The kid is five year's old, for Christ's sake. We are not talking about an infant here. I'm pretty sure she'd know if she wanted her ears pierced or not, and by that age, many children in the world are already working. Of course this happened in Texas, where I'm sure the suburban soccer mom and helicopter parent quota is through the charts. And if the mother was so concerned with what her daughter was doing, why in the hell was she in day care? I can't stand these people who refuse to raise their own children so they can go off and pursue their own selfish interests. I don't know what the Texas emancipation laws are like, but if I was this kid, I'd be lawyering up.

ArkAngel: My ex had a friend who pierced the ears of her two-month old daughter. What the fark is wrong with these people? Infants do not need jewelry

I see that fairly frequently actually. I believe it follows the circumcision train of thought: Doing before they can remember the pain outweighs doing it after they can make the choice. It also helps distinguish female babies from male babies as they tend to look alike. It might also indicate that your ex's friend was sensitive about people asking if her child is a boy or a girl. Why not just dress her like a girl? I guess that's not enough.

That is more consent than children give for circumcision.

Her ears were already pierced when she was 3 (or younger). Probably her idea.

spentmiles: The kid is five year's old, for Christ's sake. We are not talking about an infant here. I'm pretty sure she'd know if she wanted her ears pierced or not, and by that age, many children in the world are already working. Of course this happened in Texas, where I'm sure the suburban soccer mom and helicopter parent quota is through the charts. And if the mother was so concerned with what her daughter was doing, why in the hell was she in day care? I can't stand these people who refuse to raise their own children so they can go off and pursue their own selfish interests. I don't know what the Texas emancipation laws are like, but if I was this kid, I'd be lawyering up.

I love you so much...

TheWizard: That is more consent than children give for circumcision.

Hey now, getting your ears pierced is easily reversible and only effects a body part that isn't used for anything. Circumcision is permanent and effects a highly usable area of the body.

MaxxLarge: Sick. Everyone knows that minors are legally unable to consent to penetration.

For real. Also wtf is this sick shiat with it in the kids ear? That's some fettish right there.

ArkAngel: My ex had a friend who pierced the ears of her two-month old daughter. What the fark is wrong with these people? Infants do not need jewelry

My daughter had hers pierced at 3 mos, not a big deal.

I've had people asking me when I'm going to pierce my daughter's ears since before she was 1. There are few things more disturbing than an infant with earrings. Even on toddlers and preschoolers it looks wrong. My daughter can get her ears pierced when she's old enough to reasonably want it done.

Of course, my son is circumcised because I'm a big, huge hypocrite.

Governor Rick Perry says it's okay to stick small holes in little girls so it must be okay.

milowitz: My daughter had hers pierced at 3 mos, not a big deal.

Maybe not to you.

MaxxLarge: Sick. Everyone knows that minors are legally unable to consent to penetration.

I can't blame the teacher on this one. There were clear signs she had been penetrated at least twice before and she was asking for it.

Article doesn't describe how she was dressed, but I can only imagine.

cgraves67: It also helps distinguish female babies from male babies as they tend to look alike. It might also indicate that your ex's friend was sensitive about people asking if her child is a boy or a girl.

What about the really trashy ones that get their infant sons' ears pierced?

It's amazing how some people turn every story into a discussion of infant penis. Get over yourself.

milowitz: My daughter had hers pierced at 3 mos, not a big deal.

Agreed, but its still up to the parents.

/Don't let my kids drink in your house cuz you think its safe.
//Don't let my kids fark in your house cuz you think its safe.

What, no tramp stamp?

Maybe they save the tattoo's for the 3rd grade, in Fort Worth.

meanmutton: It's amazing how some people turn every story into a discussion of infant penis. Get over yourself.

Says the person who's making a big deal about underage cock.

bigworld2000: milowitz: My daughter had hers pierced at 3 mos, not a big deal.

Maybe not to you.

Tell me about it.

spentmiles: The kid is five year's old, for Christ's sake. We are not talking about an infant here. I'm pretty sure she'd know if she wanted her ears pierced or not, and by that age, many children in the world are already working. Of course this happened in Texas, where I'm sure the suburban soccer mom and helicopter parent quota is through the charts. And if the mother was so concerned with what her daughter was doing, why in the hell was she in day care? I can't stand these people who refuse to raise their own children so they can go off and pursue their own selfish interests. I don't know what the Texas emancipation laws are like, but if I was this kid, I'd be lawyering up.

You sir, are an internet treasure. Please don't ever change.

spentmiles: The kid is five year's old, for Christ's sake. We are not talking about an infant here. I'm pretty sure she'd know if she wanted her ears pierced or not, and by that age, many children in the world are already working. Of course this happened in Texas, where I'm sure the suburban soccer mom and helicopter parent quota is through the charts. And if the mother was so concerned with what her daughter was doing, why in the hell was she in day care? I can't stand these people who refuse to raise their own children so they can go off and pursue their own selfish interests. I don't know what the Texas emancipation laws are like, but if I was this kid, I'd be lawyering up.

*claps* Bravo, spentmiles. Bravo.

Headline is misleading on a) this level b) this level or c) any level.

Oh boy, pierced ears on infants and circumcision all in one thread... this should be fun.

But that said, I'm glad that my parents had my ears pierced when I was an infant. If you're going to do it, just do it. I've always found the "they can get them pierced when they're older and ready" argument ridiculous. The ears of an infant are much easier to clean and sterilize, because they won't sit there and fiddle with them with their grubby fingers, leading to an infection.

If you don't want to pierce your baby's ears, fine, but don't go all "think of the children!" on the parents who do. I can't think of anything bad that pierced ears would lead to down the road, but I can think of plenty of other things that would.

/Day care teacher however, should not have pierced that child's ears.

dustygrimp: //Don't let my kids fark in your house cuz you think its safe.

Depends. Is your daughter hot and of legal age?

Given that KinderCare is a franchise operation, I would think they could afford to hire "help" who are smart enough to know you never interact with a child in this manner without a parent's explicit permission.

I just hope they don't have any little boys enrolled named "Prince Albert."

"What are you doing putting earrings on kids? Even if their ears were already pierced, that's unsanitary," Cardenas said. "I don't know where those earrings have been. ... It's just gross."

This little tidbit hasn't gotten nearly enough attention. Unless theach can prove those earrings were brand new and clean, there need to be some charges here. Little Girl's earlobes will be bleeding, and an open port of access. If anyone else had those earrings in before here, that is a HUGE risk for passing all sorts of nasty infectious shiat to that little girl.

I'd have pierced Mz Daycare Employee's ears, prsonally. With a hole-punch.

It sounds like she actually just reopened the piercings that were already there. That's probably why she didn't think it was a big deal. Still wrong (if just for the risk of being unsanitary) but I can see how it could have happened.

The "doing it before they remember the pain" thing doesn't really make any sense. Trust me, these days your daughter will be getting all kinds of piercings by choice and that hurt more than earlobes.

I want to know why the daycare has sterile ear piercing equipment on hand.

Oh wait.

I don't think the issue is whether or not it's acceptable for a child that young to have her ear's pierced.

It's a) doing it without the parent's permission and b) doing it with potentially unsanitary equipment.

Daughter's ears were pierced at 6 months. She had no hair. Not that I wouldn't have pierced them anyway.

If I had a boy, that hideous flap of hide would indeed be snipped off to let the happy face shine through.

teasea: Daughter's ears were pierced at 6 months. She had no hair. Not that I wouldn't have pierced them anyway.

Glad I wasn't your daughter. As it is I had to be talked into it by my older sister, but once the novelty wore off I let them close right back up. I don't know how many times I've had to reopen them over the years just so I could wear some family gift to a special event. Only in the last few years (I'm 30 now), I've taken more to feminine stuff, so now I'm glad to have the option, but it sure would've been easier if I'd waited until I actually wanted to wear earrings in the first place.

ArkAngel: My ex had a friend who pierced the ears of her two-month old daughter. What the fark is wrong with these people? Infants do not need jewelry

Nothing says trash as much as a baby with pierced ears.

triplenickel03: Nothing says trash as much as a baby with pierced ears.

How many times must I tell you that unattended children are not "trash?"

Fizzy_Pop: Oh boy, pierced ears on infants and circumcision all in one thread... this should be fun.

But that said, I'm glad that my parents had my ears pierced when I was an infant. If you're going to do it, just do it. I've always found the "they can get them pierced when they're older and ready" argument ridiculous. The ears of an infant are much easier to clean and sterilize, because they won't sit there and fiddle with them with their grubby fingers, leading to an infection.

If you don't want to pierce your baby's ears, fine, but don't go all "think of the children!" on the parents who do. I can't think of anything bad that pierced ears would lead to down the road, but I can think of plenty of other things that would.

/Day care teacher however, should not have pierced that child's ears.

I used to pierce ears in college and I wouldn't recommend a child younger than, say, 5 getting them pierced. Although I of course have pierced the ears of much younger children. First off, babies in particular are very squirmy and hard to pierce correctly. Secondly 9 times out of 10 a baby or toddler will start wailing after the first earring and then take like half an hour to calm down before I can finish.

Lastly and most inmportantly, babies grow and their ears change, thus making the original earrings uneven. I've seen this more than a couple of times.

I don't really care if other people have their child's ear pierced, but I won't be doing it to mine. I got my ears pierced at age 10 after begging my parents for a year and saving up my birthday $$.

Out of the mothers who have come to me for baby ear piercing, I'd say probably 80% were Latina; from what I can tell in those cultures it is important that the baby is more "girly". The kids often have all the current Disney princess stuff and very girly outfiits.

My mother talked me in to getting my ears pierced when I was 12. I totally regretted it and let them close up a couple of months later, to my stupid mother's dismay. Took years for the little scars not to be noticeable.
Earrings just aren't my bag, baby!

Mixolydian Master: But I give a Prince Albert to the neighbor's kid (who is 11. more than twice this brats farking age!) and I get assaulted, pepper-sprayed in the shower( in a locked bathroom and the door knocked off the hinges! WTF?!), arrested, a restraining order and have to be in court next week to see what other bullshiat charges they'll see that will stick. Let's just say, my faith in the justice system is now shaken to it's core.

Tell me bout it, dude! I have an entire squadron of bird feet stapled to my photo albums of naked infants, and I get slapped with a ticket for "littering in a church," if you can believe that crap.

Penn State offers a degree in Day Care?

She named her son WEDNESDAY?!

spentmiles: The kid is five year's old, for Christ's sake. We are not talking about an infant here. I'm pretty sure she'd know if she wanted her ears pierced or not, and by that age, many children in the world are already working. Of course this happened in Texas, where I'm sure the suburban soccer mom and helicopter parent quota is through the charts. And if the mother was so concerned with what her daughter was doing, why in the hell was she in day care? I can't stand these people who refuse to raise their own children so they can go off and pursue their own selfish interests. I don't know what the Texas emancipation laws are like, but if I was this kid, I'd be lawyering up.

Yeah, how dare they pursue their own selfish interests like working so they can put food on the table.

My ears were pierced by my pediatrician when I was 2 weeks. No, he wasn't a quack or [insert whatever else here]. My piercings are not lopsided and I've never once hated my parents for piercing my ears before I could say if I really wanted them or not. If I want to wear earrings, I do. If I don't, no biggie. As a little girl, I didn't get my other friends' obsessions with earrings and my earrings. It was and still is a non-issue.

I don't understand why people make it out to be such a huge thing. By that logic, wait til your boy is old enough to decide if he really wants to be circumsized or not.

Really. It's ok. I promise.

Oh my god, my child isn't pretty enough! I must poke holes in its ears immediately!

Anyone in the modern western world who pierces their infant's ears is an enormous, shallow, selfish idiot.

/IMHO of course...