Is it Cruel to Pierce Your Baby’s Ears?

June 17, 2015

There’s a petition circulating to make baby ear-piercing illegal, and it currently has 40,000+ signatures of support. Susan Ingram, who created the petition, is asking the UK minister of state for children and families to set a minimum age requirement for ear piercing and make the practice illegal for parents of babies and toddlers.

“It is a form of child cruelty,” she writes on the petition. “Severe pain and fear is inflicted…

Jenny is a bridal, lifestyle, family blogger (Our Life in Rose Gold) from New York. After working in beauty editorial for WSJ., she transitioned to freelance writing. Jenny's first book, Let Me Let You Go, came out last year. She and her husband Josh currently live in the suburbs of Atlanta with their three children. Jenny might have (temporarily) ditched the heels and highlights in favor of the leggings and tees of new-momhood, but she's never been happier. Follow her frequent Starbucks runs, leggings obsession, and blog updates via Instagram, Pinterest, and Facebook.