{"id":4890,"date":"2012-01-26T08:33:01","date_gmt":"2012-01-26T08:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.livingwithkids.co.uk\/?p=4890"},"modified":"2018-02-20T11:41:44","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T11:41:44","slug":"is-it-right-or-wrong-to-have-a-babys-ears-pierced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/is-it-right-or-wrong-to-have-a-babys-ears-pierced\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it Right Or Wrong To Have A Baby\u2019s Ears Pierced?"},"content":{"rendered":"It was interesting to see the amount of heated comments and the level of anger and passion many people feel about this subject when KidStart asked this question on Facebook<\/a> on Tuesday.\r\n\r\nThe responses ranged from \u2018It\u2019s vile and should be made illegal\u2019 to people suggesting not very politely that kids with pierced ears only came from a certain section of society.\r\n\r\n\"\"<\/a>\r\n\r\nI myself had my ears pierced when I was four, due to the fact my parents are Asian and culturally (though obviously it\u2019s still a fashion thing) that\u2019s what they do in India. Would I let my own 5 year old have her ears pierced? No, because I remember it hurt like hell and then I had to always be careful about my earrings not being caught on things as I was growing up.\r\n\r\nPlus I know my own daughter is likely to take the earrings out, lose them, mess about with her ears and generally find the whole fact of having earrings irritating. Having said that once I was older I loved having pierced ears, so I would definitely let her get her ears pierced should she make that choice when she\u2019s older. That\u2019s not to say I hate the look of earrings on kids her age (she’s 5). Many of my daughter\u2019s friends have earrings and they are kids who come from a variety of backgrounds and cultures and I rarely notice it.\r\n\r\nI do, however have a problem with babies with earrings partly because I don\u2019t think it looks nice (my personal opinion) but also because my friend\u2019s year old baby swallowed an earring after having had her ears pierced at 8 months. However, I don\u2019t think parents who pierce their kids ears are, as someone said on Facebook – \u2018Chavvy\u2019 and \u2018Scum\u2019! Let\u2019s get some perspective here. It\u2019s not illegal to do it and the earring can be taken out if the child doesn\u2019t like it or it becomes problematic.\r\n\r\nBut what do you think? Should ear piercing be banned for babies and small kids or should everyone mind their own business? 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