My son wants to get an earring for his birthday

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Anonymous wrote:I would let him get it done.

Why?

It's not permanent. What's the harm?

What's the harm in allowing a six year old to do the same thing?[/quote I am the PP who said I would let him get it done. I have a 4yo DD and she knows she can get her ears pierced whenever she wants to, I've told her it feels a bit like getting a shot.She wants earrings but is not in a hurry and that's fine with me. I don't believe in double standards, so if I had a boy I would tell him the same thing.

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Anonymous wrote:DS will be turning 12 in a few weeks and wants his ears pierced. He wants both pierced but is fine with only his left ear. Dh isn't thrilled with the idea but he's maintaining all A's and B's in school and is well behaved for his age. It's going to be hard to say "no" to him. He says he wants to step up his swag.

When did maintaining As and Bs become the standard for when kids can start mutilating their bodies?

I so agree with this. Why do so many parents try to justify loony kid ideas-- and their own inability to say no -- with "but he makes good grades!"

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would let him get it done.

Why?

It's not permanent. What's the harm?

What's the harm in allowing a six year old to do the same thing?

That's a good question. What is the harm?

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My 12 year old boy wanted to do both ears. I told him he had to wait 2 months and see if he still wanted to do it. 8 weeks later, he still wanted to. I was grateful he didn't want gauges. He wanted specific earring studs so we couldn't just go to claires. When i called piercing shops in DC ( where we live) we found out you have to be 18, they won't even do it with parental consent. We were on our way out the door to a place in Virginia, but I needed his birth certificate and I could only find his passport. I ordered a birth certificate, but weeks passed and he didn't ask again and I didn't mention it.

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Our house rule is that at 10 you can get your ears pierced. I have two girls and one boy. It never occurred to me to not let my son get his ears pierced if he wanted to. My kids are now 16, 14 and 12. Only my 16 year old DD has pierced ears. My DS and other DD do not. I also told them (after one kid asked) that at 13, they can do what they want to with their hair. So far, zero interest in doing anything out of the ordinary.

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