This ons needs to be higher. Remember a while back in Milan the bankers went on strike and there was a panic but nothing terrible happened? And then the garbage cleaners/collectors went on strike and the city was a filthy mess. Essential workers need better wages because they are the people that make the world a better place.

Are they really people anymore with all the implants fillers, injections and prosthetics they’ve used to modify themselves. Can they still be considered human?

Finally; a true human.

People have been idle bystanders for a long time before cellphones came with cameras.

Fox hunting has supposedly been banned in the UK, not Scotland though I think. I 100% agree with you, but what about bull fighting in Spain and Portugal, sheep stabbing for halal meat and many other abuses, do not blame just the UK

I have no problem with faith. The problem lies in the man made rules that define the organized Religion. Made by men with ulterior motives, like power and/or wealth

Mine had a shirt with 'eat sleep s**t repeat' and that was far more accurate as 'ladies man'.

"Lighten" up? That does sound like a racist slur, as lightening up usually means to make things less dark. We should replace this saying immediately! (Please note that this is a satire)

I hate that too. It's really bad in the cultures where friendships between genders are regarded with doubt.

It's fine if people ask you if you have kids. It's not fine when people start questioning why you don't have kids.

This should be done when the child is old enough to decide. It being a culture thing is not an excuse. Culture evolves too.

My mother had mine done when I was tiny and I'm grateful she did.

My cousin had very identical twin girls. She was very concerned about mixing them up and the doctor recommended piercing their ears with different colour studs. He did it in two seconds and it was great. She highly recommends it to anyone with twin girls.

It's the same with circumstances IMO. It's mutilation

I understand the issue with it. At the same time I was always happy that my parents had it done for me when I was too young to remember and be anxious about it or scared. In my culture at the time every girl had pierced ears, it wasn't really a question so it made sense to spare them a conscious bad memory. Nowadays I'm not sure I'd do it if I had a kid.

What about circumcision?

As someone whose ears were pierced before I was old enough to remember it, I agree

I was 5 months old when my egg donor had mine done, I do not remember it and like my ears pierced but I do agree. Let kids decided if and when 🙂

my friend has piercing studio, there is not any part of her body that is not pierced - she allowed her daughter to pierce her ears when she was 16 - I believe she knows what she is doing

If the baby grows up and doesn't like it they can remove it. Simple as that.

I desperately wanted mine pierced as a child. My mom refused to allow it until I was 18. However my godmother, my mom's best friend, paid for the piercing for my eleventh birthday. Mom allowed it, but it took her a long time to get over it. As for the piercing, I was old enough to keep the holes clean and cared for. They ached the first day or so, but healed up fine. I saw a baby getting her ears pierced. I didn't understand why the mother wanted the extra trouble of piercing care on an infant.

I think most people aren't understanding the reasons it IS done. First, it could be part of their culture/heritage. I got my ears pierced a few days after I was born, and they are healthy, never close and I have the option to either wear earrings or not. I don't think this is as weird or invasive as some people are making it seem.

My sister suggested having my then-8 month old baby's ears pierced. I said I plan to wait til she asks for it. Next day she took my daughter out for the day and when they got back, you guessed it, my kid's ears had been pierced. Sister could NOT understand why I was so angry. It's been 23 yrs and the memory still makes my blood boil!

no circumcision then? i will escort myself out.....

I agree and would add that the same could be said for circumcision of children and babies when there is no medical need for it. Its barbaric!

I am shocked that it isn't actually illegal. I HATE going into Claires (an accessory shop which offers piercings) and seeing a screaming baby or toddler having their ears pierced. I feel like shouting at the parents.

Body modification should be a choice. Babies can't choose. I had my ears pierced when I was 10, because I wanted them pierced. No one forced it on me.

To anyone saying they've never seen the problem with piercing young children's ears: I've seen too many ingrown earrings (cause the parents wouldn't treat the fresh piercing or the toddlers wouldn't let them), ripped earlobes (young children play rough) and scar tissue on ears of elementary school children (no, the hole won't always close up without a trace, sometimes you can't pierce the same place again because it's hardened) when I used to do ear piercings for my old job to wish that on any baby. I've had so many parents beg me to somehow make the "new" first piercings look more symmetrical, or make one higher up because the smallest earring would tilt in the lobe that was pierced when there was just no room for a piercing that would be centred 10 years later. I've got twin girls, and I will buy clips and magnetic earrings until they are at least big enough to not have an ear growth spurt until they're grown up.

We offered my daughter to get her ears pierced when she was 12. She said, "No, not now, maybe later." She's now 19 and still hasn't done it. No hurry.

My birth parents waited until I could say that I didn’t want earrings… and then they put them on me anyways, despite me throwing a fit

Do we not have magnets and clip-ons?

In some countries ear piercing is a cultural thing. Stop enforcing western ideas on everyone else. This is what causes disagreement and then violence.

This!! Makes me mad even thinking about what people do to their children without their consent!

If my kids want them, they can have them when they are school age. Maybe I'll change my mind then and say they have to be teens too lol.

And should NEVER be done until you test your baby for metal allergies. The infections can be so bad that the inner ear and throat can be affected. We already pump too many antibiotics into our bodies and this is just a dumb way to add more.

My parents refused to have my ears pierced when I was a baby and I remember someone calling me "not a lady" for being in middle school and not having my ears pierced from a young age. I ended up not even getting my ears pierced to this day.

I disagree with this. I think the sooner the better. But my kids dad agrees with op, so we waited until our daughter chose it, that was fine and it healed perfectly :)

How about Circumcision

my friend got her ears pierced when she was not even one year old yet! although she likes having here ears pierced, i agree with this as when a baby grows up they may not want their ears pierced, but they will forever have the mark showing the fact that they did