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pierced ears.
why do parents of young babies have there childs ears
pierced.I read it is against the law untill the child is old
enough to ask for them to be done themselves.it really
gets to me.(I fell slightly better now I have got that off my
chest)
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Unfortunately respecting children is a rare thing these days, just look a the disgusting programme bbc 3 are making with Gina Ford (i won't even start on whats wrong with her) but it's a big brother style programme. Thats not fair on children.
In my area it is pikey (no racial overtones before somebody boringly points out that pikey is a word used for Irish travellers blah blah blah yadda yadda yadda) as opposed to chav, and yes it is as pikey as wearing a baseball cap with a hoodie. And trouble is, it is pikey see pikey do, so when the child who has had her ears pierced then has her first child (usually at 12), another pikey will be welcomed into the fold of garish cheap gold hoop earings.
I used to work in a primary school and have seen a child's ear lobe ripped open by her earring during an innocent playground game. Not only do I think they look 'common', they are downright dangerous on young children. Children should be left unadorned - they are naturally beautiful. Please don't turn them into 'mini adults'.
Out of curiosity, I once asked a mother why she had her baby's ears pierced - her answer was that it was "so she had the choice when she grows up"!!
Funny that, with my unpierced ears, I feel that is exactly the choice that I have!
She also went on to say that her baby had her ears pierced at 8 weeks, and they healed very quickly with no problems, whereas her four year old daughter's had all kinds of problems as she wouldn't leave them alone. So I suppose she had some kind of point.
I believe that the reason that it is better to do it when the child is very young and will recover more quickly from the pain and trauma. In the asian subcontinent wearing of ear rings is in the culture and hence parents prefer the piercings at a very young age (few months old). I think the same goes for circumcision. Young boys will recover much quicker from this extreme trauma than if it was done at a later stage. However i cannot see it becoming unlawful.