NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/misc/kids/31102

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From: [e-mail] (Teri Miller)
Subject: Re: Circum.: When Parents Disagree :-(
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Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 00:00:10 GMT
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In article <1992Dec23.212132.22722@ntmtv> [e-mail] (Missy Iaquinto) writes:
>
>I'm counting on you, misc.kidder's .... not to make the decision, but
>to give some helpful advice ... NOT to debate circumcision, but to
>relate experiences when the parents disagree strongly about it ...
>
>What to do?
>
Were it my husband, I would make the following suggestions:

1) If you are going to insist that our son be circumsized, I insist
   that you first watch another baby be circumsized.  If not, then I
   will not allow it.

2) If you watched the baby getting circumsized, and still want to
   have it done, let's talk about the pros and cons, including anything
   you learned by watching the procedure.

3) If we still cannot agree, choose an acceptable arbiter.

I base this on my opinion that if two people cannot agree, they should
try to become as informed about the issue as they can, then try to talk
it through, and if all else fails, have someone help them come to
consensus.

Personally, I see no real difference between circumsizing a boy or
circumsizing a girl, and would be about as likely to have it done in
either case.  Fortunately, my husband is agreeable to my non-interventionist
approach... 8-)
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