louise P wrote:Hargrave,
In our store we have two ear piercing stations and i am one of four assistants that have been trained for ear piercing that will be on duty at the weekend. We usually work in pairs so we can pierce both ears simultaneously. Obviously this is important with younger children because if you do one at a time they have one ear done and them refuse to have the second one done. I saw this happen once at my hairdressers, a little girl about 5 years old had one ear pierced realized that it hurts a bit and then refused to have the other one done. The mother and child were both really upset and the child left with one earring.
In response to Guests comments, yes it is becoming very popular now for males to have earrings especially younger boys coming in with their mothers to have both ears pierced. It does seem to be a very popular birthday present for girls and boys of the age of about 5 - 9 years. I think having your ears pierced is a really nice birthday present for anyone.
Interesting.
So with all the boys whose ears you pierce (and you seem to do a lot, don't you), do they usually seem willing to have it done, or is there a significant number who are clearly being persuaded by their mothers?
Some people like to think that boys getting earrings is almost a growing up, rebellion thing. But it seems to me to be much more of a mom thing with a lot of boys.














