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When they have demonstrated responsibilities in similar areas. I am not into age number markers. I have seen wildly different maturity at the same age in different kids... I mean people.
When they have demonstrated responsibilities in similar areas. I am not into age number markers. I have seen wildly different maturity at the same age in different kids... I mean people.
Well it's good all of my children were very mature for their ages even at birth. My oldest son for example was born wearing a pair of sunglasses, drinking a cup of Joe and smoking a cigarette. First thing he does when he is born, he turns to me, points at his junk and with a distinct cockney accent says to me "you're getting rid of that bit at the end though, right?". Seems to me I had no choice but to honor his wishes.
And to me, if indeed that was her objective, someone needs to explain to her the difference in piercing and circumcision. One is simply for looks, the other health purposes. I do agree many people react without reading.
I don't think its male circumcision she drew attention to.
Its female mutilation on muslim women.
But yeh, piercing a baby cheek, isn't it just....awful ....tut tut.
Well it's good all of my children were very mature for their ages even at birth. My oldest son for example was born wearing a pair of sunglasses, drinking a cup of Joe and smoking a cigarette. First thing he does when he is born, he turns to me, points at his junk and with a distinct cockney accent says to me "you're getting rid of that bit at the end though, right?". Seems to me I had no choice but to honor his wishes.
Well that certainly would demonstrate his maturity if he was able to say that. But he didn't, did he?
I only have girls, so we never had to make this decision. As I mentioned in an earlier reply, I really don't care if people circ or not. When I was pregnant, I left it up to my husband. Seeing as he has a penis and all, I figured he knew more about it than I did. He absolutely, positively refused to NOT circ if we had a son. (He was circumcised as a newborn). I was taken aback by his strong feelings about it and asked him why. He said when he was in the Army, there were just way too many guys who had issues because they weren't. He didn't go into details, and I didn't pursue. But his procedure obviously hasn't had a negative impact on him.
In other news, I was in the ER one day last year. There was a guy in the "room" next to me. We were only separated by a curtain, so I could hear everything. He had a rather painful condition (painful enough to go to the ER) and his foreskin wouldn't retract. The doctor had to do something to fix it that, from the sounds of it, was pretty painful. The doctor also told him it was really common and the only way to prevent it from happening again was to get circumcised.
My point is that there are advantages to doing it, and there are advantages to not doing it. People should just let parents make that choice - just like they make choices about bottle or breast, cloth or disposable, etc. Neither decision makes anyone a good or bad parent.
The portion of the ear that is usually pierced is cartilage . . . not the same as skin/muscle/whatever on the cheek.
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