Personally I agree with the folks saying there's really no need for it. <br /> <br /> Think of it this way: you'd be appalled if a parent got their toddler's eyebrow pierced. Why are ears any different? It's a unnecessary and purely aesthetic body modification.<br /> <br /> I think it's all well and good to decide you want to modify your own body, but that isn't really a decision somebody else should be making for you.

I got my ears done at a very young age, I don't regret that decision, I love having my ears like this, and I would have never met one of my best friends without them XD

I remember when I got my ears pierced for my tenth birthday. It hurt a lot. I would not force that pain on a child. Plus, when ears are pierced there is a chance that they can get infected. Since babies and small children are sometimes more susceptible to some infections, the piercing could easily get infected. There's a cleansing liquid you're supposed to, well, clean the area of the piercing with. The child's not going to clean their own ears, so it becomes the parents responsibility to clease the child's ears. Especially at a young age, children are squirelly and a lot of work. What's to say that the parent won't forgot with the hassles of work and caring for the baby otherwise? Moreover, what if they child won't sit still long enough to get their ear cleaned? The parent could either give up or more forcefully try to clean the child's ear. This could lead to infection and/or injury.

I agree with Maggots.<br /> <br /> I hate seeing this and I feel its for the gratification of the mother (sometimes father, also).

Don't really condone it.<br /> <br /> My mom wanted to get mine pierced. My grandparents prevented it, and I'm glad they did. I didn't get mine pierced until I was 20, which is, uh, a good thing.<br /> <br /> Turns out I have an allergy and have to wear titanium and similar. No one else in my family has the allergy.

I don't support the idea of allowing parents to pierce their toddlers'/babies' ears. It should be done when they are old enough for the decision. <br /> <br /> I had my ears pierced when I was five, and had wanted them pierced really badly. I hardly ever wear earrings now, and my mom is frustrated about that. :/ I would say, wait until they reach about 10-11+ and know exactly what they want =)

Personally I don't think it's a good idea. Not only do the children have no say in the matter - which should be enough of a reason to abstain, I would think - but very young children/toddlers have a pretty high chance of ripping out their piercings. When an infant cries, it usually balls its hands into fists and puts them up beside its head...so many of those little motions could tear a piercing out, and I don't think I need to tell you how awful that feels.

My ears were pierced when I was a baby, I don't remember a thing. Nor do I remember the pain (my parents did it a little after I was born). Now the reasoning behind it is it's a family tradition from my mother's side. And frankly I don't feel them.<br /> <br /> So I don't see why not, also when you do when one is little the hole in the lobe is less likely to close up.

i know i would never do that to my child, because it's painful and they might not even want it, not to mention they might be allergic to metal (it runs in the family) and to me, it's Asking for an infection.

I don't really think it should be allowed. My mother got my ears pierced when I was little and then when I was five I stopped wearing them. I remember the day perfectly. They woudln't go in and I decided I didn't want them, almost 15 years later I still don't wear them.<br /> <br /> The only way my child will get their ears pierced is if they want to at the age they want them done and can make that decision. I'm not getting them pierced when all they do is fall out of the baby's ears anyway.