What about boys, when would you let your Son get his ear pierced?

[*Efjay*]

oh i agree on the stretchers! That a full on disfiguring thing. so yeah consenting adult age for that!

[Shanti]

If I have a son,I hope he never wants to get his ears pierced if he does he can wait until he's left home.

DD has to wait until age 12 if she wants hers done. Same age I got it

[Traveller]

None of my boys have expressed an interest in getting their ears pierced yet, but I suspect when DD eventually gets hers done at least one of the boys will want one pierced. I certainly wouldn't say no to them based on their gender, and yes to their little sister. The after school care teacher at their school has lots of piercings and brightly coloured hair so it's all pretty normal to them. DS2 in particular looks up to him as a bit of a role model so I wouldn't be shocked if he wanted his ear pierced to look like him.

ETA just asked my husband for his opinion, and he agrees with me that he sees no reason for boys to be older that girls in order to get their ears pierced.

[Lisa]

None of my boys have expressed interest in having their ears pierced and my DS1 thinks they look horrid. I don't like ear piercings on males. My DS wanted to get snake bites a while back (2 piercings in bottom lip) and we told him he would have to wait until he was at least 16 to get it done. By the time he was 16 he was well & truly over them.

[*Efjay*]

Not sure I would be letting facial piercing before 16 either.

[Traveller]

I agree, facial piercings are a lot more visually confronting and I suspect would be more prone to infection/scarring. None of my kids, regardless of gender, will be allowed any before 16.

[Trillian]

Personally I can't stand seeing boys with earrings. Even when I was at school and had loads of piercings myself, I didn't like that my boyfriend had one LOL. So my answer would be no, I wouldn't let my boys get their ears pierced, but then Mum only ever 'let' me get one in each ear and I ended up with 5 in each ear so I may not have as much say as I'd like in the long run. Same for my girls. My kids play sport too where they can't have them in and it is a PITA when you have a child or several children who hole up a game while they take their earrings out at last minute.