

Mum receives death threats after having her baby daughter’s cheek ‘pierced’
Latest News 2017-07-05 Henry Okafor 20

Beaming up at the camera, at first glance, Enedina Vance’s little girl looks like any other happy baby.
On closer inspection, however, you’ll see that her daughter appears to have had her cheek pierced.
Enedina shared the image to actually speak out AGAINST body modifications in young children.
Unfortunately, a large number of her target audience were confused – and the mum has since received death threats and threats to call Child Protection Services.
Enedina’s image had in fact been doctored and the accompanying caption written ironically.
“It looks cute, right?!”
The mum-of-six wrote, “I just know she’s gonna [sic] love it!! She’ll thank me when she’s older lol. If she decides she doesn’t like it, she can just take it out, no big deal.
“I’m the parent, she is MY CHILD, I will do whatever I want!! I make all of her decisions until she’s 18, I made her, I own her!!
“I don’t need anyone’s permission, I think it’s better, cuter and I prefer her to have her dimple pierced.
“It’s NOT abuse!! If it was, it would be illegal, but it’s not. People pierce their babies everyday, this is no different.”
Staunchly and publicly anti-circumcision for baby boys – an topic she says she was uneducated about until the birth of her eldest son – Enedina intended to highlight the issue with her post.
The photoshopped image instead unnerved and angered other parents, who did not pick up on the sarcastic tone or the hashtag #sarcasm.
Enedina was forced to share two further posts, expressing her “disappointment” that people missed her point.
She also revealed she had received threats from other mums and dads.
“Wow, so as (hopefully) everyone knows, my last post was FAKE. I photoshopped that picture of the baby to look like I had her dimple pierced. It is in fact PHOTOSHOPPED.
“I seriously can not believe how many people missed that this was purely satirical, I actually used the hashtag #sarcasm , yet people were still threatening to beat me to death, call child protective services, & take away my children.”
The mum also added how many would not acknowledge her point about the connection between the dimple piercing and circumcision.
“It’s ironic they were ready to beat me to death over my excuses for piercing my baby, but then they used the same EXACT excuse to justify cutting their baby.
“How is it so triggering, so enraging to see my baby with a pierced dimple, but actually knowing a baby is being strapped down and forcibly having his most sensitive portion of his penis amputated, seems perfectly OK?”
Laetriona
2017-07-05 #1 AuthorI guess she is right! It is her child…. but I believe those kinds of piercings are for older folks… js
Khloe
2017-07-05 #2 AuthorEven tho it may seem cute. She should’ve waited until the baby way wayyyyy older..
Amonii
2017-07-05 #3 AuthorI see nothing wrong, I guess if you’re to stupid to see that’s it’s PHOTOSHOPPED, you would come to the understanding that it’s cute. Personally I don’t have a problem just as long as it’s fake and not real 😍
Kita skiffer
2017-07-05 #4 AuthorI don’t see anything wrong with it! It is adorable to me and at the end of the day it is her CHILD!
Krystel Hurd
2017-07-05 #5 AuthorDeath threats are a bit extreme…it’s her kid she can do what she wants
Descica
2017-07-06 #6 AuthorThis Actually Had Me Fooled. Lol. Thank Goodness I Decided To Read The Whole Thing. Far As The Threats, Yea If She Would Have ACTUALLY Got It Pierced, It Would’ve Been Something To Be Mad About, But Not To The Point Of Threatening Someone.
Carey
2017-07-06 #7 AuthorIt might be photoshopped but it’s wrong ! Death threats might be too much since the picture isn’t real .. but I see why it’s upsetting people
Tammy Myrick
2017-07-06 #8 AuthorHopefully she’s just being sarcastic! Not cool!
Tula Toon
2017-07-06 #9 AuthorOh my! She’s the mom. She’s gonna do what she wants.
Dana
2017-07-06 #10 AuthorI can’t believe people still threatened to beat after knowing the picture was Photoshoped
Linda
2017-07-06 #11 AuthorSmh why would oh do that to a baby thou
Vanessa
2017-07-06 #12 AuthorWow i never heard of domeone piercing a child face tgats top young but its her baby she can do whst she want. I just wouldnt do it its stupid to me
Courtnee
2017-07-06 #13 AuthorWow… at first I was upset also until I read further…
Kadijah
2017-07-06 #14 AuthorI don’t agree with getting a baby cheeks pierced she’s way too young for that.
Nani
2017-07-06 #15 AuthorThat’s a real grown up piercing. Why would you want to implement that much pain on your child? It’s nothing like getting an ear pierced, and what if she pulls it out. I hope your cheek is pierced too.
Nani
2017-07-06 #16 AuthorWhy would you want to pierce your babies cheek? Yeah that’s your child, but guess what now she has to live with a whole in her face because you thought it was cute! I hope you pierced your own cheek too!
Crystal
2017-07-06 #17 AuthorWhat she chooses to do is her decision.
Tiarra
2017-07-06 #18 AuthorOh wow…but she’s right she have the right to do whatever she want to her child.
Erica Scott
2017-07-07 #19 AuthorI don’t think it’s acceptable for a child to get a piercing in her cheek. I’ll call cps as well!!!
Jessica Allen
2017-07-08 #20 AuthorI don’t think it’s rite for a baby to get that done that young