True Thompson is sporting some baby bling — but critics say she's too young to have pierced ears. Some parents think it is ...

Sumanda M. would love to get her 5-month-old baby girl's ears pierced, yet she's received conflicting advice on when to do it. "My friend said to have it done at 6 months because she will be too small ...

A 2001 clinical review on body piercing complications highlighted growing concerns around early ear piercing in children ...

A video of a baby getting her ears pierced has kicked off a heated debate online about the rights and wrongs of piercing children’s ears. In the short clip, a baby is held by her mom as workers ...

The Internet's been pretty fired up this week over what's apparently a much more heated topic than I ever realized: ear piercings. Specifically, baby and toddler ear piercings. Are they harmless and ...

A daughter getting her ears pierced can be a rite of passage for some families. Some parents wait until their children make the decision themselves, but others prefer to get the job done in infancy, ...

Is piercing a baby’s ears cruel or cute? As a former baby with pierced ears of my own, I have a special message for parents who are on the fence. When I was a baby, my parents were missionaries in ...

A petition to ban parents in the U.K. from piercing their child’s ears has gathered more than 36,000 signatures and generated a heated stream of comments from parents across the globe. The movement, ...

A petition calling for a ban on child ear piercing has over 30,000 signatures and Labour MP Mark Tami has announced that he will ask the government to impose an age restriction on the practice.