When and where to get childs ears pierced?

olibrofiz

I made dd wait till she was 10 (she's 14 now), she had them done at a jewellers, gold studs, and it cost £18 -she looked at me after the first one and they said 'quick! turn her round'. My friend had her daughters done at about 8 and after they;d pierced the first ear she refused to have the second done, she had to go back a few weeks later after her mum had talked her into it.

IMO 10 is about right, at that age they're more likely to be ok when you ask them to clean the studs twice a day.

The start of the school holiday is good advice, dd got her belly button pierced in the May half term and couldn't do PE for 6 weeks (not that she minded tho) - I didn't realise you couldn't just stick a plaster over it.

Bettyboop

Zazen999 wrote: »

Female circumcision is part of some countries cultures, but it doesn't make it right.

Quite stunned at the amount of people saying it is ok/it depends on the child....er at age 6 how is a child going to know what they are doing??? [that's why the age of consent is 16]......unbelieveable......

So true Zazen999.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Zazen999 wrote: »

Female circumcision is part of some countries cultures, but it doesn't make it right.

Quite stunned at the amount of people saying it is ok/it depends on the child....er at age 6 how is a child going to know what they are doing??? [that's why the age of consent is 16]......unbelieveable......

I think that, if you are going to start looking down on other people, and use what can be seen as racist analogies, perhaps you should use the correct term, which is infibulation.

And some of the arguments for infibulation is that the child is deemed incapable of knowing what they are doing and that it is the men's responsibility to decide what happens to the child's bodies.

blackcoffee

i dont think you can compare female circumcision to having your ears pierced! Can you ???

A close friend of mine is spanish and her daughter had them done at birth, as Morocha wrote it is a cultural thing. I dont like it thats all, but it isnt a cultural thing in South Wales (but saying that I think our local Claires accessories might be!!) and as just written on boys ...EWWW !!

BeenieCat

I can't believe people get their babies ears done. 9 months old??

To me that's the equivalent of putting a 6 year old in a mini skirt, boob tube and heels. It's AWFUL!! Babies are already beautiful why do they need jewellery stuck in their ears?

DaisyFlower

I agree with the majority, babies and primary age children are far too young to have piercings. The decision should be made at least in late teenage years when they are old enough to understand that they are changing their body.

Comparing it to changing nappies or childhood vacs is just silly, "mutilation" to a childs body us far different than everyday childhood care.

I personally hate seeing jewellery on children, its looks very cheap and other words I could think of but wont say.

foreign_correspondent

I was next to a little boy aged about nine in a supermarket the other day who had a torn earlobe, presumably from where an earring had got caught and torn through the flesh - I had a teacher at school who had a torn earlobe for the same reasons.. it is not a good look, (type - split earlobe - into google image search!) so I would wait untl children are at secondary school age at least, and able to take responsibility for looking after piercings...

I have to say, in this country, in my experience, in general (and this is a sweeping generalisation!) educated and middle class families do not have their children's ears pierced young, and it is considered a litte 'tacky'... so this may be worth considering too...

PrincessPlaty

I had my ears pierced at the age of 6 months old done at the doctors :eek:

They never really bothered me and have since gone on to have my second holes done at the age of 12 in a jewellers, the top of my ear pierced at the age of 15 (i lied about my age ) at a chemist, my 3rd set of holes done at the age of 16 in a piercing studio and at the age of 22 my fourth set in a hairdressers.

Needless to say at the grand old age of 26 i very rarely where earrings now and if i do then it is only in my first set of holes!!

DD1 (4) has been pestering me for a long time about it now and the answer has been a definate no, when i think she is old enough to understand what she is doing to her body then my answer will change until then it will stay at a no!!

It doesnt make it easier when all her friends have their ears pierced or are getting their ears pierced at the moment. :rolleyes:

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Ok, so you are now in the position to judge my sexual history and educational level now? And all without actually knowing me?

I would like to see you tell an Indian Doctor that his daughter must have low morals and be uneducated because her ears were pierced as a baby.

shazrobo

i was 13 when i had my ears pierced. i think it looks awful for babies and young children to have earrings in.
incidentally i am a mum to two boys, and if they wanted their ear piercing, then i would make them wait til they were at least 16, preferably 18.