pierced ear and a pierced nose, eyebrow or bellybutton?
Where I live, piercings are legal from age 14. Noone cares about ears though. Anyway, I don't see a difference (neither do proper piercers), so my daughter was allowed to have piercings from age 14.

Why? Do you also think that about other piercings? If not, then what's the difference between a pierced ear and a pierced nose, eyebrow or bellybutton

Oh come on, you cannot compare a child having one set of earrings to a child having an earring in their nose or bellybutton. The tissue is entirely different in your nose or bellybutton and more prone to infection which is why you have to be 18 to have those piercings done.

@Moomin8
You are wrong:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_piercing_regulation_in_the_UK

My Mum had mine pierced when I was two. My Dad took the earrings out and claimed to have lost them so the holes closed up, he hated it and I agree with him. I had them done again when I was 8 and had begged for them to be pierced for weeks.

My DD’s are 7 and 8, they will not have them pierced until they are teenagers if they want to. So far they have shown no interest anyway.

I think making a child wait until they're 15/16 is ridiculous and incredibly controlling

Can't quite get over this comment! What IS controlling is having holes put in the ears of babies and young children who have little say/ lack understanding of what could go wrong for purely cosmetic reasons and to suit some weird fashion.

I don't get it. Never have and never will. My 12 year old has no desire for earrings anyway but knows that I won't give consent for it.

I was 8 when I had mine done and I'll do it around that age if my daughter asks for hers doing.