to think piercing of childrens ears should be banned

[lucyellensmum]

why why why would anyone want to do this to a three year old????? I went to a childrens party at the weekend, there was a lovely little girl there with the most awful blingy "diamond" earings pulling her ears down - ear piercing hurts, it is tantamount to child abuse IMO.

Insurance for what? If they pierce the wrong place ? shudder

What's the difference?

That is different IMO, as it becomes a health and safety issue. My DDs have small studs and can't have dangly for a very very long time!

Realistically almost every single girl will, at some point, get her ears pierced won't she?

Well said RM2

thought i might let dd have this done for her 8th birthday whadyathink?

What about belly button piercing, should there be an age limit on that? I know someone who's daughter has her belly button pierced when she was 12.

Well J20baby, If you thin that's OK then Fine.

that should be think

I just can't see any reason to have a child's ears pierced/ Children are beautiful anyway. They don't need ornaments adorning them to make that be the case.

And it hurts. It does, there is no getting away from that. Why would anyone want to hurt their baby - and for what good reason?

They should wait until they stop growing or the hole will stretch. I know this from being pregnant with a pierced belly button,. Even though I had the piercing taken out early on, it still stretched the hole a bit. And don't some facial piercings look like big metal zits?

I don't see a problem in a child wearing a small pair of studs. It only pricks for a second, most women get their ears pierced anyway and it will hurt whether you 5 or 25.

I think the point is that it should be for people who are old enough to make the choice and I totally agree with Hulababy about young children simply not needing it. Dd will do lots of things when she is older but that's hardly a reason to let her do them now.

was only kidding, actually i've got mine done and it did hurt less than when i got my ears done, but that is because they numb your navel but not your ears.

btw skay, just a word of warning, make sure you hold your dd's head really still when they do it, my dd was about the same age and flinched, and the gun caught the skin on her face and bruised her, i think one of the girls was a bit inexperienced and nervous.

i think the whole point of getting them done young, like under 1 is because they are less likely to keep touching them thus less likely to get infected.

i was ten when i had my ears peirced, it hurt so much that i passed out, just because babies cant say mummy that hurt, doesnt mean it doesnt.

~Of course i respect cultural differences and that is quite a different story, but i too would be interested as to why it is done, just out of interest.

I didnt allow my DD1 to have hers done until secondary school, she is 17 now and has two holes in her ears and three in her lips!!!! but it was her choice after all, and begrudgingly i have to say, it suits her.

But a 25yo knows it will hurt and why. A 5yo, or a 5mo doesn't really understand that.

And WHY does a 5yo need to wear earings anyway. Most schools don't allow them to anyway.

i would have thought inflicting unessesary pain on a very young child who isn't old enough to give consent, or even understand what the pain is for,would be classed as abuse.

"Hold her head" - why oh why would you do that to your child? In dh's culture babies have it done as well but we made the choice not to.

I do agree divastrop. I just think that there are far worse kinds.

Agree Hulababy and why present another potential hazard in those early stumbling years with a risk of catching it on something. I'm not particularly concerned with how it looks as that's clearly subjective, and even the issue of choice is a bit thorny, but safety first as Keith Lard would say

So why give your child innoculations(sp?) then?
Surely that can be classified as unnecessary.

LMAO at the big metal zits, my DD1 facial peircing is just under her nose - it looks like a grollie. Thankfully she is letting that one close up. but i still stand on the thinking it should be banned under a certain age. Navel piercing is quite dangerous isnt it if it goes wrong, so maybe that should have a 16 age limit to make sure they are mature enough to ensure it doesnt become infected.

LEM waits to be called hypocrit for harping on about ears in babies and letting her 16 year old DD have facial piercings.