Kim Kardashian and Kanye West face backlash over ‘cruel and tacky’ decision to pierce baby's ears

[Liberal_in_LA]

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West face backlash over ‘cruel and tacky’ decision to pierce baby North West’s ears

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s decision to pierce their daughter North’s ears for her first birthday is drawing criticism on Twitter.

The diamond solitaire studs, which North was first seen wearing on June 15th, have sparked accusations that the couple are treating their daughter as a press ploy and dress-up doll.






‘Kim Kardashian has pierced her one-year-old's ears? That's cruel AND tacky...[sic]’ tweeted one enraged onlooker named Katy Brent.

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[TexasTowelie]

1. I read the story last night.

It said that the girl had a photo taken about a month ago and her ears weren't pierced. Normally, they put in metal studs that are nickel-free to avoid problems with metal sensitivity. It would be terrible if their daughter developed some type of infection just to look good in a glamor shot.

[Myrina]

2. My daughter's were pierced on her 2nd birthday ...

They did both ears at the same time with the tiny gold studs. Sure she squealed for a little while but a trip to the mall ice cream shop ended it real quick.

I don't see the problem.

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. Piercing of baby's ears was often done when I was a kid. didn't know it was now controversal

[Mojorabbit]

51. Mine were pierced as a baby

It was pretty common when I was a child back in the stone age

[Arkansas Granny]

4. And had she told you that she wanted her ears pierced?

[NightWatcher]

5. Poking a hole in a baby's flesh for decorative purposes. Because toddlers need to look fancy?

I don't understand it, sorry.

Let the Baby Piercing Flamewars Begin

[Liberal_in_LA]

6. it's a tiny little prick with super sharp sterile needle. Not "poking" with an ice pick

[NightWatcher]

7. did I say "with an ice pick"? But I was correct that it's for decorative purpose, right?

and its done without the baby's consent, right?

Why is it needed?

[Skittles]

21. yup - it's for decoration purposes

NOTHING more

[Ineeda]

22. Decorative, yes

but so are pretty little bows and frilly dresses.

Piercing baby girls' ears is very much a cultural thing, (as mentioned by others.)

[Skittles]

23. I was not aware you pierced a body part to wear bows and frilly dresses

oh dear; times must have changed

[Ineeda]

25. So your culture is the only one that counts?

How elitist of you. EOM

[IrishAyes]

33. Well most parents dress their kids w/o consent too. At that age the little rug rats are nudies.

Would you say it's cruel to dress them against their wishes?

[DamnYankeeInHouston]

8. Unnecessary choking hazard.

[hunter]

9. It's an odd cultural thing in my community.

Not nearly so weird as circumcision.

I'm a circumcised white guy. (TMI, I know...)

I've also got a pierced ear, but that was voluntary, as a young adult.

Tell me now, which was worse?

[IrishAyes]

34. Not necessarily either one.

Though at least in general, the pierced ear is for decoration and cultural identity; I don't know that the circumcision necessarily enjoys both purposes.

[Arugula Latte]

10. This is extremely common in Latino culture.

I don't think it's a huge deal. The earlobes don't have many nerve endings. (I have pierced ears.)

[FSogol]

42. True. Very common in Bolivia and Peru. n/t

[MrMickeysMom]

11. Wow… disappointed parenting reaction here...

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[progressoid]

26. Oh Jeebus.

[CBGLuthier]

12. As much as I do not care for these people I sure am glad the world did not help ME raise MY kids.

Not my kid, not that unusual. Not my business.

[a la izquierda]

14. No kidding!

I've had my ears pierced since I was a tiny baby. It's very common in my huge, extended family.
I don't understand why anyone feels the need to be so involved in others' decisions that do not concern them.

[Wait Wut]

13. Would I do it? No, but...

...I don't care if someone else does. There are much worse parenting fails than ear piercing. If the kid doesn't like them when she's older, she can let them close. When they get her a tattoo, let me know.

[Skittles]

15. not right

I've chosen to NEVER have my ears pierced and it would suck having your parents essentially MAKE you do it

[Liberal_in_LA]

24. doesnt suck at all

[blueamy66]

28. When the child is old enough to understand, she can let the holes close.

no biggie...

[Skittles]

30. OR

the child can elect to have them pierced when they're old enough to want it for themselves - gee, what novel concept

[blueamy66]

41. Come on...the pain is minimal...

I had my foot caught in the spokes of a bike when I was 3. My Dad was riding me on the handle bars, without shoes, on his bike. I still have the scar. Don't remember the day at all.

A 1 yr old kid isn't gonna remember having get ears pierced.

Pick a more important issue to rally for.

[Skittles]

46. ok we will agree to disagree

some people think it's fine to stick needles into babies (PRIMARILY INTO GIRLS - why is that?) to decorate them like Christmas tress and while some find it distasteful

[Callmecrazy]

16. Oh FFS...

Is she hanging bowling balls from the kids ears? no.
She looks pretty with them.
A vaccination hurts a lot more but we give them to kids too.

SOME PEOPLE!

[LynneSin]

27. I have to agree and honestly I have seen kids get them soon after birth

mind you it's not what I would do if I had kids but I think there are bigger things for us to outrage over than this.

[hamsterjill]

17. I think it's up to the parents.

That said - I think it's an unnecessary thing for a baby. I've known of at least two babies that had infections from having this done "down at the mall".

Yes, as stated above, it's just a little needle prick. But that needle prick can just as easily be done to a 13 year old, who is old enough to consent to it, than it be done to a baby who only knows that something is hurting.

[IrishAyes]

35. A large part of the piercing is done for cultural identity purposes, and 13 is a little late 2 start

that. People are reacting as if this was genital mutilation.

[No Vested Interest]

38. Now a senior, I have known of this practice at least since I was a teenager.

My sister attended a religious school that had a number of Mexican girls as boarders. This would have been in the early 50's. These girls had pierced ears, and from that time on I always associated pierced ears with Hispanic people.

A dear friend of mine, a Canadian, was living in Venezuela in 1963, when she gave birth to a girl. The staff at the hospital wanted to pierce the infant's ears before she left the hospital, which procedure my friend succeeded in denying.

Therefore, I've always considered pierced ears a cultural thing, which didn't interest me, but was okay for those to whom it was part of the culture. No harm for those who wish it for their girls. I wouldn't want to see earrings in boys' ears as infants, though, or piercings in other places, and no way tattoos.

[IrishAyes]

40. I understand and largely agree. The thing about ear piercing is that those little girls denied

it in their cultures would feel awkward if not devastated. And ear piercing will 'cure' itself easily enough if desired later. Whereas in certain places, at least in the past (think Deep South), piercing anything was considered a mark of satan! My mother was a southern belle, ultra liberal for her time and disowned by her relatives for running off to marry a damnYankee Catholic, but even she couldn't bring herself to pierce her ears until a few years later. Finally she got tired of losing clip-ons and suffering the pressure they inflict, so she said to hell with that and came home one day with those pagan holes in her ear lobes. After all, she was straight line Irish American too, although her ancestors beat Dad's here by a generation; and much of Ireland clings stubbornly to parts of its pagan past - which I consider wonderful. My ears were pierced as a 13th birthday present. As we naturally blend into the American melting pot, later generations don't seem to care about old traditions at all. So they do what they want, which is only right because it is their life after all. Fortunately they still seem to want (at least) pierced ears!

[hamsterjill]

44. No, I'm reacting as someone who knows that there have been health issues with doing this.

Cultural identity purposes?

[IrishAyes]

49. You are perfectly free and welcome to react as you wish. I, however, have never come across any

contraindications healthwise, unless you can say fingernail clippers for instance are able to cut off chunks of flesh and therefore should be banned. Combing hair could be dangerous too, as the teeth might puncture the skin if one presses down too hard. Etc etc etc. I'd personally rather have a baby's ears pierced in the hospital, not the mall or at home. But otherwise, I personally shall remain an enthusiastic supporter of the custom.

[KamaAina]

18. As opposed to naming her North West, which was neither cruel nor tacky.

[bluesbassman]

19. Could've been worse, they could've named here Adam.

[KamaAina]

20. I don't believe they live in Quahog, R.I.

[edbermac]

29. What is cruel and tacky is having Kanye and Kim for parents!

Some shrink is going to make a boatload of money off of that kid one day.

[mythology]

37. This

Piercing the kid's ears doesn't even begin to rank on the list of tacky things Kim and Kanye have done.

[kwassa]

31. Were the baby's ears pierced while Kim was breastfeeding her at Olive Garden?

If so, I am outraged.

[In_The_Wind]

43. That's highly unlikely.

[Liberal_in_LA]

48. love the butterfly

[EX500rider]

54. yes...and they were petting a pitbull at the same time!

[lunamagica]

32. My cousins got their ears pieieced when they were babies

My mom didn't pierce mine. I was mad at her for that. I wanted to wear cute little earrings like they did but could not.

I tried three (painful) times to have them pierced, and the third time was the charm, when I was sever years old.

I wish I had then pierced as a baby, and had avoided so much hassle

[mackerel]

36. I pierced both my daughters ears when they were babes. Younger than a year.

It's a tradition in Latin America.

[Jenoch]

39. I have zero idea why a baby's ears need to be pierced.

[okieinpain]

45. i believe my granddaughters ears were pierced at 1 year old too. n/t.

[jmowreader]

47. It's only "cruel and tacky" when the cruel and tacky Kim Kardashian does anything

[lumpy]

50. I am no fan of the Kardashian clan, but they are so disliked they will continue to be a target

for anything that might be distasteful to some.

[Callmecrazy]

52. Next thing you know...

There'll be a scandal about painting the baby's toenails.



These stupid first world issues are the reason we haven't been visited by aliens. They think we're all crazy.

[Bombero1956]

53. In Puerto Rico

baby girls ears are pierced at birth or shortly after birth. To me it's a matter of culture.