debate; need your opinion plz ;)

okaayy - so my son [[Bryson]] wants to get his ears pierced for his birthday.. he will be turning 7 in a few weeks and this is all he wants for his birthday. now i have usually been against it and always told him no; but am starting to feel like he is getting older and if this is something he truly wants, why not; right??? back when i was his age, it wasn't really accepted too much for lil boys to have their ears pierced - but it seems now a days it is more and more common. i asked Brian his thoughts on this yesterday and he was very much against it and i couldn't really understand why ; cus he has his ears pierced, twice at that. lol so of course if he sees him w/ his ears pierced he wants it even more. He is worried about him not being able to properly clean them and them getting infected. My views on that are -- Bryson is a responsible kid, if he doesn't take the proper precautions to clean them correctly; he will have to deal with hurt infected ears.. not me. hah. now you know damn well if i had a girl and not a lil boy, nobody would have anything negative to say against it and would be all for it -- huh? lol

what are you views and thoughts on it? should i make him wait until he is old enuff to go do it himself... or go ahead and let him get it done for his birthday?? thx loves!!