“For Latina moms, piercing their baby girls’ ears has nothing to do with vanity. It’s simply a cultural tradition,” wrote Soto, and co-author of the book "Bilingual is Better." ...

Piercing the ears of babies is a prevalent practice in many cultures worldwide. In Hispanic, Indian, and some African ...

Sumanda M. would love to get her 5-month-old baby girl's ears pierced, yet she's received conflicting advice on when to do it."My friend said to have it done at 6 months because she will be too ...

Is piercing a baby’s ears cruel or cute? As a former baby with pierced ears of my own, I have a special message for parents who are on the fence. When I was a baby, my parents were missionaries ...

Parents think I'm 'cruel' for piercing my baby girl's ears - but she won't remember the pain. A mother has been criticised for piercing her daughters' ears at four months old ...

Gisele Bundchen posted a sweet picture with her 7-month-old daughter that has somehow become the focus of an ongoing cultural debate over infant ear piercing.

This morning, the world awoke to more shocking Kim Kardashian news: She and Kanye West marked their daughter North’s first birthday by piercing her ears with big ol’ diamonds. The Internet lit ...

A petition to ban parents in the U.K. from piercing their child's ears has gathered more than 36,000 signatures and generated a heated stream of comments from parents across the globe.

“Piercing baby girls’ ears is a traditional custom in many cultures. In a great part of Europe they pierce every girl’s ears as a baby. It’s not at all painful.