Just look at a baby. Soft, chubby and perfect. Smiling and cooing with a toothless grin. They smell good and they are adorable. We love to go shopping for baby gear. Cute tops and bottoms, little shoes and adorable accessories like headbands just make us starry eye for babies. But what about earrings on babies? Is this cute or is this abuse?
According to an article in SteadyHealth.com (2015) there can be a lot of risks involved in piercing a baby’s ears. A big issue is an infection. Babies are small developing humans. They grow at a rapid pace. Their bodies developing and forming. An infection at such a young age can be deadly. Babies do not have the same abilities to fight even the smallest infections that an adult would have. Ear piercing being in the head area, so close to the brain, the eyes and the inner ear could be life changing if an …show more content…
I feel that comment is ignorant. That is saying that the baby “belongs” to them, like they own the baby. That is wrong. Babies are little humans. We do not own them. We are their caregivers given the task of raising them. Our job is to teach them right from wrong and to keep them safe. Putting holes into their heads without their permission is abuse.
At that age, they cannot say whether they want holes in their ears of not. People can argue that they can always just take the earring out and let the hole grown back. This does not happen all the time. I, for one, have ears that the holes have never grown back. I haven’t worn earrings in years. I have these little holes that you can see and that I can feel. It is a scar.
I am not preaching against ear piercing. I am strongly voicing my opinion against the piercing of baby ears. A person that gets their ears pierced should be old enough to make the decision. It is their body, not yours. I agree, it is cute but it is wrong. It is painful and it can scar. Not only that, it is
According to an article in SteadyHealth.com (2015) there can be a lot of risks involved in piercing a baby’s ears. A big issue is an infection. Babies are small developing humans. They grow at a rapid pace. Their bodies developing and forming. An infection at such a young age can be deadly. Babies do not have the same abilities to fight even the smallest infections that an adult would have. Ear piercing being in the head area, so close to the brain, the eyes and the inner ear could be life changing if an …show more content…
I feel that comment is ignorant. That is saying that the baby “belongs” to them, like they own the baby. That is wrong. Babies are little humans. We do not own them. We are their caregivers given the task of raising them. Our job is to teach them right from wrong and to keep them safe. Putting holes into their heads without their permission is abuse.
At that age, they cannot say whether they want holes in their ears of not. People can argue that they can always just take the earring out and let the hole grown back. This does not happen all the time. I, for one, have ears that the holes have never grown back. I haven’t worn earrings in years. I have these little holes that you can see and that I can feel. It is a scar.
I am not preaching against ear piercing. I am strongly voicing my opinion against the piercing of baby ears. A person that gets their ears pierced should be old enough to make the decision. It is their body, not yours. I agree, it is cute but it is wrong. It is painful and it can scar. Not only that, it is