A new generation of parents is reexamining this cross-cultural tradition.
often left me feeling like the odd one out. In Puerto Rican culture, many parents pierce their children's ears shortly after they're born. It was often a rite of passage, and being without my own pair seemed to confuse some people. I was often asked why my mother didn't pierce my ears when I was younger, and I never exactly had an answer for them; it was just a decision my mother choseto make for me.
As my fellow millennials and even younger gen Zers start having our own kids, some of us find ourselves having to parse two potentially opposing views.gender to be a spectrum and not something that can always be accurately assigned at birth. Many of us also come from families where piercing a baby's ears, especially if they're a girl, is simply tradition. As it's often a part of our culture, it's often expected that we’ll be eager to continue the trend when we become parents.
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