To think that it is wrong to let kids have their ears pierced before they can make an informed choice?

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bananasinpjamas · 16/03/2011 14:53

Not talking about 13 year olds. Maybe not even 8 year olds. But TODDLERS. Why? Did they have any choice in the matter?

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MissVerinder · 16/03/2011 14:54

ooooh, ear piercing debate. Lways good, this one.

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bananasinpjamas · 16/03/2011 14:55

And the risk of infection...

Yeah, I think this could be good too.

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kreecherlivesupstairs · 16/03/2011 14:57

Ah, pajamas. Second post in AIBU on contentious subjects.

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bananasinpjamas · 16/03/2011 15:04

I feel I haven't been around much lately, kreecherlivesupstairs, I feel MN needs some contentious threads to make up for my lost time :P

Jammy dodger was great, although Jaffa Cakes are much preffered. Washed down with a fruit shoot of course.

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bananasinpjamas · 16/03/2011 15:31

Bumpy

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PigValentine · 16/03/2011 15:34

Some people don't like it. Some people don't mind it. I had my ears pierced as a baby and can't say I have suffered any lasting trauma, it's certainly ridiculous to compare it to child abuse as I have read on previous threads.

Tee2072 · 16/03/2011 15:36

My niece's ears were pierced in the delivery room. And look, it's affected her so badly she's only at University in the US and a straight A student.

Yeah. It's child abuse. That's right.

So is circumcision, baptism and anything else you can think of that we inflict on our children without their consent.

Of course, that would also cover Baby Led Weaning, what they wear and where they go to Primary school.

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