opinions on ear piercing for little girls...
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I definitely wouldn't have it done before they were old enough to want them. Ideally they'd be old enough to take clean them by themselves. I wasn't allowed to get mine done until I was 16 but my sis snuck out and got hers done so they waived that rule for me lol. It was pretty close to 16 and I never really where earrings anyway. I've never got in the habit. I hate seeing little babies with their ears pierced. 
I have no kids, but if I did, there'd be no way I'd take in a baby to get her ears pierced. I don't see the point. They get holes poked through their ears and cry but don't understand why it's being done. Also there's the issue of them pulling the earrings out...
I got mine pierced for my eleventh birthday because I asked my mom. She was thrilled that I wanted to get them pierced. I am always greatful that she let me decide to do it on my own instead of having me go in to get them pierced. My sister is almost 14 and has shown no desire in having hers pierced. It's her body, therefore I feel it is her choice. I enjoy my earrings and love wearing them, but it is not up to me to decide for another person what should be done to their body. My nine year old sister is interested in having hers done and probably will soon. Even though ear piercing for girls is the norm here, some people just aren't interested in earrings. My room mate for one had hers done as a baby and never has earrings in nowadays. They won't close and she wishes they would.
For my kids, I will probably not bring it up but wait until they ask to have them pierced.
I got mine pierced for my eleventh birthday because I asked my mom. She was thrilled that I wanted to get them pierced. I am always greatful that she let me decide to do it on my own instead of having me go in to get them pierced. My sister is almost 14 and has shown no desire in having hers pierced. It's her body, therefore I feel it is her choice. I enjoy my earrings and love wearing them, but it is not up to me to decide for another person what should be done to their body. My nine year old sister is interested in having hers done and probably will soon. Even though ear piercing for girls is the norm here, some people just aren't interested in earrings. My room mate for one had hers done as a baby and never has earrings in nowadays. They won't close and she wishes they would.
For my kids, I will probably not bring it up but wait until they ask to have them pierced.
I don't like when people have their young daughter's ears pierced. I think that the children should be able to get it done when, and if, they want to. Mark's ex-wife had BOTH of Mark's son's ears pierced and he complains constantly that he doesn't like them and doesn't want them in his ears but his mommy makes him keep them in. I think Emily should be able to decide when she gets them done but I want to wait until she's atleast 12 years old before we get them pierced since that is when I got mine down. Me and my mom had our ears pierced together.
My neice had her ears pierced when she was only a few months old. She did not scream, did not cry, it did not traumatize her. She didn't even notice. Of course it wasn't done at some generic place in the mall either. Even I wouldn't have my ears pierced at a generic place in the mall. My other neice is 5 and asked to get her ears pierced when she was 4. She also did not scream or cry and she loves having pierced ears because she can wear FUN earrings.... Like Tigger earrings. I don't see anything "cheap" about that.
I didn't have mine done until I was 11 and I was terrified when I went in. Now I have 4 holes in one ear and 3 in the other
I am with you Debi, I don't see the big deal. It seems perfectly normal to me for a little girl to want to get her ears pierced. What do men know anyway
How do all these people have holes that won't close lol I have had mine done for years and years and if I go a month without putting an earring in the holes they start to close. I wish they wouldn't close up but they do.
I didn't have mine done until I was 11 and I was terrified when I went in. Now I have 4 holes in one ear and 3 in the other
I am with you Debi, I don't see the big deal. It seems perfectly normal to me for a little girl to want to get her ears pierced. What do men know anyway
How do all these people have holes that won't close lol I have had mine done for years and years and if I go a month without putting an earring in the holes they start to close. I wish they wouldn't close up but they do.
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I had mine done when I was 5...not really a big deal. It doesn't hurt at all. For me, the hardest part was taking care of them. My holes are closed up now because I never wear earrings...
I think if the kid is old enough to can take care of them, go for it. The same goes with any other body modification.
I think if the kid is old enough to can take care of them, go for it. The same goes with any other body modification.
I think if you have it done by a qualified person it's okay. I had Arielle's ears pierced when she was 6 months old. She was distracted by a toy she had and never even cried when they did it.
I don't regret it because I think back and remember all the fun times we had with her getting all excited with picking out her little girl earings to match her outfits. She absolutely LOVED having her ears pierced as a little girl and still does. But now she's added a few more piercings to her ears.
I understand some may say it should be their choice... maybe you're right. But if they get old enough and decide they don't want their ears pierced.. it's no big deal, just take the earings out and let the holes close up.
I don't regret it because I think back and remember all the fun times we had with her getting all excited with picking out her little girl earings to match her outfits. She absolutely LOVED having her ears pierced as a little girl and still does. But now she's added a few more piercings to her ears.
I understand some may say it should be their choice... maybe you're right. But if they get old enough and decide they don't want their ears pierced.. it's no big deal, just take the earings out and let the holes close up.
My daughter started asking when she was 3. We didn't let her have it done then. She couldn't take care of them. I was a little scared she would get one caught on something, etc. When she was 5, she was constantly wearing screw-on earrings. They ended up causing some skin irritations she wore them so much......very cheap. After her ears scabbed over from that, we decided that she could have them pierced. This was age 5. I would have said that that was too young, too, but we only did it because she was going to keep some kind of skin reaction going to her play earrings, it seemed.
She was very happy at 5 to have them done, and she has been ever since. She's grown now. I would probably have said 10-13 would be old enough, though.
She was very happy at 5 to have them done, and she has been ever since. She's grown now. I would probably have said 10-13 would be old enough, though.
ok, let me first say, i think this subject is 100% personal opinion, and there is no sense trying to change anyones mind here cause i can totally see both sides of this...but i just wanted to comment on this post...
I do NOT wear jewlery to be more sexually attractive!!!! I wear it cause i like it. My bf hates this one pair of earrings i wear (they are kinda big and dangly, lol), but i wear them because I like them...not to impress anybody.
we are talking about babies here...sheesh...i dont think moms are trying to make their babies more sexually attractive. Come to think of it, by really only "allowing" jewlery to be worn around adolescence and puberty MAKES it into more of a sexual thing...which i dont think it is, at all.
I do NOT wear jewlery to be more sexually attractive!!!! I wear it cause i like it. My bf hates this one pair of earrings i wear (they are kinda big and dangly, lol), but i wear them because I like them...not to impress anybody.
we are talking about babies here...sheesh...i dont think moms are trying to make their babies more sexually attractive. Come to think of it, by really only "allowing" jewlery to be worn around adolescence and puberty MAKES it into more of a sexual thing...which i dont think it is, at all.
Forget the baby girls! Think about the mums. I'd love to wear a pair of jingly-janglyes or a big chunky necklace. 5 minutes after buying them though, Hania would be off with the 'jewels' trying it on Barbie or Skye or Sami would have broken cat gut and a bunch of beads trickling through his fingers.
LOL not to mention that other than earrings I didn't even start wearing jewellry until AFTER I was married and learned how to Bead. I make some wonderful jewellry. I wear it because I am very proud that I made it myself. I will have to post some pics of my stuff.
LOL and for the most part I only wear it at work.