PEDIATRICIAN ADVISES PULLING AT 11 MONTHS OLD
Dear Robin,
Today I was watching my husband pulling our son's foreskin, his delicate
skin formed tiny tears and started bleeding. We were instructed to
do this by our pediatrician. I was mortified, we argued. That is when
I decided to look up foreskin on the internet. I came across your website,
and am very happy to have found it. We have noticed our son naturally
stretching his penis- we never knew why. Now we do.
We just want to thank you for voicing your opinions. Thank you for
reaching out to others.
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Thanks for your letter, its ths sort of thing that makes my work worthwhile
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>Today I was watching my husband pulling our son's foreskin in,
his delicate skin
>formed tiny tears and started bleeding. We were instructed to do this
by our
>pediatrician. I was mortified.
So am I ---!!! natures_way.html and prevention.html are probably
the central files for reference ... your son should maybe be encouraged
to pull *forward* on his own foreskin - but maybe first just give him
a break, do nothing for a few months - let him recover -
Such yanking painful methods are frequently advised, and then the
normally gentle loving husband turns into a primitive monster. One
father maintained that his son yelped but "a bit of pain never hurt
anyone - he yowls when he goes to the dentist" - for some crazy reason
(the macho image) grown men seem to feel that inflicting pain to their
sons penis will make them better men ... I suspect this illogic wont
effect any other aspect of your husbands care, but with penis-care
he gets minus points with me.
If your son has any trouble when he's around 3 yrs. old then get
in touch again ....
cheers
Robin
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