Circumcision/ear piercing

[smjmekg]

I've seen many posts on here about circumcision and all the responses both for and against it.

I was just curious about ear piercing with little girls. So many are against circumcision, and say to let them decide as they get older...but what about piercing a baby girl's ears? Or a little boy's ears. Although the reasoning behind the two differ, are you not still altering your child's appearance for yourself?

***Let's keep it clean ladies, the last post I had up that had any kind of ability to stir up conflict went well. I hope we can keep this one the same way!***

[smjmekg]

The reason why I'm curious mostly is because I see so many people knock down others because of circumcision, even for religious purposes...I'm just curious as to what the people against circumcision say about ear piercing.

[crysandjeff]

I am amazed by how many people believe in their girls right to choose but do not offer the same consideration to their boys.  Babies both male and female are born perfect and need NO altering, be in ear piercing or circumcision.

[LosingMyMindInGA]

I'm not reading all the responses, I will just tell you how WE handle things.  

We have had BOTH of our sons circumcised...their dad is and we also didn't want to set them up for ridicule in locker rooms.  We feel that a circumcision is not only easier to maintain hygiene wise but is also more aesthetically pleasing.  That's probably going to p!ss some people off that I said that but oh well.

As for earrings, well I think girl babies with pierced ears are darn cute but I prefer not to pierce my girls ears until they are atleast 5 years old.  This gives them the opportunity to make the decision for themselves.

I have no problems with other people piercing their sons ear(s) but I personally do not want my sons to have it done.  

[SunWorshiper_26]

Boys will be circumcised bc of our religion (Jewish) and as for ears when they are old enough to care for them themselves but bc of private Jewish schooling prefer they didn't at all.

[LauraB78]

Oh, and for the circumcision question. My son is circumcised, and if I ever have any more boys, they will ABSOLUTELY be circumcised. I am Jewish and it is part if my faith.

[LauraB78]

I don't have a little girl. However, I have 2 sisters, and between the two of them ,they have 5 girls. All of my nieces ears were pierced when they were between 1 month and 3 months old. They don't play with them (much lower risk of infection), and not one of them was angry with my sisters for making this decision. My nieces are now 22 years old (twins) 16 y/o, 12 y/o, and 13 y/o. I think it is a personal decision and really all about what your comfortable with. Another reason I know my sister had the twins ears pierced is beacause they were bald, and she was sick of people asking if they were boys or girls. =)