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And lastly, it is important to note that the societal rules regarding ear piercing [[ValuesDissonance aren't the same in every culture]]. For example, in most Latin American countries, it's traditional to have girls' ears pierced when they are babies since the parents can better monitor the aftercare that way. Elsewhere, generally it's only the most conservative households that don't let their kids get their ears pierced ''at all'' until they're legally adults, though others may set a limit like 15 or 16.

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And lastly, it is important to note that the societal rules regarding ear piercing [[ValuesDissonance aren't the same in every culture]]. For example, in most Latin American countries, countries and Black communities, it's traditional to have girls' ears pierced when they are babies since the parents can better monitor the aftercare that way. Elsewhere, generally it's only the most conservative households that don't let their kids get their ears pierced ''at all'' until they're legally adults, though others may set a limit like 15 or 16.



* ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'': In ''Mallory and the Trouble with Twins'', Mallory negotiates with her parents for permission to get her ears pierced. They agree on the conditions she takes care of them properly, gets only one hole in each ear, and doesn't stick to small simple earrings (as she'd offered to do) because, as her mom says, part of the fun of pierced ears is wearing wacky earrings sometimes.
** One of the summer special storylines also involved Mary Anne agreeing to have her ears hand-pierced in secret to demonstrate how grown-up she was, but everyone involved eventually chickened out.

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* ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'': Courtney in the ''Literature/AmericanGirl'' series gets her ears pierced in her first book as part of a mother-daughter bonding with her mother and stepsister Tina. [[FashionHurts She describes her ears as bright red and throbbing in the moments afterwards]] but they heal fine.
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In ''Mallory and the Trouble with Twins'', Mallory negotiates with her parents for permission to finally get her ears pierced. They agree on the conditions she takes care of them properly, gets only one hole in each ear, and doesn't stick to small simple earrings (as she'd offered to do) because, as her mom says, part of the fun of pierced ears is wearing wacky earrings sometimes.
** One of the summer special storylines also involved involves Mary Anne agreeing to have her ears hand-pierced in secret to demonstrate how grown-up she was, but everyone involved eventually chickened out.

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* ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'': In ''Mallory and the Trouble with Twins'', Mallory negotiates with her parents for permission to get her ears pierced. They agree on the conditions she takes care of them properly, gets only one hole in each ear, and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers doesn't stick to small simple earrings]] (as she'd offered to do) because, as her mom says, part of the fun of pierced ears is wearing wacky earrings sometimes.

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* ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'': In ''Mallory and the Trouble with Twins'', Mallory negotiates with her parents for permission to get her ears pierced. They agree on the conditions she takes care of them properly, gets only one hole in each ear, and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers doesn't stick to small simple earrings]] earrings (as she'd offered to do) because, as her mom says, part of the fun of pierced ears is wearing wacky earrings sometimes.
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* The ''WesternAnimation/PepperAnn'' episode "Forging Ahead" revolves around P.A. wanting to get her ears pierced and her mother saying no. Fed up with her mother's rules, she decides to forge her mom's signature since the ear-piercing place requires a parental signature for those under 18. She decides not to go through with it after having a nightmare her mother stopped caring about her after P.A said she wants to make her own decisions.
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* Getting your first pair of earrings is a part of the RiteOfPassage for all citizens of Beta Colony, whether male, female, or hermaphrodite, in ''Literature/TheVorkosiganSaga''; When you reach the age of consent (or have your first period, if you're biologically equipped to) you get your contraceptive implant, have a session with a licensed practical sexuality therapist, you get your ears pierced and select your first pair of earrings (which are used to signal your sexual preferences and availability, "to get the weird guessing-games out of the way"), and (at least if you're Kareen Koudelka) go out for ice-cream afterwards with Grand-tante Naismith. On hearing how matter-of-fact and straightforward her daughter's introduction to adulthood was, her mother Drou sighs "in a kind of reverse-nostalgia, not seeking to return to days past but earnestly glad to have escaped them".

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* Getting your first pair of earrings is a part of the RiteOfPassage for all citizens of Beta Colony, whether male, female, or hermaphrodite, in ''Literature/TheVorkosiganSaga''; ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga''. When you reach the age of consent (or have your first period, if you're biologically equipped to) you get your contraceptive implant, have a session with a licensed practical sexuality therapist, you get your ears pierced and select your first pair of earrings (which are used to signal your sexual preferences and availability, "to get the weird guessing-games out of the way"), and (at least if you're Kareen Koudelka) go out for ice-cream afterwards with Grand-tante Naismith. On hearing how matter-of-fact and straightforward her daughter's introduction to adulthood was, her mother Drou sighs "in a kind of reverse-nostalgia, not seeking to return to days past but earnestly glad to have escaped them".
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* In the remake of ''Film/TheParentTrap'' Annie has to get her ears pierced to fool her father into believing she’s Hallie as she has her ears pierced. When Hallie goes posing as Annie, she still has her ears pierced but her mother is actually happy “Annie” got the piercings.

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* In the remake version of ''Film/TheParentTrap'' ''Film/TheParentTrap1998'' Annie has to get her ears pierced to fool her father into believing she’s Hallie as she has her ears pierced. When Hallie goes posing as Annie, she still has her ears pierced but her mother is actually happy “Annie” got the piercings.
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* In ''ComicStrip/ForBetterOrForWorse'', one arc is about 6-year old Elizabeth wanting to get her ears pierced due to her friends at school already having them pierced, much to Elly's chagrin. She eventually does comply.
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* In one episode of ''Series/MamasFamily'', Bubba wants to get his ear pierced, but backs out when the person he has lined up to do it, Iola, shows a disturbing amount of enthusiasm about sticking the needle into things.
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* ''Webcomic/TwilightsFirstDay: Twilight's First Dance'' has an equine variation with Twilight getting her first horseshoes for the school dance. Her father asks her if she's too young for horseshoes, but she says that all the cool ponies have them. The mares working at the horseshoe shop reassure her that the procedure won't hurt, but when she sees them pull out a hammer and nails, she gets scared and changes her mind, deciding to get a hooficure instead.

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* ''Webcomic/TwilightsFirstDay: Twilight's ''Webcomic/TwilightsFirstDay'': The short story ''Twilight's First Dance'' has an equine variation with Twilight getting her first horseshoes for the school dance. Her father asks her if she's too young for horseshoes, but she says that all the cool ponies have them. The mares working at the horseshoe shop reassure her that the procedure won't hurt, but when she sees them pull out a hammer and nails, she gets scared and changes her mind, deciding to get a hooficure instead.
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* In the remake of ''Film/TheParentTrap'' Annie has to get her ears pierced to fool her father into believing she’s Hallie as she has her ears pierced.

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* In the remake of ''Film/TheParentTrap'' Annie has to get her ears pierced to fool her father into believing she’s Hallie as she has her ears pierced. When Hallie goes posing as Annie, she still has her ears pierced but her mother is actually happy “Annie” got the piercings.
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* In the remake of ''Film/TheParentTrap'' Annie has to get her ears pierced to fool her father into believing she’s Hallie as she has her ears pierced.
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* The ''Series/FullHouse'' episode "[[Recap/FullHouseS6E10ImNotDJ I'm Not D.J.]]" provides the page quote. The episode has Stephanie wanting to get her ears pierced though her father tells her she can't until she enters junior high. She gets D.J.'s friend Kimmy to do it due to her brother, Garth, working at a tattoo parlor, and as such, borrowing his piercing gun, but she wasn't anticipating having to leave the studs in place until her ears have healed over the holes after six weeks, which means she needs to find a way to keep Danny from seeing them, which she resorts to a [[Franchise/StarWars Princess Leia]] hair bun style for. Moreover, Kimmy has no experience piercing ears because before she pierced Stephanie's ears, 1): she didn't clean the piercing gun after using it on cold cuts and 2): she didn't wash her hands, wear gloves and disinfect the area where he put the piercings, at which point Stephanie forced to give up the deception when it becomes clear her ears are infected, admitting it to Danny who takes her to a doctor to get her ears checked out and then for some ice cream since it's the last she's going to have for a while.
-->'''Stephanie:''' Grounded?\\

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* The ''Series/FullHouse'' episode "[[Recap/FullHouseS6E10ImNotDJ I'm Not D.J.]]" provides the page quote. The episode has Stephanie wanting to get her ears pierced though her father tells her she can't until she enters junior high. She gets D.J.'s friend Kimmy to do it due to her brother, Garth, working at a tattoo parlor, and as such, borrowing his piercing gun, but she wasn't anticipating having to leave the studs in place until her ears have healed over the holes after six weeks, which means she needs to find a way to keep Danny from seeing them, which she resorts to a [[Franchise/StarWars Princess Leia]] hair bun style for. Moreover, Kimmy has no experience piercing ears because before she pierced Stephanie's ears, 1): she didn't clean the piercing gun after using it on cold cuts and 2): she didn't wash her hands, wear gloves and disinfect the area where he she put the piercings, piercings. Due to Kimmy's inexperience, Stephanie's piercings become infected, at which point Stephanie she is forced to give up the deception when it becomes clear her ears are infected, deception, admitting it to Danny who takes her to a doctor to get her ears checked out and then for some ice cream since it's the last she's going to have for a while.
-->'''Stephanie:''' Grounded?\\[[YouAreGrounded Grounded]]?\\
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* The ''Series/FullHouse'' episode "[[Recap/FullHouseS6E10ImNotDJ I'm Not D.J.]]" provides the page quote. The episode has Stephanie wanting to get her ears pierced though her father tells her she can't until she enters junior high. She gets D.J.'s friend Kimmy to do it due to her brother, Garth, working at a tattoo parlor, and as such, borrowing his piercing gun, but she wasn't anticipating having to leave the studs in place until her ears have healed over the holes after six weeks, which means she needs to find a way to keep Danny from seeing them, which she resorts to a [[Franchise/StarWars Princess Leia]] hair bun style for. Moreover, Kimmy has no experience piercing ears because before she pierced Stephanie's ears, 1): she didn't clean the piercing gun after using it on cold cuts and 2): she didn't wash her hands or wear gloves, at which point Stephanie forced to give up the deception when it becomes clear her ears are infected, admitting it to Danny who takes her to a doctor to get her ears checked out and then for some ice cream since it's the last she's going to have for a while.

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* The ''Series/FullHouse'' episode "[[Recap/FullHouseS6E10ImNotDJ I'm Not D.J.]]" provides the page quote. The episode has Stephanie wanting to get her ears pierced though her father tells her she can't until she enters junior high. She gets D.J.'s friend Kimmy to do it due to her brother, Garth, working at a tattoo parlor, and as such, borrowing his piercing gun, but she wasn't anticipating having to leave the studs in place until her ears have healed over the holes after six weeks, which means she needs to find a way to keep Danny from seeing them, which she resorts to a [[Franchise/StarWars Princess Leia]] hair bun style for. Moreover, Kimmy has no experience piercing ears because before she pierced Stephanie's ears, 1): she didn't clean the piercing gun after using it on cold cuts and 2): she didn't wash her hands or hands, wear gloves, gloves and disinfect the area where he put the piercings, at which point Stephanie forced to give up the deception when it becomes clear her ears are infected, admitting it to Danny who takes her to a doctor to get her ears checked out and then for some ice cream since it's the last she's going to have for a while.

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* The ''Series/FullHouse'' episode "[[Recap/FullHouseS6E10ImNotDJ I'm Not D.J.]]" provides the page quote. The episode has Stephanie wanting to get her ears pierced though her father tells her she can't until she enters junior high. She gets D.J.'s friend Kimmy to do it due to her brother, Garth, working at a tattoo parlor, and as such, borrowing his piercing gun, but she wasn't anticipating having to leave the studs in place until her ears have healed over the holes after six weeks, which means she needs to find a way to keep Danny from seeing them, which she resorts to a [[Franchise/StarWars Princess Leia]] hair bun style for. Moreover, Kimmy has no experience piercing ears because before she pierced Stephanie's ears, 1): she didn't clean the piercing gun after using it on cold cuts and 2): she didn't wash her hands or wear gloves, at which point Stephanie forced to give up the deception when it becomes clear her ears are infected, admitting it to Danny who takes her to a doctor to get her ears checked out and then for some ice cream since it's the last she's going to have for a while.
-->'''Stephanie:''' Grounded?\\
'''Danny:''' Mmm-hmmm.



* The ''Series/FullHouse'' episode "[[Recap/FullHouseS6E10ImNotDJ I'm Not D.J.]]" provides the page quote. The episode has Stephanie wanting to get her ears pierced though her father tells her she can't until she enters junior high. She gets D.J.'s friend Kimmy to do it due to her brother, Garth, working at a tattoo parlor, and as such, borrowing his piercing gun, but she wasn't anticipating having to leave the studs in place until her ears have healed over the holes after six weeks, which means she needs to find a way to keep Danny from seeing them, which she resorts to a [[Franchise/StarWars Princess Leia]] hair bun style for. She's forced to give up the deception when it becomes clear her ears are infected, admitting it to Danny who takes her to a doctor to get her ears checked out and then for some ice cream since it's the last she's going to have for a while.
-->'''Stephanie:''' Grounded?\\
'''Danny:''' Mmm-hmmm.
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* The ''Series/FullHouse'' episode "[[Recap/FullHouseS6E10ImNotDJ I'm Not D.J.]]" provides the page quote. The episode has Stephanie wanting to get her ears pierced though her father tells her she can't until she enters junior high. She gets D.J.'s friend Kimmy to do it, but wasn't anticipating having to leave the studs in place until her ears have healed over the holes after six weeks, which means she needs to find a way to keep Danny from seeing them, which she resorts to a [[Franchise/StarWars Princess Leia]] hair bun style for. She's forced to give up the deception when it becomes clear her ears are infected, admitting it to Danny who takes her to a doctor to get her ears checked out and then for some ice cream since it's the last she's going to have for a while.

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* The ''Series/FullHouse'' episode "[[Recap/FullHouseS6E10ImNotDJ I'm Not D.J.]]" provides the page quote. The episode has Stephanie wanting to get her ears pierced though her father tells her she can't until she enters junior high. She gets D.J.'s friend Kimmy to do it, it due to her brother, Garth, working at a tattoo parlor, and as such, borrowing his piercing gun, but she wasn't anticipating having to leave the studs in place until her ears have healed over the holes after six weeks, which means she needs to find a way to keep Danny from seeing them, which she resorts to a [[Franchise/StarWars Princess Leia]] hair bun style for. She's forced to give up the deception when it becomes clear her ears are infected, admitting it to Danny who takes her to a doctor to get her ears checked out and then for some ice cream since it's the last she's going to have for a while.
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* The ''Series/FullHouse'' episode "[[Recap/FullHouseS6E10ImNotDJ I'm Not D.J.]]" provides the page quote. The episode has Stephanie wanting to get her ears pierced though her father tells her she can't. She gets D.J.'s friend Kimmy to do it, but wasn't anticipating having to leave the studs in place until her ears have healed over the holes after six weeks, which means she needs to find a way to keep Danny from seeing them, which she resorts to a [[Franchise/StarWars Princess Leia]] hair bun style for. She's forced to give up the deception when it becomes clear her ears are infected, admitting it to Danny who takes her to a doctor to get her ears checked out and then for some ice cream since it's the last she's going to have for a while.

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* The ''Series/FullHouse'' episode "[[Recap/FullHouseS6E10ImNotDJ I'm Not D.J.]]" provides the page quote. The episode has Stephanie wanting to get her ears pierced though her father tells her she can't.can't until she enters junior high. She gets D.J.'s friend Kimmy to do it, but wasn't anticipating having to leave the studs in place until her ears have healed over the holes after six weeks, which means she needs to find a way to keep Danny from seeing them, which she resorts to a [[Franchise/StarWars Princess Leia]] hair bun style for. She's forced to give up the deception when it becomes clear her ears are infected, admitting it to Danny who takes her to a doctor to get her ears checked out and then for some ice cream since it's the last she's going to have for a while.
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* ''Series/FullHouse'': "[[Recap/FullHouseS6E10ImNotDJ I'm Not D.J.]]" has Stephanie wanting to get her ears pierced though her father tells her she can't. She gets D.J.'s friend Kimmy to do it but wasn't anticipating having to leave the studs in place until her ears have healed over the holes, which means she needs to find a way to keep Danny from seeing them, which she resorts to a [[Franchise/StarWars Princess Leia]] hair bun style for. She's forced to give up the deception when it becomes clear her ears are infected, admitting it to Danny who takes her to a doctor to get her ears checked out and then for some ice cream since it's the last she's going to have for a while.

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* ''Series/FullHouse'': The ''Series/FullHouse'' episode "[[Recap/FullHouseS6E10ImNotDJ I'm Not D.J.]]" provides the page quote. The episode has Stephanie wanting to get her ears pierced though her father tells her she can't. She gets D.J.'s friend Kimmy to do it it, but wasn't anticipating having to leave the studs in place until her ears have healed over the holes, holes after six weeks, which means she needs to find a way to keep Danny from seeing them, which she resorts to a [[Franchise/StarWars Princess Leia]] hair bun style for. She's forced to give up the deception when it becomes clear her ears are infected, admitting it to Danny who takes her to a doctor to get her ears checked out and then for some ice cream since it's the last she's going to have for a while.
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* A variation in ''{{Series/CSINY}}''. Lindsey has a flashback to her young teenage years when she and three of her friends hid in her bathroom for her to pierce one of the other's ears. Girl #3 holds a potato behind the piercee's ear while Lindsay prepares the needle and they hear a thud. Girl #4, who was supposed to be keeping an eye out for Lindsey's mother, passed out from the ''thought'' of seeing their friend get stuck.

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* A variation in ''{{Series/CSINY}}''. Lindsey Lindsay has a flashback to her young teenage years when she and three of her friends hid in her bathroom for her to pierce one of the other's ears. Girl #3 holds a potato behind the piercee's ear while Lindsay prepares the needle and they hear a thud. Girl #4, who was supposed to be keeping an eye out for Lindsey's mother, Lindsay's parents, passed out from the ''thought'' of seeing their friend get stuck.
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Alice is finally a teenager! She's ready to get out, see the world, hang around town, and do all the cool stuff she couldn't before. She's also eyeing the fashion trends set by the cool girls at her school and concludes that getting her ears pierced is the only way to prove she's finally a grown-up.

There's just one problem: [[ParentalFashionVeto Her parents won't allow it]], citing how she's too young to get her ears pierced, how dangerous ear piercing is, how easy it is for a piercing to get infected, how she doesn't need earrings to look beautiful and TrueBeautyIsOnTheInside, etc. No matter how vocally Alice protests that all the ''cool'' girls at school have pierced ears, that everyone will think she's a loser if her ears aren't pierced, that she's not a baby anymore, and that she understands the risks, their minds are made up.

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Alice is finally a teenager! She's ready to get out, see the world, hang around town, and do all the cool stuff she couldn't before. She's also eyeing the fashion trends set by the cool girls at her school and concludes that getting her ears pierced is the there's only one way to prove she's finally a grown-up.

grown-up: get her ears pierced.

There's just one problem: [[ParentalFashionVeto Her parents won't allow it]], citing how she's too young to get her ears pierced, for ear piercings, how dangerous ear piercing is, how easy it is for a piercing to get infected, how she doesn't need earrings to look beautiful and TrueBeautyIsOnTheInside, etc. No matter how vocally Alice protests that all the ''cool'' girls at school have pierced ears, that everyone will think she's a loser if her ears aren't pierced, that she's not a baby anymore, and that she understands the risks, their minds are made up.

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