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How old would you require your daughter to be, before she could get her ears pierced?

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How old would you require your daughter to be, before she could get her ears pierced?

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  1. I got mine pierced when I was a few months old! =]

    Really any age, I think. Although maybe you should wait to know if she really wants it. Some girls just decide for themselves.


  2. I got my daughter's ears pierced when she was 3 months old.  She's 3 years old now and loves that she has earrings like mommy.  Then again, she's a girly girl so she likes that sort of thing.  I gueess I would be in trouble if she turned out to be  a tomboy.

  3. I don't think there is a magic age. Its more a matter of do you want to clean and take care of them or do you want her to do that? I would look at her maturity level being a factor

    I got mine pierced when I was 6 and did just fine but right now I have already set the bar at 12. My daughter is only 3 so we'll see what happens.

  4. 5, its been our families tradition since I was little.  If on our 5th birthday we want our ears pierced we can.  If we want to wait longer then so be it.

  5. 1 or 2 years old

  6. i was about 9 when i got mine. I think i would wait until about that age. Its something fun for girls and it makes them feel grown up.

  7. 5 days

  8. They should at least be old enough to do the basic care by themselves and they should be the ones to ask for it.  I was seven when I got my ears pierced and was able to care for them.  I think it is ridiculous  to have an infant's ears pierced as too many mishaps can happen such as the earrings getting caught on things and being ripped out.

  9. My ears were pierced when I was 1 & I will probably do the same with my daughter.

  10. Old enough to make the decision to do it and old enough to care for them herself.  Like ages 7-8.

    I don't believe in piercing infants' ears.

  11. I had my first daugther's ear's done at 10 months..they never got infected and she still to this day doesn't touch them she's almost 2 now..my second daugther I plan on having her's done at 4 months when she has all the shots needed.

  12. Old enough to ask for it herself, about age 3-5 years at the youngest.

  13. Old enough to know how to take care of them and want them herself instead of just having them put in when she is a baby.  I got mine when I was 6 for my birthday and I thought it was the coolest thing ever!

  14. i got my daughters ears peirced when she was 2 months, they say its better when there younge like that because then they dont remember the pain.

  15. well...I asked a similar question a few days ago, but I can assure you that it is a :"Double Standard" with respect on piercing on girls and boys.  My mom got my ears pierced the very next day after I was born, my grandparents gave me my first earrings, and she did the same to my sister and so ALL the girls in my family (cousins, aunts, grandmothers, etc, etc), it's a tradition to get the ears pierced as soon as we are born because they think it will not hurt and obviously the moms take GOOD care of it. It's kind of like when the  boys have the circumcision as babies.  

    But I say is a double standard because I wouldn't let any of my BOYS get their ears pierced before they are 18, when they reach that age they will be able to decide if they want to do it of not, but it will be their decision...not mine. But with a girl I would do it like it's been done in my family, when they are born.

    Each one has a different point of view, there is not a wrong age to do it, any time you as the mother will have to take good care of it so it won't get infected.

  16. I was almost 3, and I think that 4 or 5 is the best age!

  17. Well, if shes is begging for her ears pierced, tell her all of the care that is included, and explain that she needs to take care of them. Though, if you aren't ready to have them pierced, tell her maybe she should wait. The ages are probably best when 6-7, because when they are young (1,2,3) they can grow spoiled from something as little as that.

  18. Old enough to care for them herself until they are healed. It all depends on the child, some of them around age 8 and others not until they're 12 or 13.

  19. I had my daughters' ears pierced at 3 months after they received their first tetanus shot.  I wanted them to be recognizable as girls and also since they really didn't know their ears existed I was able to care for them completely for the 6 months required for them to heal properly without getting infected.

  20. We waited until my daughter turned 10.  By that time she was old enough to take care of her ears (and her earrings), and she was also old enough to be certain she really wanted them pierced.  And turning 10 is sort of a special birthday, so it seemed like the perfect time.  

    Also, I personally think that earrings on babies and little kids look pretty tacky.  But small stud earrings on a 10-year-old aren't too bad.  We didn't let our daughter wear anything but studs until she started middle school.  Then we institued the one-inch rule for dangly earrings.   =]

  21. if shes really sporty wait

    i had to wait till i was 10

    bcuz my dad had a friend in hs that was in cheerleading

    and like a dumby she wore little hoop earings to practice

    and her earing got ripped out of her ear

    and it tore the earlobe

    so i would wait

    but if shes not sporty

    anytime

  22. mine was 7, and she decided herself that she wanted it done.  So, that is what she got as a birthday gift!

  23. 1-3 i got mine when i was 2

  24. all the girls, me included, got them on our tenth birthday, it was a kinda rite of passage, telling that you were a tween now, then we could get a second hole when we turned 14. At ten we were old enough to recognize that the holes needed to be taken care of constantly and you were responsible, it seems to work well for me and my older sister, and my little sister, who is turning ten in a couple of weeks cant wait.  Getting it before then, i feel that the kid wont be able to understand the full impact of permanently disfiguring their ears. If they really want to have earrings, there are plenty of clip or magnet type earrings that are geared to younger kids

  25. 18.They will be an adult and can make their OWN decision then.At infant stage they do not care about ear rings.Girls usually start caring about those things when they get to the age of where they want a boy to "notice" them.

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