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In reply to the discussion: Women of DU (Or parents of daughters) [View all]union_maid
(3,502 posts)1. I think I was 15
I let my daughter do it a little younger, I think. Don't remember how old my son was, but he doesn't wear any earrings now. Around here getting really little girls' ears pierced is a cultural thing, still. Certain ethnic groups do it routinely. For the rest it's just a thing that you usually let the kid do around the time that all the other kids are doing it.
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12 or 13. Because earlier isn't really safe, and they have to take care of them.
lindysalsagal
Apr 2013
#8
I wanted my ears pierced when I was nine. Mother was OK with it but, Father made me wait until I
Tuesday Afternoon
Apr 2013
#9
i think i was 12. not quite a teen and i think htat is why my mom did it. make up at 13.
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#18
my parents wouldn't let me until I was mid-teens and then my Mom took me to the DOCTORS office
Kali
Apr 2013
#20
Sixteen. My mom would not allow me to do it until I was 16. The first earing I bought was a
applegrove
Apr 2013
#33
Most hispanic girls ears are pierced at infancy. I didn't get mine done til I was 15? And never wear
sammytko
Apr 2013
#46
I was 15. I didn't really care that much about it one way or the other,
winter is coming
Apr 2013
#57
I was 4, but have permanent holes even though I stopped wearing them when I was 8
Nikia
Apr 2013
#76
My Dad ordered me to wait until I was 16. My Mom felt that was unreasonable since
GreenPartyVoter
Apr 2013
#77