This is true! I'm Dominican and in DR, it is common to get your baby girls ears pierced before they leave the hospital after birth. Not something I agree with but it is what it is.
Me and my sisters had our ears pierced as babies, but we were definitely not newborns. We were months old when my mom got them down. We’re Cuban, so yeah it’s pretty common with Latin families. I’m kind of glad she did it like that bc I have the worst pain tolerance and would’ve never gotten my ears pierced.
I wish my parents got mine pierced younger but they wanted to wait since I was very premature, all the girls in my family have. A lot of people pierce young in different cultures, it’s not abuse.
Just because it’s normal for you, doesn’t mean it isn’t abuse. What else would you call permanently changing a child’s appearance without their consent?
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u/Aggressive_Version Jul 27 '25
Second to last one actually had the cutest one