How can a child know it wants its ears pierced when it cant even talk yet?

Question

are the parents using the child as a showpiece? a toy doll?

Answer 1

It doesn't Sir Benny and i quite agree with you,that they are just exploiting there children as a showpiece,a very good question to have asked,i just hope all those mums that have had it done will one day regret it doing it,as it should be left up to the child when it is old enough to decide for them self's

Answer 2

The important part of your question is the use of the word 'child'. Assuming the child has a parent/s or guardian with responsibility for the child; whilst the responsibility of the child is with an adult, the adult should decide taking into account the age and sensibility of the child. If you changed the body decoration (earing) for tattoo, would you allow the child to go ahead and get one? Probably not.

The answer must be that the child does not know and, as it cannot talk yet, the child cannot say it wants its ears pierced with any degree of clarity. The adult may be placing to much emphasise on the child's physical behaviour and have interpreted this behaviour as the child saying "I want my ears pierced". However, you do not say if the child cannot speak for a medical reason so I must assume that the child is very young and is gesturing? To have imparted this information the child must be incredibly intelligent or the person interpreting the information very aware. Whatever, unless it is custom and practice to pierce the ears, it may be better not to as it is merely decorative.

Answer 3

They don't, If a parent thinks the child will want pierced ears then piercing them when they are babies is done because the nerves in the ears are immature and the baby doesn't feel the pain, I can say this because I am half Spain, Spanish and they pierce little baby girls ears at the hospital after birth, I have seen this done on 12 of my nieces and will tell you they didn't even notice.
I however was born in Venezuela where my parents lived at the time and didn't have mine done until I was 13, it hurt like a beatch
and I teared up.

Answer 4

It doesn't know, the parent decides for them.

I think a lot has to deal with what happened to the parent when they were a baby. For instance, my parents pierced my ears... so to me, I don't see it as a big deal. I had no problem having my ears pierced and when I got older and didn't feel like wearing any, I didn't have to, I just took 'em out. So I would consider it for my daughter, but I can't say for sure whether I'd do it or not.

Answer 5

It can't hurt the child anymore than cutting off a piece of a little boy's weenie! That isn't a medical necessity either. Is circumcision child abuse? If piercing the ears is, then circumcision definitely is IMO. Little boy babies definitely can't tell his parents that he wants this skin on his body whacked off can he...... And don't give me any malarkey about it being cleaner or anything like that. They can be kept clean, just don't be lazy!

It drives me NUTS when people throw around the "child abuse" excuse when children that are really abused aren't being helped but if mommy slaps you busy body nosey people report you for "abusing" your child. Well maybe we wouldn't need reality programs like the nanny if we punished our children a little bit and didn't let them run the households!

Answer 6

Simple: so you can tell that my child was a girl. She had hardly any hair, and unless she was decked out in all pink and girly-girly, people couldn't tell. So I, as a parent, made that decision.

I got my daughter's ears pierced at six months because I knew she would never remember it, and it would save the hassle of her crying and worrying at age 10 or 12. Plus, it only hurts for a split second. I've had mine done, and I would never put an infant through something that would hurt badly, unless it was a matter of her health.

Answer 7

A baby doesn't know it needs a blanket, a dry diaper, a bottle, a doctor's check-up...but it does. The parents make all kinds of decisions regarding their babies. No one thinks it's wrong if a mother puts a beautiful dress on a baby girl or a pretty bow in its hair. Pierced ears are just a fashion trend that parents may choose for their girls. IT'S NOBODY ELSE'S BUSINESS.

Answer 8

My point exactly, Sir Benny.

here's my answer to the "baby ear piercing" question.

No, babies don't care if they wear earrings or not, only parents do. So I won't put her through that. When she's older and will want to have her ears pierced - fine with me.

Answer 9

Of course it doesn't know either way. Personally I think it is a bad idea. Ear piercing can cause allergies later in life.

Answer 10

Children shouldn't get ears pierced as there is an increased risk of snagging during play.