It's had them cropped. Illegal to do it in the UK thankfully but still popular with some owners (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9283877/Jack-Fincham-SLAMMED-fans-buying-dog-cropped-ears.html) but legal if imported.
Luckily our children are in their 30s and have left home!
We are however expecting our first grandchild this year. And they won't be allowed anywhere near the Staff, anymore than they will our other one that adores children.
Shame the thread title mentions Staffie specifically. This incident will be more complicated than the breed, which we don't know at this stage. At its heart will be indiscriminate breeding and socialisation. We're on our fourth Staff. She was abandoned and we know nothing of her past. She hates...