# Now we're prosecuting teens for piercing? Most of my gen would be in jail then.

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**Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-were-prosecuting-teens-for-piercing-most-of-my-gen-would-be-in-jail-then/618506/1 "2012-04-11T23:24:22Z")

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The majority of girls in my junior high pierced their ears. Some got their mom or aunt to do it. Others got school friends to do it. All you needed was a piece of ice and a needle, ice pick and rubbing alcohol. The ice numbs the ear, needle starts the hole and the ice pick enlarges it. My aunt was a nurse and did all three of her daughter’s ears.

Yes, maybe one teen out of a 100 got an infection and a trip to the family doctor. Other kids fell out of trees and broke their arms. That’s how life works sometimes. Kids take risks in life. Once in awhile they see their family GP afterward.

Piercing was an even bigger thing in the 80’s generation. Noses, tongues, eyebrows. I took my daughter to get her belly button pierced in the 90’s.

Now, we’re prosecuting kids for this? :dubious: \*Ok, I agree doing it at school was stupid. \* That’s what pajama parties and sleepovers are for. Fix your hair, pierce you ears, bellybutton, talk boys and giggle. I can still hear that giggling from my daughter’s sleepover friends 12 years ago.

Don’t the cops have real criminals to bust? The tone of this story sounds like they busted a meth ring. I’m sure everyone will get awarded commendations and medals for their excellent investigation. :rolleyes:  
[http://www.ajc.com/news/authorities-middle-schooler-pierced-1412733.html](http://www.ajc.com/news/authorities-middle-schooler-pierced-1412733.html)

Where’s Jack Webb? We need him to read this police report. 😛

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> She learned how to do the belly button work by watching YouTube, the girl allegedly told police. The girl’s name was not disclosed because she is a juvenile; neither were her age and grade.
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> The principal at Moses Middle School in Dallas called Paulding County Sheriff’s deputies March 29 to report that the girl had pierced another student at school, according to an incident report obtained by the AJC.

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