Do you think it should be a young girl’s choice to get her ears pierced, or her parents’?
This would be up for debate if it were the girl pushing for it and the parents steadfastly objecting, but this video is going viral because it shows the reverse …
This Chicago mom has come under some pretty heavy scrutiny after she did not comfort her reluctant little girl, much less call the whole thing off.
Rather, she appears to put her in a CHOKE HOLD to make her go through with it.
Neither she nor the people doing the actual piercing seem particularly broken up about this, either. Instead, they’re acting like it’s all totally normal.
If anything, they appear to think the little kid was the one being overly dramatic.
The ear piercing establishment posted the clip, writing, “This lil girl nearly lost her dammm mind when I was trying to Pierce her ears yall gotta watch this till the end.”
It was later taken down, but the full version of the video remains elsewhere online.
A man not seen on camera can be heard saying, “You’re supposed to be a big girl.” Then the mom jumps in with some kind, gentle advice for her:
“You stay just like that. You put your hand up there and I’m going to punch you.”
The girl pleads with the adults to stop. They will not. Mom jumps back in:
“We’re going to count to five; we’re going to give you five. One, put your hands down. Two, Three, calm down. Four, he’s going to get ready to do it, OK.
"Calm down. Five, hold on tight,” says her parent and protector.
The little girl protests again, “No, no, no. Please don’t!”
“He is a professional,” mom tries to reassure her.
“But, it’s going to hurt,” protests the youngster.
“Me beating your ass with my fist will hurt worse,” said this grown woman, as jaws across the country drop in unison. “I thought so, lets get this over with.”
They do, and it is far from pretty. Watch the clip above to see this play out for yourself. WARNING: It’s even more alarming than this transcript makes it sound …