Our duty of care & discipline to our children should not include permanently modifying their bodies to mark their entry into our religion, political party or football team. The fact that the last two are clearly unethical to almost everyone should show the problem with the first.
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Even if we can show that a very high incidence of children accept the same religion, political party and football team as their parents and are glad of the modification as adults, the fact is that there are always some who don't and aren't & they should have individual freedom.
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I am actually a bit too liberal and individualist for my daughter who is a child who likes routines, rules & boundaries, but I do want her to be the one to make her own decisions as far as possible. So she's been Christian & Hindu & considered Judaism. Now non-religious.
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Also, if she wants to shave all her hair off, she can live with how long it will take for that to grow out & if she wants to pierce her ears, she can decide whether the pain is worth it & protect from infection. (She doesn't want to do either of those)
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Careful. You're starting to sound like an Intactivist.
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