My 5-Year-Old Wants Pierced Ears. Too Soon?

May 15, 2018

“Honey! What did you do to your ears?” I looked at my four-year-old’s purple and swollen lobes. I tried to touch them but she flinched. I looked down into her watery eyes and then to the fist she clenched in her lap. “Let me see.” She opened her hand to reveal a pair of clip-on earrings she’d filched from her great-grandmother’s jewelry box. “Did you…

Mandy Dawson is the creator of In Mandyland, an almost daily blog recording her adventures in juggling a full-time job, two active children, four arguing hens, a fluffy bunny, and one ex-husband. A self-diagnosed gardening and crafting addict, she often finds herself gluing together clay pots and trying to discover the cure for brown thumb. When she’s not writing, she can be found burning dinners while she stares off into space with a story idea. She was a regular contributor for Makes Fun of Stuff, Aiming Low, and Six Kitchens, and has been featured on BlogHer and Mamapedia. She is an Assistant Editor for Write on Edge and has had her fiction featured in three anthologies currently available on Amazon.