The thought of a shiny new bauble is appealing to lots of kids, but that can quickly turn to fear when a stranger comes at them with a piercing gun. So, while junior may have been begging to get her ears pierced for months, what happens if she changes her mind at the last minute"
You just don’t pierce their ears, says former Claire’s employee Raylene Marks of Edmonton, whose open letter on the store’s “cruel” ear-piercing practice recently went viral on Facebook, racking up more than 800 comments and 1,800 shares.
Currently, Claire?s store policy 509 requires employees to follow through with a piercing regardless of whether the kid is on-board. But Marks?s letter stressed that if a child decides they no longer want their ears pierced, they shouldn’t be forced by an employee, parent or store policy. In the letter, Marks explained that while she is okay with piercing a kid’s ears if they are afraid but excited, when it?s clear that they no longer consent to the piercing, it?s time to draw the line.

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