Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Premise behind the poll
Dave and I disagree on the right age to get our daughters ears pierced. Dave wants to wait a few more years, I want to do it next Wednesday when Cait turns 5. I got my ears pierced at 5 and see nothing wrong with it. SO I want to know what you think and also what your husbands think. Please respond to both poles, and then maybe leave a comment so I know what your thoughts are.
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Whats the rush?
Matthew and I went back and forth with this last summer. He sees earings the same way he sees makeup and that it is unnecessary until about 15 or 16. I disagreed with him until Mallorie inherited some hand-me-down dress up jewelry. There were some clip on earings in it. The first time I put them on her I had a change of heart. The spirit wispered to me that she is just a little girl and didn't need to look so grown up. Our girls will be at least 16 when they will have permission to get their ears pierced.
Good Luck!!
I had my ears pierced when I was about 5 too. To be perfectly honest, if I had a daughter, I would have pierced her ears the very first chance I got!
Here's my take, for what it's worth. It depends on why you are waiting. If it's because you want them to have an educated choice in the matter, wait until they are 13 or so. I, on the other hand will pierce my baby girl's ears when they are 6 months for a couple reasons, 1 they won't remember the pain, 2 the prophets have said 1 hole is ok, & 3 I don't have any doubt that my girl(s) will regret me in the future.
I meant that to read won't regret me.
I was in seventh grade when my little sister finally wore down my dad and he let us get our ears pierced (I let her do the work of convincing him!). Seriously, having pierced ears made me feel sooooo grown up. I don't think I would have really appreciated it at five.
I figure that I'm going to want my daughters to get the maximum enjoyment benefit out of something as simple as piercing their ears. A lot of the "first" that girls go through (wearing a bra, shaving their legs, getting a period, learning to drive) are dictated by age and/or physical maturity and have some awkwardness that go along with them. I'll probably wait until my girls are really needing something to make them feel grown-up and NOT self-conscious before I let them get their ears pierced. Kind of, "Hey, I know a lot of growing up really isn't fun...so today let's go do something that is."
(Of course, now that I've said this, I'll probably break down when they're six. Just watch.)
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