Today in fun debates happening on the internet, people are querying exactly how often parents should be cleaning their children’s ears.

“How often do you clean your kid’s ears?” asked a curious dad on Reddit. “My parents used to do it quite often, like once a week. I won’t say how much I do it because I can’t keep up with them for some reason.” (Same.)

The answers were illuminating – and varied.

“Outer ear at bath time. In the ear canal never,” said one respondent. “If I notice wax at the opening to the ear canal or on the outer ear at any time, I’ll wipe it away.”

Another chipped in: “I clean my daughter’s ears when I can see a lot of visible wax on the outside. I only clean the outside and just inside the entrance of the canal. Usually I notice it needs cleaning about every 2 weeks.”

What does an expert say?

To settle this debate once and for all (and because we’re genuinely curious), we asked Dr Deborah Lee of Dr Fox Online Pharmacy for her input.

“Children’s ears are self-cleansing – they........

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