People who get their babies' ears pierced

[Lady Whistledown]

Anyone on here prepared to admit to taking little Chantella-Britnee and Tyrone to get their ears done?

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

I'm talking about kids under, say, 6, the ones you see in pushchairs with a nice set of Nike shaped Elizabeth Duke studs in their ears. It's wrong, wrong, wrong.

Discuss.

Surely it's better they get their ears pierced than are given a 'prince Albert'?

 

[British Bulldog]

Who cares, it looks shit but if people want to do it then it's their own business.

You're not from Croydon are you?

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Re: Re: People who get their babies' ears pierced

Surely it's better they get their ears pierced than are given a 'prince Albert'?

LOL, a guy I vaguely knew once whipped his Prince Albert out in the middle of a crowded pub because I said I didn't believe he really had one.

I couldn't believe how big the ring was (as opposed to the bit it was stuck in...).

Ouch

 

[Starry]

I guess.

But there's something about a great big pair of gold-ette hooped ear-rings on a 6 month old that's just horrendous.

To each their own I guess.

None of my children have ever expressed a wish to have their ears pierced but the rule in our house is that when you are old enough and responsible to look after/care for/deal with it (be it a pet, earrings or whatever) you can have it.

I don't see anything *really* wrong with it though, there are far worse things people could do to their children than pierce a hole in their ear.

 

[Man of Harveys]

Re: Re: Re: People who get their babies' ears pierced

LOL, a guy I vaguely knew once whipped his Prince Albert out in the middle of a crowded pub because I said I didn't believe he really had one.

I couldn't believe how big the ring was (as opposed to the bit it was stuck in...).

Ouch

I'd suggest that you know that man slightly more than "vaguely" now. Did you ask him how he goes through airport security?

 

[Lady Whistledown]

To each their own I guess.

None of my children have ever expressed a wish to have their ears pierced but the rule in our house is that when you are old enough and responsible to look after/care for/deal with it (be it a pet, earrings or whatever) you can have it.

I don't see anything *really* wrong with it though, there are far worse things people could do to their children than pierce a hole in their ear.

Totally. And sadly in my job I see plenty of wrong things.

But just taking the opportunity to have a chuckle at something trivial and a bit chavvy

 

[Norman Baker suck my lozenge]

I think it's the idea that they mutilate their kids for the sake of fashion when they're far too young to make their own choice about it.

And who sets themself up in business as a baby ear-piercer??

What next, tattoos for toddlers?

Half the mothers You see are barely 11,so what do you expect?,welcome to Blairs socialist utopia.

 

[Gully]

Think it looks awful, sorry but I think it verges on the edge of child abuse, how can a 3 month old child decide that they want their ears pierced. Have to say the same thing goes for circumcision, both male and female, regardless of whether it is for religious or cultural reasons.

 

[Frutos]

Very wrong indeed.

I used to see a baby, mother and father on the train getting off at Chichester every morning and their baby daughter, no older than 18 months, had big loop earrings. Looked grim and obviously the baby didn't decide she wanted them as she couldn't speak. Mind you I don't think either the mother or father could string a sentence together.

I would imagine that the odds of the bloke in question actually being the father of the child are probably very very long indeed.

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

I think it's the idea that they mutilate their kids for the sake of fashion when they're far too young to make their own choice about it.

I agree with you. But how many people who disagree with baby-piercing are quite happy to have their kids christened or baptised or whatever "when they're far too young to make their own choice about it"?

 

[The British National Party]

Its just as bad as females having tattoos, tattoos on females make them look sluttish.

 

[Gully]

Depends what the tattoo is of and where it is. I would say that a woman with an anchor tattoo on her lower arm or love and hate tattoed on her knuckles might have a few issues, but a very small tattoo in a place seen by only those with the most intimate knowledge of her body can be quite nice.

 

[Basil Fawlty]

Very wrong, whats the point of trying to make them the next Pat Butcher.

 

[Les Biehn]

Pikey. Infact it is double pikey.

 

[KNC]

perfectly normal in spain

tis true

 

[Gully]

Think we can say that it is a cultural thing, not considered the done thing in the majority of the UK, unless of course your racial origines are from a part of the community where it is normally done.

 

[clapham_gull]

In the big scheme of things, I think there is much worse.

I get more worried about the crap I see going into supermarket trolleys to be honest.

It's a miracle that a lot of kids don't glow in the dark and we're not talking ready break.

 

[London Irish]

Although it looks wrong, it's small beer, I'm much more concerned when I see mums and dads shouting at and whacking their kids in public.

 

[Les Biehn]

Ear piercing, junk food, whacking children and shouting at them in public. A lot of people are morons, but what can you do?