Ear Piercing on Babies/toddlers

[Niamh.]

This has been brought up in the Circumcision thread a couple of times and I thought it deserved it's own discussion.

so OK or not OK?

Personally, I can't believe it's legal. I think maybe 8 up where the child can make their own choice on it is OK, but not on a little baby or toddler who have no interest in being hurt for the sake of their parents vanity

[Moniqua]

nawt okay :nono:

[Nicky91]

ew no, ear piercing should only be in the teens


you don't wanna ruin cute little babies with awful ear piercings :(

[Mokka]

It's a no from me

[Kate!]

Definitely not ok.

[Northern Monkey]

When i got mine done as a kid,No jewellers would do it unless you were 14 i think it was.
I think that’s a good age.
So no to babies for me.
It should be down to the kid when they’re old enough.

[Denver]

Should be banned full stop

[Liam-]

Don’t like them, not only is it cruel I think, but it looks cheap, it’s not for the babies, it’s for their parents to show off their kids as accessories

[chuff me dizzy]

Shocking practice to please Mothers not the baby, let them decide when they are old enough

[SherzyK]

I’m okay with them. Both my siblings and myself have had ear piercings from when we were younger so never really had a problem with them or had a problem with any other kid having them. None of us cried either according to our mum so I don’t really see the torture aspect of it

[arista]

Its a Fashion.
Shocking as they are too young

[Kizzy]

It's my pet hate absolutely hate it.

[user104658]

My daughter had hers done at 8 at her own insistence - like I said in the other thread, I can't fathom how it's legal to have it done on kids too young to speak, let alone express a desire to have it done :umm2:.

I mean, I'm pretty sure if I stuck a needle through my kids ear at home when they were a toddler I'd be locked up for assault / abuse? I'm not sure why it's suddenly OK so long as you get it done at Claire's Accessories :think:.

[Niamh.]

My daughter had hers done at 8 at her own insistence - like I said in the other thread, I can't fathom how it's legal to have it done on kids too young to speak, let alone express a desire to have it done :umm2:.

I mean, I'm pretty sure if I stuck a needle through my kids ear at home when they were a toddler I'd be locked up for assault / abuse? I'm not sure why it's suddenly OK so long as you get it done at Claire's Accessories :think:.I got mine done around that age aswell but I asked to have them done too, that's the difference