Hilary Duff has taken to social media to not only reveal that she has decided to have her daughter's ears pierced, but also that she is fully prepared for the wrath of the internet.

The 34-year-old Lizzie McGuire star and mom-of-three took to her Instagram Stories on Monday (November 8) to share a picture of baby Mae James Bair with her new ear studs.

Alongside the image, Duff included the caption: "Yes! I pierced her ears today. Can’t wait for the internet to call me a child abuser… again. Lesss go."

The actor's comments come after she was hit was bombarded with comments of "child abuse" after she revealed that she had pierced daughter Banks Violet Bair's ears back in 2019.

Sharing a snap of her holding baby Banks, people were quick to spot that the child was wearing an ear stud - check out that image below:

Sadly, Duff received comments from Instagram users, with one person writing, per Her: "I can’t fathom why you would you think it’s okay to have your daughters ears pierced. Causing her a tremendous amount of pain and discomfort.

"And tell me how did it make you feel sitting there and watching her have pain inflicted on her unnecessarily?"

Fortunately, people online have been quick to jump to the defense of Duff this time around.

Over on Twitter, one person responded to critics, writing: "If the child doesn’t want their ears pierced when they are older, they can just let them close. It’s not that deep. It’s not child abuse. I’m happy my mom did it at an age that I have no recollection of it."

A second added: "Bruh… my ears were pierced at 2 months old and my mom is the best. People need to mind their business. It’s not that deep."

Piercing a baby's ears is not only still very common these days, but also very common in many cultures, such in Hispanic/Latin American families.

Additionally, according to the official website of the American Academy of Pediatrics, ear piercing is a safe procedure at any age, although it cautions parents to wait until the child is older to avoid potential infections.

The site adds: "For the actual piercing procedure, have a doctor, nurse or experienced technician perform it. Rubbing alcohol or other disinfectants should be used to minimize the chances of an infection."

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People have been left divided after seeing parents on social media get their daughter's ears pierced when she was just a baby.

Now, parenting is one of the world's most difficult tasks but even despite most of it being trial and error, it seems as though different parenting styles can elicit different reactions from people, with many expressing their love/hate for tips shared online.

One woman got a mixed reaction after she decided to post a "controversial" video of her child on TikTok.

Taking to the video-sharing platform, user @Queennn.cee has caused quite a stir amongst her followers after she posted a video of her two-month-old getting her ears pierced.

Her partner, the baby's father, was sitting cradling the child as a woman used a piercing gun to get the earrings into the baby's ears.

As the gun pierces into her lobe, she cringes at the pain and immediately starts crying.

Her father tries to calm her down as he turns her so the woman at the store can do the other ear as quickly as possible.

The baby continues to cry as the text overlay reads: "Worth the pain my little Queen."

The clip, which has been viewed over 720,000 times, has racked up thousands of comments, with some people supporting the decision, and others slamming it.

"That is so so messed up to do that to a little newborn baby," wrote one user, while another added: "Too young to do that!"

A third also questioned why it was so important to do that to a baby while one user described it as "cruel."

However, others jumped in to defend the move.

"Yall actin like its giving her fatal injuries, babies cry all the time, as long as its not constantly hurting her, I see no problem," this user stated.

"It's better for the child to just get over it quickly," added another.

And this TikToker recalled their own experiences, writing: "I got my ears pierced at 2 months, best decision my mother made because I'm terrified of any kind of needle and likely never getting another piercing."

Another added: "everyone saying 'too young' she ain't gonna remember this in like 2 hours."

However, the user stayed unbothered about the hate and continued to live her life without addressing the backlash.

What do you think? Would you consider doing this?

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A mom has sparked a debate on social media this week after sharing a video in which she gets her baby's ears pierced.

The video in question was first shared on TikTok by a woman named Marisa Carpineta on Sunday, August 1.

It begins with her baby girl crying and kicking while undergoing the delicate cosmetic procedure, and the video finishes with the young child smiling and happy with a pair of glittering ear studs adorning her lobes.

This brief clip quickly picked up a lot of attention on the platform, accruing over 398,000 views, 42,000 reactions, and a further 2,500 comments as of the time of writing.

However, the comments were split between those who approved of piercing the baby's ears, and those who seemed to think it was unsafe or harsh to the child.

For example, on the negative side, one person wrote: "What's the place called so I can leave a bad review, a screaming crying baby should not be pierced against their will."

Another person sacasticly stated: "Don't use a piercing gun, just hold your screaming infant down while a stranger shoved needles in her ears. Got it."

A third person opined: "This should be illegal. It should be the baby's choice when they can make one. Putting it through that pain with it wanting earrings is awful."

Then this TikTok user added: "This makes my skin crawl. Or don't inflict unnecessary pain on a baby!?"

Finally, someone else commented: "I would never expose my baby to unnecessary pain."

However, other commenters leaped to Carpineta's defense.

For instance, one person wrote: "This comment section is ridiculous. I had my ears pierced as a baby and completely happy I was! Pain I didn't have to go through when I got older."

A second person agreed with the above, writing: "My mom did them when I was a baby and I'm thankful."

Other commenters stated that piercing a baby's ears was an aspect of Hispanic/Latin American culture that was lost on outsiders.

Indeed, one TikTok user stated: "Yo Hispanics have been doing this since forever. Let people be man. So tired of the cancel culture and everyone hating on every little thing."

A second person added: "Me a Mexican laughing at these comments."

Carpineta herself later returned to the comments to joke: "Glad my Hispanics really came through on here."

According to the official website of the American Academy of Pediatrics, ear piercing is a safe procedure at any age, although it cautions parents to wait until the child is older to avoid potential infections.

So, do you think this young momma is right to pierce her baby's ears? Or do you believe she's way out of line? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section.

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A new mom has divided viewers on social media after revealing that she had her daughter's ears pierced the day after she was born.

What's more, according to Newsweek, her ears were pierced while she was still in the hospital.

The mom - who shares clips under her baby's name Lara at the handle @laraticaofficial - took to TikTok to show followers how much her daughter had grown.

In a clip, she gives viewers a look at her daughter when she was a newborn in the hospital, then cuts to footage of her at three months old.

"The time [passed] too fast. Missing you being this small," the mom captioned the post.

But rather than focusing on how sweet Lara looked, many eagle-eyed users were quick to notice that she wore silver studs in her ears at both three-months-old - and when she was just a day old and still in the hospital.

For many viewers, the thought of piercing a baby's ears at such a young age was crazy.

"Bro was still in the damn hospital bed but had earrings on," one shocked person commented. Another user joked: "So do they pierce the ears before they cut the cord?"

Other viewers were even more concerned and left comments questioning whether piercing such a small baby's ears was safe or legal.

"How is that ear piercing even legal? I thought the age was 3mo," one wrote, while another commented: "I'd be so afraid she pulled them off and choked on them.."

However, not everyone was so against having a baby's ears pierced. Many users jumped to the mom's defense, pointing out how piercing a newborn's ears is common practice in many cultures.

"You all are so judgmental! In my culture, we pierce as infants. I have three daughters, and had theirs pierced none flinched, nor had any problems," one person wrote.

"In our culture/family, we also have ears pierced as soon as they are born," agreed another.

"Personal opinion....she is adorable and i totally love the earrings.... Who cares what other people say," chimed in a third.

Speaking to Newsweek, the unnamed mother - who lives in Colombia - said that piercing her baby's ears shortly after birth would have been less painful than if she'd been an older child.

When asked why she pierced the newborn's ears while she was still in the hospital, she responded: "Because I wanted to, and that it is possible in our country."

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A woman has been praised online after she banned her in-laws from seeing her baby after they went against her wishes and pierced her daughter's ears.

Taking to Reddit's infamous 'Am I The A**hole?' thread, an anonymous 32-year-old woman opened up about feeling betrayed after her mother-in-law decided to get her six-month-old baby's ears pierced while she was looking after her.

"My husband is from a culture where it's not uncommon to pierce baby girls' ears," she wrote. "His mother started pestering me about getting my daughter's ears pierced from a few days after she was born."

However, after making it clear that she'd wait until her daughter was "old enough to ask for it herself", she shut down the conversation, but she didn't expect her mother-in-law to go against her wishes.

"My mother-in-law was looking after her at the weekend and decided to pierce them without my knowledge or consent," she continued. "When I saw this, I about threw a fit. She was crying in pain, and I actually took her to the doctor to get their advice on whether or not to take them out (our family doctor removed them as they were clearly bothering her).

"I decided at that moment that my mother-in-law and everyone else on that side of the family (except for my sister-in-law, who's on my side about this) is going to have no alone contact with my daughter ever again (or at least until she's a teenager)," she stated, before adding that she worries that her mother-in-law will do something like this again.

"...And to be frank, she's lost my trust entirely," she said. "I also told her that if she had a problem with that, I'd report what she did to the police. My husband is on my side, but he doesn't think it's as big of a deal as I'm making it out to be."

She then asked social media users whether she was being unreasonable about the situation or not.

"NTA [not the a**hole]," one user wrote before explaining: "Your MIL [mother-in-law] demonstrated that she wanted to put her wishes ahead of you and your husband and until your daughter is old enough to advocate for herself (which will be before teenage years), it's reasonable that MIL and FIL [father-in-law] don't get that one on one time.

"All of that being said, if you've historically had a good relationship with MIL and FIL, then I would work on some plan for resolution and for trust to be rebuilt. But that needs to be communicated by your husband as its his family and he needs to manage them," they added.

"NTA," another added. "Putting aside the cultural norm to pierce baby ears... they're not her parents. They don't get to make decisions like that. They knew you didn't want it done. And they chose to sneak around and do it behind your back."

A third also stated: "Who knows what the next 'cultural norm' will be that MIL wants done to the baby."

Another added: "They mutilated your baby. In a modern world, body modification needs consent from the person who is going to have to live with the changes. Just because infant female ear piercings have been normalised in some cultures doesn't mean it's okay. NTA. They'd be lucky if I ever spoke to them again."

What do you think?

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