It's a tradition in my culture. When I was a kid I didn't like wearing ear rings. During my uncle's wedding I didn't wear any and some women gave my mother hell of a time asking why am I not pierced. I couldn't say anything because I was a kid. Should have just told them to shut up.

Piercing babys is normal here. I had mine pierced when I was 9 month old and no one saw a problem. I wouldn't do it to my daughter until she is 14+ but it's really not uncommon!

I got mine done when I was 5. Don't really remember it that much. Now my ears are really sensitive so I don't really wear earrings. Don't get mall ear piercings with the gun. Go (or take your kid) to an actual piercing/tattoo shop where they use a needle (but check their age requirements. Most places where I am won't pierce kids under 6).

It’s a cultural thing to get ears pierced. I had mine pierced when I was young

Mama's think it's cute I think.....I couldn't do it with my daughter..... But then I didn't give her a tattoo either lol

I got baptized before I could give consent

I waited until my daughter asked for them. She was 5.

I remember thinking why are we doing this, when we got my sister's ears done years ago as we chased her through the mall because she was terrified. I totally agree let them choose when they are old enough.

Have to say I demanded at 4 to have my ears pierced like my mom's. And I didn't even make a sound cause they told me if I cried they wouldn't do there other one. I was quite aware and making the choice myself to pierce my ears at 4.

When women became ornamental in society. The history of women's right declining when they began being ornamental in many societies where women had equal or even greater rights than their male counterparts is a heck of a trip..

In my country, babies ears are pierced as they are still newborn. It's less painful and it's done in the hospital by qualified nurses. I think it's a western culture thing for it to be done when you are older and it's more painful.

Mine were pierced in 1978 at 6 weeks old. I never got upset with my mom for it. She meant well.

For me And my family my mom let us her three daughters to have Pierce ears since birth And our dad gifted us each a pair of golden earrings as a birth gift. My sisters then used to wear many earrings and had many more holes in ears since it was the 80s.I mostly wore just my golden ones. It was our lovely family tradition And we were all fine with our ears pierced since birth

I had mine pierced in 1977 at age 4 so IDK.....

In some cultures it is a tradition to pierce young girl's ears when they are quite young. One of my closest friends has family from India and she got her ears pierced at a very young age.

I was around 7 when my ears were pierced. I don't know about others but I absolutely love having them pierced, being able to put different little gems in my ears and my favorite rubber duck earrings make me so happy

I was five and wished badly my mother had pierced my ears when I was too young to know what was happening. I almost walked out with 1 ear done.

In some cultures, it is acceptable for babies' ears to be pierced. It just isn't the norm for others.

I still haven’t had mine pierced and I don’t plan to. I’m glad they weren’t pierced as a little kid’s

I understand where you are coming from, but I would like to point out that an ear piercing can be temporary, If one does not wear earings for long enough, the hole will close up.

It's not that bad though. If they don't want the earrings later on, they can just let their ears close. I got my ears pierced at 5 of my own choice. I cried a bit and got a milkshake after, and guess what? I'm fine and I love my earrings.

My mom was asked if she wanted to pierce my ears right before taking me home from the hospital after giving birth to me. Not sure if it's something prevalent in my country or in a certain era, could be given that our culture had strong cultural ties with France and as far as I know they used to be big on jewelery right up to the world wars, earrings included. I for one never had a problem with them, I liked wearing them, but during the last few years I only wear them when going out. And since I'm not so interested anymore in how I look I also sometimes forget putting them. So I don't quite get why piercing at a young age might be a problem, especially since by not wearing earring the holes tend to close up in time anyway. And they're not even that visible, at least not mine. It's not like anyone asks when you're a baby if you wanna get vaccinated, and I find that much more possibly problematic in both directions, to get vaxxed or not.

It's been a tradition in Mexico for a very long time. My mother, grandmother, and great grandmother all wound up getting their ears pierced as very young infants. My mother didn't do that with me. My ears are actually still not pierced. Kinda wish they were, but too late now. I think it was just to have everyone fit in.

Got mine done when I was 7... That was just about 30 years ago. I remember being one of the last in my class. I would say the trend started with the younger baby boomers/older gen X with their children (my mom was born 63)... As I remember my older cousins getting their ears done later(their parents were older boomers).