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Are parents who get their kids ears pierced selfish?

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  • 09-11-2012 1:23am
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    PizzamanIRL
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    I mean when their kid is a few months old and the parents get their ears pierced just so they can have a 'prettier' baby with a shiny earring.

    The kid has no say and has to go through a bit of pain just because their mother wanted them to have a better appearance.

    Selfish or not? 153 votes

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    LordSutch
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    Babies with earrings, NO no no Its just plane wrong.

    Unless of course you are from South America or some other place where it is tradition.


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    billybudd
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    PizzamanIRL wrote: »
    I mean when their kid is a few months old and the parents get their ears pierced just so they can have a 'prettier' baby with a shiny earring.

    The kid has no say and has to go through a bit of pain just because their mother wanted them to have a better appearance.


    Read before from a ear specialist that it is less painful when done very young and has no health effects and is less prone to infection.


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    Brain Stroking
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    Anyone that does that is classless in the extreme. Doesnt matter how much money you have. You have no class if you do that.


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    Mince Pie
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    Maybe they want people to stop thinking their girl is a boy?


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    Max Power
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    Brain Stroking wrote: »
    Anyone that does that is classless in the extreme. Doesnt matter how much money you have. You have no class if you do that.
    WTF? What has how much money they have got to do with anything?

    To answer the OP, yes they are selfish then again all skangery type people are.


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    Halloran springs
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    billybudd wrote: »


    Read before from a ear specialist that it is less painful when done very young and has no health effects and is less prone to infection.
    Ooooo we have an argument, *grabs pop corn*


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    poppyvally
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    LordSutch wrote: »
    Babies with earrings, NO no no Its just plane wrong.

    Unless of course you are from South America or some other place where it is tradition.

    Or if it's your "culture"
    :rolleyes::


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    TheUsual
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    Selfish ?

    Are you fcuking with me ?

    Cost me about 25 Euro for each babies ear. How is that selfish you morons !


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    Lando Griffin
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    Mince Pie wrote: »
    Maybe they want people to stop thinking their girl is a boy?
    It was only a few weeks ago in the playground when I saw a boy no more than one with a gold stud in one of his ears. A right little so and so too
    .


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    danslevent
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    Well most girls are going to pierce their ears anyway in the future, why not do it when they are young?


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    1ZRed
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    It's not selfish, it's just completely unnecessary and tacky to do it to a baby.


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    poppyvally
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    FionnMcCool87 wrote: »
    WTF? What has how much money they have got to do with any

    Op s just saying that anyone with any bit of cop-on wont do this to small kids


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    LordSutch
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    How about Christmas earrings for your baby? > http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/svart/svart0912/svart091200016/6110899-little-baby-girl-with-christmas-decorations-as-earrings.jpg :D


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    1ZRed
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    poppyvally wrote: »
    Or if it's your "culture"
    :rolleyes::

    If it was part of their culture then I'd respect that and wouldn't care. In fairness of all the things done for the sake of "culture", like unnecessary circumcision, ear piercing is way down the list.


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    rannerap
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    danslevent wrote: »
    Well most girls are going to pierce their ears anyway in the future, why not do it when they are young?

    Because your ears grow and change as you get older, while it may be the perfect placement for a hole when you are a baby, that may not be the case a few years down the line.


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    Mince Pie
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    Sarannewrap wrote: »
    Because your ears grow and change as you get older, while it may be the perfect placement for a hole when you are a baby, that may not be the case a few years down the line.


    I've never noticed a non perfect placement for earrings before. I'm gonna be walking around the city with a rubber neck now. :D


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    caste_in_exile
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    wouldn't go too far down that road, it's a fast track to piercing their hymens

    some people just want to put out the cutest sexiest kid on the block, which is beyond trashy n I thought I was weird but sometimes what's generally taken for the most down to earth people is in fact away with the birds.


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    Esoteric_
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    Most girls might get it done when they're older, but surely the choice to essentially mutilate their body should be their own? I'm not against body mods, I have plenty of body mods and love them all, but punching holes into your child's skin for no reason? That's disgusting, IMO.


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    emeraldstar
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    I don't see how it would be "selfish".

    Idiotic and unnecessary, on the other hand, yes.


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    rannerap
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    Mince Pie wrote: »
    I've never noticed a non perfect placement for earrings before. I'm gonna be walking around the city with a rubber neck now. :D

    I got mine done as a kid and one ear is definitely not in the ideal position :(


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    mauzo
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    It's tacky and horrible.

    I've never seen a cute baby with their ears pierced.

    Wait until they are old enough to decide themselves.

    I wasn't allowed get mine done until I was 8. I have 4 in each ear and My tongue done now.

    My choice, babies can't decide. My sister had hers done at 6 weeks and she hates it.


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    Mince Pie
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    Sarannewrap wrote: »
    I got mine done as a kid and one ear is definitely not in the ideal position :(

    Is it really that noticeable? Can't say I've ever seen it. :(


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    caste_in_exile
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    I got it done at about 13 in georges arcade and septicemia set in :( didn't go away for ages... served me right.


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    danslevent
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    mauzo wrote: »
    It's tacky and horrible.

    I've never seen a cute baby with their ears pierced.

    Wait until they are old enough to decide themselves.

    I wasn't allowed get mine done until I was 8. I have 4 in each ear and My tongue done now.

    My choice, babies can't decide. My sister had hers done at 6 weeks and she hates it.

    Would she not just take them out?


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    #26
    flutterflye
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    Don't know if it's selfish, but it is definitely knackery and tacky.


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    Mince Pie
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    Ah the Georges St Arcade fondly known as Butcher Street piercings. You weren't alone there my friend.


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    longshanks
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    So tell me this, at what age do you all suppose it becomes acceptable/unselfish/untacky ?


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    Super-Rush
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    TheUsual wrote: »
    Selfish ?

    Are you fcuking with me ?

    Cost me about 25 Euro for each babies ear. How is that selfish you morons !

    Tone down the aggression and abuse if you want to contribute any more to this thread


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    mauzo
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    danslevent wrote: »

    Would she not just take them out?

    She did, but she still has the holes


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    rannerap
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    Mince Pie wrote: »
    Is it really that noticeable? Can't say I've ever seen it. :(

    ah its just kind of annoying cause earrings dont sit right
    caste_in_exile wrote: »
    I got it done at about 13 in georges arcade and septicemia set in :( didn't go away for ages... served me right.


    Ah georges arcade, I wonder if the lady with the shaky arm still works there! My ears still bear the scars from that place


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