It wasn't until 1987 that the American Academy of Pediatrics explicitly recommended giving babies pain relief during surgical procedures. 1987!(!!!) Why? Parental outrage, initially kicked off by a mother whose infant received *open heart surgery* with no pain management.
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Did all of these medical professionals really believe that babies felt no pain? How confident were they? Did they think about it often? How could they bring themselves to cut into tiny children, fully awake but paralyzed by muscle relaxants? Do they feel any guilt *now*?
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Sometimes it seems utterly insane to me that educational professionals can look at a typical classroom and think "yes, this is what a childhood ought to be." But it's not insane. It's a standard feature of humans to be this recklessly unobservant when it suits you.
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I still don’t get circumcision. I can’t imagine cutting up my putative baby.
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having worked w. young people in USA & Europe, it's sadly obvious that USA boys have been violated at birth, their wings clipped. they compensate in many sad ways. Children hurt in their integrity do not stop loving their parents. They stop loving themselves.--Jesper Juul
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