Ear peircing, is it child abuse?
Read this story from Wichita, and judge for yourself.
http://kansas.com/news/local/story/11390...
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Maybe not abuse.
But I do think it is in bad judgement of a parent to put thier child through something they do not want to go through just because it is what they want. The child was 5 and should be able to make the decision on her own. This is a cosmetic proceedure the parent wanted, not the child.
i think it is not
i don't know, but it IS tacky
why the hell would the wal mart ban the person from returning to the store?
No it is not. And the woman who reported it as abuse was forcibly removed from the Walmart where it happened and told not to come back. The mother was in her rights and the woman reporting it as abuse should have been minding her own business instead of trying to force her values on someone else and making a false report to the police of child abuse.
Any parent who forces their child to get their ears pierced at
5 years old needs their head examined.
Is it abuse. I think so. Would it be different if it was a tongue
thing or a lip piercing.
How stupid have people become that they would force a child to do this.
It depends, when I was about 17 going on 18 and I was still living with my parents and walked in with my ears peirced. My mom ripped them out, they bled alot and took a long time to heal.
So, yeah I guess. But if youre talking about getting your 16mo. old baby peirced no.
I wont let my kids until they are at least 13 but I dont think its abuse. I think what that girl went through may not have been abuse but her mother shouldnt have forced her to get her ears pierced if it was hurting her. And we all know that Walmart is run by a bunch idiots.
The problem is, I've seen children act this way at restaurants too.
I don't want this, it's making me sick, please don't make me eat this.
I understand ear piercing isn't necessary, but as far as abuse goes, I don't think so.
I wouldn't say abuse. It is however inconsiderate. Parents that do this never stop to consider that their little princess may not want to have pierced ears. To alter ones body (in a needless fashion and by this I mean non-medicinal) should be a decision of the individual. I for one wish my parents had not had mine done. Somewhere along childhood the holes became torn. Now I cannot wear earrings in them and the only fix is to have surgery to repair. Maybe if I had waited til I was older to have done it wouldn't have happened.
Just believe it should have been my decision.
I don't need to read it (even though I did). It didn't say anything about the child wanting her ears pierced. Many times we see children wanting to have something and then half way in the middle of it they back out. With an ear piercing, if you back out after one you have one ear pierced. The correct method is to get two people with one on each ear and pierce both at the same time that way the child only yells or cries once. The child most always wants their ears pierced and the parent has to fulfill their wishes. I see nothing wrong there. If they were forcing the little girl that would be different but I'll bet any amount of money that the girl wanted them done at first so it would be considered child abuse to deny her what she wants. I do know a bit about this kind of thing.
It is not now, and has never been, abuse. It is a common custom in almost every society throughout history to pierce the ears of children.
It did not give the child's opinion like has been said, and I agree that the kid may have been half way through the procedure and decided she did not want it any more.
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