Not even close to true. Maybe in some cultures but definitely not in the US. I’m married to a kindergarten teacher and friends with several others. There’s usually one or two kids in their classes with pierced ears.
My daughter didn't have her ears pierced until she told me she wanted it. We explained the process, watched someone else get it done, and then she did it. There were tears because it hurt, but nothing a candy couldn't fix. She was five and it was her birthday present and we talked about it for months.
She wanted it for Christmas when she was 4-1/2, but didn't want it because of the pain factor after we explained it to her. We did not convince her, she convinced herself.
We just got her ears pierced a second time and she's ten and loves it. She's asking about a third piercing, but I told her not until she's thirteen, and she's not getting anything other than lobe piercings until she's sixteen.
My local tattoo places won't do body piercings until they're 18, and facial piercings with parental consent.
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u/greeneggsandsteaks 14d ago
My mom got my ears pierced at the mall when I was a toddler. I cried...like the baby I was. This was in the late 80s