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Why do Mexicans pierce their baby's ears? I keep seeing newborns with pierce ears. Why do they do that? ?

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And if they are not newborns they are very very young.

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that was kind of a racist comment...its nto only mexicas who pierce their kids ears young....my daughter is only 4 months and has hers doen and im white!!! its not liek it hurts em...its a little pinch then its over with!
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lol. . .im 100% sure that mexicans aren't the only ones that have their babies ears pierced when their young. wow! smh
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its not just Mexicans, i think it is horrible to poke a hole in the Lil babies body because for some reason they think god didn't make the child cute enough.

take me away says it an extreme liberal thing to say its the child's body let them decide, I'm not in any way liberal, i just think it is ridiculous for people to assume that the child wants a hole in her ear. and i dont think it looks cute either. what in the world does your baby girl need bling for? people just want accessories for their accessories(the children)
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babies look silly with peirced ears. they are cute enough without them. And yes I would rather let my child get infected ears when they are 30 then when they are just a little baby and not very good at dealing with pain.

I will let my daughter decide when she is older. I might have it done for her for a birthday when she is old enough to care for her peircings her self
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so ignorant how u stated your question. First off not all spanish speakers are mexicans. Now this question comes down to culture in the latino culture it is very common to pierce babies ears as early as right after birth. My mother is cuban her's were done like that and the same as all the woman on that side of the fam. and on my fathers side which are honduran and they all survived all were fine eventually got more piercings I got mine at 4 months geesh. And for all woman that beg to differ and see how piercing ears so early is barbaric and it should be personal choice when they get older...yeas' thats right personal choice...but guess what all woman eventually do it, i DONT know any woman with no piercings. Do me a favor get over it. Thumb me down my daughter is getting her ears pierced next week and she's 4 1/2 mnths....B00-WH0
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hahahah, I don't think it's restricted to just mexicans!!! Loads of people do it to their babies. I think it's rude. I wouldn't pierce my child's ears until they were old enough to make that decision themselves. It's their body, not mine!
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first of all its probably so the baby won't remember it and i think it is a lot easier to control a crying 2 month old than a 3 year old. And besides i think it would probably be a lot easier for the person doing it.

BY THE WAY MEXICANS ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES WHO DO THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...
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Well i dont know what you mean by mexicans, but i am white and i pierced my daughters ears when she was 4 months and plan to do the same with my second daughter. And no her father and her are not mexican either. A lot of people do this not just mexicans and why not?
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well, i dont know what your talking .

but, im american and i got my ears perieced

when i was like very,very young .
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Its not only mexicans and unless they are doing it at home npo one will pierce a childs ears until 2 months of age due to vaccinations...

I plan on having my daughter's ear done in a few months. I don't know asingle female that doesn't have her ears pierced and if my daughter doesn't like them when she is older she is free to take them out. Its not like she's getting a tattoo.
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im not mexican and i got mine done when i was young most people i know did, its not because there mexican its because when your a baby you really dont know whats going on so its easier to just get it over you dont really know until it happpens , thats what i was told.oh and i dont think theres anything wrong with it 99% of girls want there ears pierced some time or another why not get them over with quicker? its not like its permanent , if the child dosent like they let them close up!
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i think its cute and a good idea. that way they wont remember the pain. and i dont think its just mexicans... when and if i ever have a baby girl i definitely want to get her ears pierced when shes a baby.
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hmmmmm probably for the same reason that any other person who is not a Mexican. You should probably do some research on the computer to educate yourself. But whoever is piercing a babies ears at a young age is a personal choice.
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I know or have seen only a few. Some did it because they had twins or multiples and it was to help tell them apart. (different colors) It was not necessarily for vanity but necessity. Some of the multiples had medical/premature issues etc so it was essential to keep them straight for medicine etc.

Other than that some people just like it. I guess.

Believe it or not I see some pediatricians have it posted in office as a service-reasoning there rather have it done "safely" then at home or in a mall store/kiosk to avoid infection.
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Um, it's not just Mexicans that do that. And I don't understand why anyone would do it, personally, I think babies look silly with earings - aren't they cute enough already?

Not to mention that it should be up to the child once they're old enough to decide if something like that is done to them or not...
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wow, mexicans only do that? sh*t I thought I was white. hmmm I guess maybe I should take my daughter's earrings out.
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Havent you ever seen a national geographic magazine. Or watch the discovery channel. Every one has their own culture and some people put jewelry on their baby's.
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it's not just mexicans.

I don't think there is anything wrong with piercing a baby girls ears as a newborn. I plan to do it for my daughter one day. I'm not into all that "its her body her choice" stuff that all these extreme liberals cry about. Have fun... quit whining about all the small stuff.
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It's not something that only "mexicans" do. A lot of parents do this to their children, and I agree this is wrong.

Like what the person above said, it should not be the parent's choice, it is the child's.
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Ummm... it's not just Mexicans that pierce their babies ears. Lots of people, no matter what their race or ethnicity is, pierce their babies ears.
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Piercing a baby's ears is less painful and mutilating than circumcision, which is genital mutilation, and completely pointless.

At least should the child not want pierced ears, they will close up, but the f******n of a helpless male infant, mutilated frequently without anaesthetic won't grow back, nor will the sexual sensitivity of which he's been deprived.

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they do it because its better to do it at a young age so they wont remember how much it hurt when they're older. plus its btter to get it over with early. would you like to get infected pierced ears at 30?
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When a baby is young their cartilage is softer..
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y not!nothing wrong with it!

and y do u refer to tjemas mexicans?

uhhh did it ever occur to u that they do it b cus if they wait any longer the kid isnt gonna want t*t b cus its gonan hurt!

n duh its gurl that get 'em its a must have!

age doesnt matter!
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