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and it is all the rage at school for the lads to be getting their ears pierced
Where is his school, the 1980's? You need to move schools. Nothing else for it.
Well the deed is done. He’s had a tough year with his epilepsy diagnosis as well as the C word. Done well at school etc as well so figured he deserved a break.
Went to a decent place and went for the needle option. Only a very small stud and whilst it pains me to admit it, it quite suits him.
IMO 8 is too young. I'm surprised school will allow any of the kids to wear ear rings at that age. Secondary school will not allow it either, or I'd again I'd be surprised.
As others have said the piercer with a gun is the wrong way to do it, but a body piercer of any repute wouldn't do a needle piercing on an 8 year old, however insistant the parent was.
I had 5 piercing in my ears and one in my nose when I was late teens / early twenties. I haven't worn them for 25+ years and the holes are still there. Occassionally one of my ear piercings builds an encapsulated blob of gunk, which The Wife has to squeeze out, which then gets infected. So it's not always "they will just heal over".
Hahaha not seen an Enid Blyton reference before
Honestly? Should i take my 8 year old child to get a peice of dirty metal fired through their ear by a child in a mainsterean £2 per hour sh!t hole....with all the trauma involved with a blunt injury....probably not. If your ethics are ok with it at least take them to an independant specialist and get it done quickliy and cleanly with a needle, whatever next...Mcdonalds heart transplants?
Read up like three posts before yours.
Also, the first year apprentice wage is the lowest minimum wage band in the country and it's over double that.
How about those nice clip on ones?
Don't do it.
I shudder at the thought of my fashion and appearance choices at a young age staying with me.
You're in charge. He can do it himself when he's old enough.
Unwanted piercing holes in ears, belly buttons, eyebrows, noses are not great.
This also extends to girls not plucking all their eyebrows out at a young age. Leads to a lifetime of emulating the chosen look of 14 year olds.