Child body piercing - how young is too young?

Child body piercing - how young is too young?

It's becoming more and more common for children to have body piercings - from ears to bellybuttons.

Have you let your child have any part of their body pierced? How young is too young for children to have "body art"?

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    leah from ontario says:
    Sep 30, 01:21

    i think it should be up to the child as long as there older than 14
    as long as there not like tongue piercings
    like my mom took me to get my belly ears nose done
    but i got my tongue and my eyebrow done with friends
    and i think that parents are to strickt when it comes to piercings they think it could do mangger damage
    like seriously you have more of a chance of dying driving in a car than dying or getting fatelly damaged from a piercing
    seriously parents should bge a little more loose about piercings
    and if you really want your child not to hate you , and if they ask if they could get a piercing let them get it cause they wont hate you forever and youll make them happy
    and like i said they wont hate, they might seem like there over it but trust me they never are

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    jason from manchester says:
    Sep 17, 14:32

    I think it is child abuse in the most extreme! Stabbing a pin through a child's ear is so very wrong!! Would you do it through there eye lids, nose, lips, face or other parts of there body? No you would not, why? because you know full well that it will hurt and be very painful for your child, and i think does not look "cute". But you think that the ear does not feel pain, that they will get over it and, oh how cute cute cute they look! Any mum (as most mums, not dads do this to there children) who does this should be prosecuted for physical abuse, and are not that much different to all the child abusers in the papers.

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    klicious from Herts says:
    Sep 15, 17:01

    Personally I don't see anything wrong with it (ears)...one way or the other...I was pierced when I was young it was a cultural thing no biggie...I think it's only a big deal to people who make it a big deal ...do what works for YOUR family if you don't feel comfortable doing it till they are old enough to pay for it or say then don't...I think if anything when a child is pierced the piercings are actually very well taken care of ...unlike some the infected ears and noses I've seen on teens..both my children asked to be pierced I told them it would be painful and mummy would have to take care of them ..they were both 3yrs... get off your high horses people...

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    Charli from Nuneaton says:
    Sep 12, 16:18

    I don't think there should be an age limit per se, just whenever the child is old enough to say for themselves whether or not they want the piercing done (like what Vicki from Liverpool said). Both me and my sister had our ears done age 4, and no complaints.

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    DAISY from DIXIE says:
    Sep 12, 13:35

    THE WHOLE DAMN THING IS REDICULOUS , MUTIALATING YOUR BODY LIKE THAT , YOU WERE GIVEN A MOUTH HOLE ,NOSE HOLES , AND EAR HOLES PLUS onE ORE TWO OTHERS AT BIRTH BUT I NEVER SAW A CHILD BORN WITH HOLES IN HER EAR LOBES OR ANYWHERE ELSE

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