Ear Piercing in Kids: Ear piercing is a common tradition for children in India. However, there is a right age for it. Getting a child's ears pierced too early can lead to serious complications. In ...

This year, we took our 6-year-old to get her ears pierced. My husband and I agreed early on ear piercings were an important part of bodily autonomy and would be the determination of our children. If ...

Parents — you might want to be all ears for this. Dr. Tania Elliott, a board-certified physician and mom of two from New York, is warning people not to pierce their babies’ ears. Elliott is a health ...

Some parents abide by cultural customs and piece their child's ear when their still a baby. Others find the act to be nonconsensual and wrong, waiting until the child themself expresses a desire to ...

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Parents itching to pierce their kids’ ears might want to put down the needle — a growing body of research suggests the popular practice could cost more than just a few tears. “Delay ear piercings in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getting your ears pierced can be a rite of passage for many children. And while some may cry — or have second thoughts as soon as ...

Boundaries and consent are two very important things. But, what happens when someone is too young to enforce them? One set of parents thought they had explained boundaries for their child thoroughly, ...

Choosing when and where to pierce your child's ears is a personal choice each parent has to make. Some parents choose to do it when their kids are babies — while the kid can't decide for themselves, ...

I remember being in first grade and telling my mom I was ready to get my ears pierced. She took me to a Merle Norman, where the women used a piercing gun on each ear, leaving both ears pierced in a ...

Kimberly Hinojosa, a piercer at Lark Tattoo in Westbury, recently pierced the ears of a 7-year-old girl and then gave her father his first piercing the same day — in his eyebrow. “Piercings are for ...