and waterparks too. Lifeguards are not your f*****g babysitters (lifeguard heree)

Those who film and then post punishing their kids are the worst. What on earth are they trying to convey? Poor kids

I´ll never understand that.

This should be #1.

i work in a pub restaurant and ppl just do it there and leave the nappy, i never see them do it just the nappy, i wouldnt mind but its a small pub and the toilets arent miles away

Or as mini-them whom they try to force to lead the life they couldn't

Some people don't deserve children.

I have never seen or had a teacher behave so rudely. On the contrary, it’s usually the parents who behave badly.

South?

Exactly how my father treats my brother, acting as if he did no wrong all the time

lol yeah thats why i dont talk to my parents, took me a long time to break the cycle,

Should be forbidden everywhere.

Or play games

Don’t you have a telephone? Call CPS. You will be anonymous.

What about those who pull pranks on their children putting it online. Nothing like breaking your child's trust in you then humiliating them by putting it on the internet. That's some good parenting right there.

I don’t agree with piercing babies ears either - why does a baby need earrings?? When the kid gets older and asks it’s fine but to me it’s just another thing you need to look after.

It’s a cultural thing also. My Moroccan husband wanted me to get our baby girls ears pierced days after she was born, but I was totally against it. My philosophy to that is consent. When she can ask for them and be old enough to care for them I’ll let her do it. A baby will likely tug at their ears and you can’t watch them 24/7.

its super normal in my culture. i get that when you're months old, it may be bit much, since babies are sooo tiny and young ans have no idea,.. but , yeah, i had them. and you know what, i dont mind it at all. i dont remeber. i can wear earings if i want. i can not wear them if i dont want (the hole is pretty much invisible)... i've never heard of anyone who had it as a baby and "regretted" the parents decision.. it was a 5 min moment in your life, yeah you probably cried, and then, you stopped crying and forgot. it doesnt traumatize you... dont like earrings, dont wear them.. for people saying its the same as circumcision... seriously? circumcision has an effect in your life, forever... a 1mm hole in your earlobe? literally no effect ever...

Very normal in my culture.

Slavs have that kind of culture. My husbands parents wanted to pierce my daughters ears when she was a baby, but my husband and I didn't let them. She asked to pierce them when she was 9, and we took her to pierce them.

My cousin had very identical twins. The doctor suggested piercing their ears with different coloured studs so they wouldn’t get mixed up as newborns. He used numbing cream and they didn’t even cry. Worked great.

Its cultural for some people 🤷‍♀️

Whether you agree with it or not is one thing, but it's a cultural phenomenon in some cultures, so I don't agree with calling it trashy.

I’m Hispanic (Mexican/Spanish) and it is part of our culture. That and little bracelets for either girl or boy. I don’t see an issue if it’s part of someone’s heritage.

I've had a TON of ppl get on my case for not piercing my daughters' ears. It's their bodies, why would I do anything to alter it w/o their permission? No way! Plus, I feel it's a good lesson in responsibility. Don't want them infected? Then take care of them cuz they're your ears, not mine.

dude. i totally agree and i was always told that im the one in the wrong. like its so weird. theres no reason to put an actual baby through that pain at such a young age when they don't even know what it is

I worked at walmart in the jewelry department. Several times I refused to do the piercing.

Well I would disagree with this one. As a child I had my ears pierced 3 times and all three times failed bc I didn't want my mother to properly take care of them as a small child but I wanted to wear earrings. My daughter was born and at 6mths I had them pierced and took proper care of them with no issues. She's now 16, and has said she was so glad I did that. She loves jewelry and loves earrings. Friends of her's who had them done as preteens have had issues so I have no regrets for what I did when she was 6mths old.

Also a racist and xenophobic one. In many other countries and cultures, especially Latin American ones, it is standard practice that has nothing to do with class. I held that belief too until my half-Venezuelan daughter was born and her mother had her ears pierced when they moved there. I realized it was my small-mindedness that was the problem.

I am against this one actually. I am actually glad my parents had my ears professionally pierced as a baby. I would have never gone through it as a teen or adult. If I don't want to wear earings I dont and if I do I can easily put them on without going through a hassle and the constant care of piercings. I think there are a lot more cares that you need to go through when getting piercings as adults in comparison to babies. I met a friend who could only wear clip ons and I honestly would have hated only having that option. My only fear is someone ripping my earlobes trying to steal my earings or making them sag with earings that are too heavy, but that is a different thing altogether.

One of my pet peeves! Why subject an infant to the pain and hassle of dealing with earrings? I don't care if "it's your culture". Lots of cultural things that used to be acceptable are not any more. I was allowed to get earrings when I was old enough to ask for them and ready to deal with the responsibility of caring for them.

not my bag but it is European tradition

My little girl was gorgeous but bald as a cueball for 2 years. Occasionally, as is common, someone would mistake her for a boy then be embarrassed by their mistake. “Put some earring on her”! one suggested. I replied, "No way! In about 13 yers, that’s going to be leverage”! And it was.

I had mine pierced as a baby... I wish they hadn't done it. I would have never pierced my ears if left out to me.

NO! That's awful!

My sister did this. Neither my brother nor I were happy about it. He was only 12 & teared up hearing our niece screaming.

I didn't do it, I made my kids wait until they had a good enough grasp on oral hygiene that I no longer needed to remind them to brush twice a day, so I could expect them to do the healing wound care needed for newly pierced earrings.. Once that was reliably happening, I took them to get their ears pierced. Never my desire, always theirs. But I've work with a lot of people of different ethnicities and cultures than my white self, and it is very common to pierce the ears early on. It does heal really quickly, probably one quarter of the time it takes teens or adults. Not my kids, I don't care.

My sister was given earrings when she was 1 year old. Had an infection for a few weeks, and thankful nothing untoward happened.