Nip Tuck
Now I do hate this show, but one episode was about the main characters son and how he felt like shit because a girl thought his uncut penis was weird. In the show he gets really pissed at his parents because they didn't cut him etc. and eventually tries to do it himself. What I know to be true about teenagers is
1: Teenagers no matter how they are raised are almost always going to be self conscious about themselves.
2: Teenagers like to fit in because most can't handle being an "outcast".
3: Most do not deal well with being laughed at, and or teased about something they're already self conscious about.
It's hard enough being a teenager, I really think that if your kid was to get turned down and have a girl look at his penis in disgust because he wasn't cut, that when you asked him a week later if he would've preferred to be cut he'd most likely reply "yes, it would have saved me the humiliation of having a girl that I really like looking at my penis like it disgusts her". Yes given that your kids should not give a shit what people that would actually get hung up about that kind of thing if they really liked your son, but the majority of teenagers do care what other people think.
So like most things concerning your child, it's a matter of opinion. The thing I find interesting is lot's of people are saying "it's unnecessary" so they aren't going to do it to your son. Using meds to make your kid feel better while they're sick etc. is unnecessary also but you do it why? Because you want your kid to feel better. Many things are unnecessary, it's not really a matter of being necessary or not, it's a matter of keeping your girl or boy from having to go through unnecessary painful moments. Yeah it goes both ways seeing as the procedure hurts, but seeing as you can't remember pain or remember being that young, pretty sure it doesn't count.
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