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Columns > Mommy > #33: A Piercing Decision
When should a young girl get her ears pierced? And what do you with a "girly-girl" who doesn't want to?  As a little girl I begged and pleaded to have my ears pierced. I would look at the long dangly earrings hanging on the spinning display cases and just daydream of shaking my head and feeling them swing. When I turned eight I finally got the green light and my mom took me to the mall to have my ears pierced. I was so excited picking out my studs, knowing they were the first step to getting my fingers on those long, colorful earrings that would surely make me beautiful. My first pair was bright purple upside down exclamation points and I cherished them for at least a full month. By the time my first baby came into this world accompanied with a blur of pink, a new trend was well under way. It seemed everybody I knew was getting their baby's ears pierced sometime before their first birthday. While I think it's cute to see little girls with tiny silver studs in their ears, I've always wanted it to be a decision my child made and not one I forced. Not only does it hurt, but those holes are for life. The main reason, though, is because I wanted to allow my daughter to experience the newness and thrill for herself. I thought about how I'd hold her hand as she skipped into the store, her excitement barely containable. Perhaps I would hold off until a birthday to make it an extra special birthday present, followed by an earring shopping spree. Either way, it was deemed to be a fun day for both of us. My daughter is all girl. She loves to dress up, act like a queen, put on make-up, curl her hair, paint her nails and anything else that involves pink or purple. She can get rough and rowdy just like a boy, but at the end of the day she wants her Princess blanket and her sheer pink robe. Her favorite character is Cinderella and her favorite sunglasses have pink glitter frames with pink-tinted lenses. Earring should be on the top of that list, right? Lo and behold, I never imagined that my girly girl ﾖ or any little girl for that matter ﾖ would say no to having her ears pierced. I've asked her since she was three if she wanted to get her ears pierced. Her first question was, "Is it going to hurt?" Not one to lie to my child I admitted that it would hurt a little, but it would be over very quickly. That was all she needed. Her answer was no. She is now almost six and is still very happy with her naked earlobes. She'll wear glitzy clip-on earrings, but that's as far as she'll go. What I find funny is that she'll admire my earrings and her friend's earring, but she accepts wholeheartedly that her ears aren't pierced. I have a feeling that in her mind it's not even a remote option. Oh, there's pain involved? Well, scratch that. My second daughter turned one a couple months ago. I've been eyeing her little earlobes and considering how easy it would be to pierce her ears. She'd sit in my lap oblivious to what was going on and until the pop of the gun, she'd be fine. It would be so simple! Still, I feel like I'd be robbing her by taking away one of the few big-girl decisions she'll be allowed to make at a young age. For now I'm stuck admiring the colorful little girl earrings on the twirling stands as I patiently wait for the day one of my girls gets brave enough to face the ear piercing chair. After all, most girls eventually trade a little bit of pain for a little bit of beauty.
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