9 year old boy tells his best friend he is going to be circumcised. Best friend says, "I had one of them when i was born and couldn't walk for a year!"
I heard the boy had multiple infections and it was medically necessary. I can't imagine circumsizing a young man for any other reason. Does the father really want his child to continue in pain? Baffled.
My brother who was adopted by my parents at the age of 4 did not have a circumcision at birth. My mother chose to let my brother decide and of course when he was entering his teen years and all the other boys in the locker room looked a bit different and my brother felt a bit intimidated he asked my mother to get it done. The procedure wasn't painless but at an older age they numb you unlike when you are a baby so my bother didn't really feel it that bad. He was uncomfortable for a week or so but he doesn't regret it and was glad my mom and dad told him that he could do it if he wanted.
I say since the child is 9 and it wasn't done at birth than it should be up to the child. But if this child is having infections and a doctor has said this would help them than I would allow mom to take child to get it done.
Several? Judaism is the only one.
Most Muslims practice circumcision but only rarely on newborns.
It's completely optional for Christians and has no religious significance for them.
Hindus and Buddhists don't practice it. Nor do Mormons.
I wonder how long it'll be before some adult malcontent sues his parents, or the hospital where he was circumcised...
This is not difficult. The mother is right. The father is a fool. And that's the trouble with democracies -- fools are alloted equal time to have their views heard. And those, who by experience or education, know better, have to listen to them.