It's great how we celebrate our choices as parents. Personally, I draw the line at making choices for my child that should be his choices. I give him much more scope for choice than most parents think is necessary or even right, according to conventional parenting wisdom. He is a very empowered child - I'm 'training' him to be an empowered adult. Slightly OT. However, back in line with the original topic - I'm not even going to get DS's hair cut until he can better understand that it means his hair will be GONE and that he wants it to be so, so that's my stance on cutting things off boys ;) Definitely my thinking is in line with Bath's, in that nature has seen fit to leave that foreskin there through millenia of circumcision practice. To me, if it were beneficial, it would have evolved in that time so that baby boys are born without it. Is just me adn the way I will treat penises in this house.:
Originally Posted by kitten76 :
One of the greatest things about living in Australia is that we have CHOICES
whether you choose to circumcise or choose not to is your choice.
From a non-medical, non-ethical POV - without foreskin, boys will miss the pleasure of pulling it back if it's not there! DP likes this feeling (enhances pleasure) and I know DS likes it when he's playing with his bits and zoning out (then again, I'm not of the inclination to shame him from self-exploration, either).
Interesting thread, and interesting to read the reasons for doing it. Not that these reasons change my own thinking on it :)
