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The Sun
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
I'm slammed for piercing my baby's ears with hoops, trolls say it's so ‘council estate' & call her a ‘baby doll chav'
A MUM has been slammed for piercing her one-year-old daughter's ears with large gold hoops. Molly Ahern took to social media, sharing a video of her tot which left people horrified. 2 2 The clip, which has now taken the internet by storm, shows her daughter snuggled under a blanket with her mum. The only thing shown is her daughter's large gold hoops hanging from her ears. In the clip, the mum joked she was making the most of her daughter's cuddles before she grew up. She wrote: "Treasuring these cuddles cos in 15 years I'm gonna be a 'fat s**g' for not letting a drug dealer with one tracksuit and a 3.5 to his name stay in my home with her." Molly also captioned the post 'No boyfriends.' But that was not what caught viewers' attention. Instead, people were focused on the little girl's earrings and had plenty to say about it. The video shared on her TikTok account @ went viral with over 200k views and people didn't hold back on their opinions. While some said it was giving 'council house' vibes others called her a 'chav.' One person wrote: "Holy council estate." I love dressing my daughter up in fancy clothes and £100 earrings - she's my real life doll Another commented: 'The earrings say enough already." "Oh dear," penned a third. Meanwhile a fourth said: "Those hoops are a choking hazard." "The earrings are a NO!' claimed a fifth. Ear-piercing babies and toddlers CAROL Cooper, Sun Doctor, reveals the medical implications of ear-piercing babies and toddlers: Ear-piercing in babies and toddlers is controversial. On the one hand, it could be seen as a form of child abuse. But it's also widely done in many countries and cultures, and is a lot less of an assault than other procedures some girls have to endure. There are certainly medical hazards. Infection is one, which is why many paediatricians recommend waiting until at least the first tetanus jab at two months of age. But there are also many other potential infections which routine vaccines don't prevent. Getting ears pierced somewhere that just looks clean is no guarantee. Tearing the earlobe is a risk if the earring gets caught on clothing or bedding, or the baby just pulls on it. The earrings can also fall out, and they're small enough to be a choking hazard to a baby or young child. Sometimes keloid scarring results, with an unsightly lumpy scar. That's why it's better to wait till your child is old enough to want pierced ears, as well as to look after them herself. Someone else added: 'The earrings! Poor baby." But Molly didn't seem fussed as to what haters had to say. In the comments, she told them to 'put a sock in it,' and revealed her baby didn't cry when the piercing was done. In another clip, laughing at the nasty trolls, she said she and her baby was unfazed by the hate. "My little baby doll chav," she captioned the post.
Irish Times
27-05-2025
- General
- Irish Times
Boy (16) wins €9,000 equality claim over wearing earring at school
A 16-year-old transition year student has won €9,000 in compensation for gender-based discrimination and victimisation after he was punished for wearing an earring to school at the start of term last year. The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has ruled that his school's uniform policy was indirectly discriminatory on gender grounds, favouring female students over males by requiring ear studs to be worn in pairs – and has ordered the rule changed. The decision on the boy's claim against the school under the Equal Status Act 2000 was published on Tuesday by the tribunal in anonymised form. The school had denied his claim. The student arrived to school at the start of the new term on August 30th last year with the upper cartilage of his left ear newly pierced and a round silver stud through it, the tribunal heard at hearings in November and December 2024. READ MORE The school considered it to be in breach of the uniform rules in its code of behaviour, which forbids 'all body piercings except one small stud in each ear', the tribunal heard. 'I think their intention is that boys don't wear studs ... I think they know boys won't pierce the other ear because they'll be called gay, they'll be called names. They won't go through the hassle of it, and they'll take it out,' the claimant told the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) at a hearing December last. Asked why he chose to wear the ear stud, the young man said: 'It's my grandad – it's a sense of my personality, following in the footsteps.' The student's solicitor, Gerard Cullen, said his client was presented with choices to either 'remove the stud or pierce the other ear' or complete the three week healing process with a plaster covering the piercing. He called that 'interference with bodily integrity'. Counsel for the school Kevin Roche BL, appearing instructed by Mason Hayes and Curran, said that after the young man instructed a solicitor in the matter, he had been sent a legal letter to say he would be considered to be 'in compliance' if he 'covered the ear with plaster'. He said that had already been offered to the young man, and rejected. The boy's grandmother told the tribunal her husband and all of her sons had worn piercings in their left ears – and that she considered this the usual practice for a man to wear one. A row broke out at a meeting between the boy and his family and the principal and deputy principal on September 4th, 2024, when the claimant's mother and grandmother came to the school, the tribunal heard. The complainant's case is that in the weeks that followed he was subject to sanctions, including being placed sitting outside the principal's office, being denied leave to go down to the town on his lunch break, and being assigned to evening detention which would have meant missing his bus home. The school's position is that it followed its disciplinary code at all times and sought to de-escalate the matter – with its barrister telling the tribunal that the first mention of legal action was on the part the complainant's solicitor. In his decision, adjudicator Brian Dalton wrote that the 'apparently neutral' rule on ear studs was discriminatory on the grounds of gender. He added that since the claimant had complained about that rule being unfair, it followed that the sanctions 'solely arose because of [his] objection to an unfair practice' and amounted to victimisation. Mr Dalton ordered the school to amend its rule on body piercings 'so that it facilitates the wearing of one or two earrings'. He directed the school to pay €9,000 in compensation to the young man.
The Sun
10-05-2025
- Health
- The Sun
I had my baby's ears pierced but when she began wheezing docs found earring in her LUNG – I still bought her a new pair
TAKING her phone out, Suzanne Boyd snaps a photo of her baby girl's newly pierced ears. Admiring the brand-new pearl studs, her dad Tyrell, 38, was equally chuffed with their daughter Raelyn's new bling. 8 8 "She looks like a princess," he says while holding their daughter with Suzanne, 36, agreeing she's 'definitely the prettiest baby in town.' Little did the doting mum and dad know that the seemingly innocent decision to pierce their daughter's ears at three months old would leave the tot fighting for her life. It was nine months later, when Raelyn had turned one, that the family was thrown into peril. 'I was doing my regular morning routine when I heard my husband shout,' Suzanne says. TERRIFYING WHEEZING 'Tyrell was feeding Raelyn and asked if I could hear what he could. 'That's when I first heard it, a wheezing, loud noise coming out of my little girl. 'I was terrified. Raelyn was fine one moment, and the next she was making these noises as if she couldn't breathe. 'Raelyn was normally a happy and healthy baby, and she was still acting like her usual self, so I thought it might pass soon.' Believing that her wheezing might be down to flu season, the couple decided to take their daughter to the doctor to be on the safe side. 'My little one was put on steroid treatment and we were happy thinking this was the end of the ordeal,' Suzanne, from Augusta, Georgia, says. 'We carried on with our everyday lives but I couldn't help being a paranoid mum when Raelyn's breathing wasn't getting any better. 'I hated seeing her like this and not knowing what's wrong.' The couple rushed their little girl back to the paediatrician when her breathing hadn't improved a week later. The doctor recommended an X-ray to rule out any possible causes, but the mum and dad couldn't have expected what came next. 'My stomach dropped when I looked at the X-ray and saw the tiny object,' stay-at-home mum Suzanne says. HORROR X-RAY 'It was the back of the earring, I couldn't understand how it could have possibly got there. 'We had Raelyn's ears pierced when she was three months old but we have always been careful. 'She is not strong enough to take off her own earring.' 8 8 Suzanne and church facilities coordinator Tyrell were told to go home and wait for her to pass the earring, but 20 minutes later, they got a phone call from the doctor. 'He explained that the earring might be stuck in Raelyn's lung and that we should take her to the hospital immediately,' the mum says. 'His words sent shivers all over me and we changed route heading for the children's hospital. 'I was thinking of every possible scenario and all the things that could go wrong. 'I looked at Raelyn sitting in the back seat, making the rattling noise which filled me with more worry with every breath.' At the hospital, a second X-ray confirmed the earring was lodged in Raelyn's right lung. 'I explained to the doctor that it was the back of an earring and that I don't even wear earrings in case she pulls them out,' Suzanne. EMERGENCY SURGERY The doctor said that Raelyn would need surgery to remove the earring from the lung using a magnet. 'I hated the idea of my baby being put under anaesthesia at just one year old,' the mum admits. 'We were baffled as to how the earring had ended up in her lung if she had swallowed it.' Doctors explained that while they were unsure, Raelyn may well have inhaled it through her nose and they were lucky she hadn't developed pneumonia. 'I couldn't believe it, we vacuum the house every day to make sure things like this don't happen,' Suzanne says. 'I thought it could have been asthma as I am also asthmatic, but I never expected it to be an earring. 'Tyrell tried to reassure me, but the mum-guilt started taking over me as I watched my little girl being taken to surgery. 'I know she likes to rub the back of her ear as a comfort, so she must have pulled the back of the earring herself. 'She always used to pull on my earrings which is why I took them out, but didn't expect her to pull out her own.' Suzanne and Tyrell sat in the waiting room for two long hours before they were reunited with their daughter. 'I felt tears of joy when my little girl was returned to me safe and sound,' the mum says. "Doctors explained that the earring was lodged deeper than they thought, and had to use a bigger magnet to fish it out. XX explain why they use a magnet XX 'We decided there and then that there would be no more earrings for our little one.' Raelyn was kept in overnight to make sure that she had fully recovered post-surgery. 'I looked at her lying in her little bed and thought about how strong she is, only a year old and been through so much,' Suzanne says. MAKING CHANGES 'I let out a big sigh when doctors said Raelyn is well enough to go home. 'In the car ride back home, I was happy but knew my next step as a mum is to make sure this doesn't happen again. 'I told Tyrell I would never wear earrings again and promised to vacuum the house twice a day from then on.' The couple spent the following few days baby-proofing every surface. 'But Raelyn looked so pretty with her pearl earrings, I couldn't bear leaving her without any jewellery,' Suzanne says. 'I bought her a new pair of pearl studs but this time they had screw-on backs, to make sure even our strong girl can't pull them off." A couple of weeks later, the couple returned for some further tests which showed Raelyn had a clean bill of health. 'We took Raelyn back home and could finally relax after the whole ordeal, knowing our baby is safe,' Suzanne says. 'It had been a very traumatic few weeks and I hate to think that at one point I thought I could lose my little girl because of an earring. "Weeks on from the operation, I watched Raelyn eat and play without any breathing problems, and thought how blessed we are that everything went back to normal. "I'm so proud of my baby girl. She's been so strong and I'll never let anything like this happen again.' 8 8
