Reasons for parents to pierce their son's left ear
There is a family that I have known for over 5 years. We have very different views on parenting, discipline, child rearing, etc. But one practice of this family (that I thought to be interesting) is that, about 1 month after each of their sons were born, they would pierce their son's left ear.
Normally, I would write this off as something unique to these particular parents, except there is no central motivating reason for the parents (i.e. neither of the parents have any piercings). Also, I recently encountered another family who seems to have the same practice of piercing their sons' left ears when they are about a month old.
Not having seen this before and knowing that this is not a common practice among parents, I just want to learn more.
Are there reasons (other than preference) for parents to do this? Or is this just a new fad that is on the rise?
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Some cultures practice infant ear piercing. It's common to pierce the ears of infants in the Latino community for example. But this would be both ears, and it's usually just girls.
Hindus pierce a single ear, and they pierce the ears of both boys and girls. This can be performed as early as the 10th or 12th day after birth, but is often delayed until the 6th or 7th month. This practice is called Karnvedh Sanskar. But Hindus would pierce the right ear of boys and the left ear of girls.
So it seems your friends are just following something they've always done.
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