When my daughter was about six months old, my Latino spouse asked if we were going to get her ears pierced (he was still in that stage where he put decisions like that on me; he got better), because that's what his family did. I replied that I didn't really like the practice and would prefer not to. What was funny was that he then turned around and opined that she should have to wait until she was fourteen to get them pierced. I kind of facepalmed at that point.

(She actually waited a bit longer than I expected. I offered to let her do it at eight, but she waited until she was ten. We took her to a tattoo/piercing place, and she actually smiled at laughed through the whole thing.)