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• On average, how many hours of television do your children watch each day?

  Mon Nov 23, 2009
  • They watch about 2 hrs. per week - when with my husband. They need to learn to imagine and entertain themselves - not sit like zombies!

• Should baby boys be circumcised?

  Tue Nov 10, 2009
  • Most men don't have to worry about hygiene. They have showers available. If they have to go to war, they can decide then to cut. It seems silly for all infants to get it done just in case they are in a war and can't shower regularly.

• Should baby boys be circumcised?

  Tue Nov 10, 2009
  • If you are reckless, you are going to get an STD. Circumcision will hardly help that. The stats are not are black and white as they seem. You have to look at the studies, how they are conducted, and you will realize how unreliable they are.

• Should baby boys be circumcised?

  Tue Nov 10, 2009
  • I believe that promiscuity breeds STD's far more than intact penises. If you have many partners in a lifetime and are careless with your sexual habits, it seems to me that the circumcised penis is just buying you a year or two. You've hardly protected yourself.

• Should baby boys be circumcised?

  Tue Nov 10, 2009
  • Ha Ha! They do indeed make a little ($200 - $300) per cut, which I'm sure you knew. Plus, it sometimes requires a longer hospital stay. Also, the foreskin is ideal for grafting for burn victims and such.

• Should baby boys be circumcised?

  Tue Nov 10, 2009
  • I've been reading about the history of circumcision and the findings now I am pregnant with my first boy. My understanding is that the research is very poor. Many of the uncircumcised populations screened were from urban, poor districts.

• Should baby boys be circumcised?

  Tue Nov 10, 2009
  • OK for religious reasons. If not, then cutting to avoid UTI's makes as much sense as getting Rhinoplasty to avoid SI's or skin cancer.

• How much homework is too much?

  Tue Jul 14, 2009
  • I butchered a sentence. Correction: "Our goal should not be to cover the material..."

• How much homework is too much?

  Tue Jul 14, 2009
  • I think that 8+ hours per day in a classroom (cement walls, florescent lighting, and little chance to move around) is more than enough time to tie kids down. That should provide plenty of time to master the material.

• Should parents be allowed to refuse cancer treatments for their sick children?

  Fri May 15, 2009
  • This is none of the state's business. That child is the product of the parents, not the state.