A few days ago I was talking to Stephanie and somehow the subject of ear-piercing came up. Stephanie said she was seven when she first got her ears pierced, which seemed young to me. I thought most parents didn’t let their girls get their ears pierced till they were thirteen or so. She said no—for most parents who make their girls wait till they are a certain age, that age is nine or ten.
Afterwards I was thinking about it, wondering why I had an age of thirteen in mind. I never had sisters, so it’s not like it was a rule I learned from my parents. All of my friends were boys, and although some had sisters, I never really saw the parenting process per se. The closest would have been some of my cousins, but even then I don’t recall ear-piercing being discussed.
Then I remembered that episode of Full House where Stephanie wants to get her ears pierced but her dad says she needs to wait until she is in Jr. High (i.e. about 13 years old), because that’s when D.J. got her ears pierced. All of a sudden it occurred to me: everything I think I know about how to raise a girl I learned from watching Full House.
That’s a little scary.
December 27, 1:29 am
Nicole got her ears pierced when she was 2 days old. Her parents thought it would be easier to get it done when she was too young to remember it.
December 27, 7:55 am
That’s actually how the topic came up, Stephanie wanted to know if I had any problems with doing that.
December 27, 12:34 pm
Would the ear piercing ever have to be enlarged during her life? I know nothing about these sorts of things, but I would assume that her ear would grow and try to ‘close up’ the hole over time.
December 27, 4:59 pm
Well yeah, you’d have to keep an earring in each ear or the hole would eventually grow shut.