I know someone who let his 9 year old daughter get her ears pierced. I was shocked by it but no one else seemed to have a problem with it. I don’t think kids should get any permanent marks until they are 18.
I didnt get my ears pierced until I was 22.
However I have used ear piercing and lunch out as a celebration and goal for a young daughter’s first menses.
I think it’s a cultural thing. Many Mexicans and Central American live in my neighborhood and a lot of their infant girls have pierced ears.
Also pierced ears aren’t permanent. Take out the rings and they grow shut.
You'd be amazed how many parents pierce their infant daughter's ears.
My 8, 10 and 11 yo grandaughters have their ears pierced, so what. One whose mother is Korean had them pierced at 2 yo, a cultural thing. If they don’t keep the earings in then the holes close up and you wouldn’t know they were ever there. They are cute with the very small studs in them and anyone who would give them grief over them would find severe consequences from me or their fathers.
I’ve only heard one or two comments about my USMC emblem, mine and my wife’s name and 1972 tattoo, from the year we were married (both marines). That was from a fellow AF officer who couldn’t believe that an officer would have a tattoo. One woman who adversely commented on my wife’s small tattoo with a heart and my name promptly retreated when told to stick her head back up her arse and mind her own business.
What we both put on our shoulders is our business, it has not caused us any problem in the 40 years we’ve been married or in our careers.
Opinions are like sphincters, everyone has one and they are best kept to themselves.
#1, worst of all: nose or tongue piercings
#2, any other piercing other than ears or tongue.
#3, tattoos anywhere
#4, pierced ears.
Tattoos can be #1 if they are obnoxious enough, but it's hard to beat a pierced nose or tongue on the digust level.