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Oisterboy

Its got a lot of pictures that make it lolsy.

Its not something copy-pasteable really.

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Solray

Well theres two sides to the waxing and I can see the point in doing it but its doing something to a child that they shouldn't be experiencing at that point in time. I don't think at that age the child has full knowledge what waxing down there is for and why they need to do it and its going to prevent the child in the future from deciding on their own whether or not they decide to wax down there since its basically destroying the roots so that no hair will grow ever. I think its also teaching the child to hate what grows naturally and I think thats kind of a bad thing but this is just my opinion.

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Kashis

Well I don't disagree with that, but that could also be said about many other practices people find normal such as ear piercings, braces, circumcision and beauty pageants for young children. From a very early age, pretty much all of us were conditioned into doing things we didn't understand fully and had no choice in the matter, physically and psychologically.

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olaph

Braces have an added long term benefit when you get them younger, same cannot be said with most of those other examples. :P

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Kashis

I had braces when I was around 11 and while my teeth are now straight, I've also had to have a permanent retainer added to the back of my lower teeth. It's not noticeable to other people or myself that much, but it does get in the way of flossing which is a really bad thing. In the case of some people, they sometimes get "railroad tracks" on their teeth from the discoloration of where the braces used be (didn't happen to me though so I'm real happy lol)

Circumcision is said to have hygienically and health benefits. Some also say in the case of male circumcision that sex is more enjoyable afterward. I'm not too sure about female circumscision though.

Ear piercing has a lot of risks, more than waxing does but that's generally more acceptable, especially in the case of women. I don't think there's any actual health benefits from having pierced ears (I could be wrong on that) which make me wonder sometimes why people opt to do it. Keloids are not pretty

One of my male friends shaves everything but his eyelashes on a regular occasion because he dislikes hair. For him, removing the roots might save him from that hassle and honestly, I think about getting some of my facial hair removed because I hate shaving. people don't just wax their bikini area though, they do it all over and frequently.

As for beauty pageants, entering in your little ones in those kids of events can help to build self esteem and prepare a child for a career as a professional model and acting. Having them used to the necessary gestures, walks, and things needed to be successful at it at a young age can put them a step ahead of those who try to become models later on in life since they'll have experience with it. A number of actresses have started their careers the same way.

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Raiyne

That railroad tracks thing sounds rare to me, I've never come across it and I know many people who have had braces. I used to wear retainers myself. Better to correct things like that when young, for sure.

Circumcision is bullshit. There is nothing proven about it being more hygenic. Any uncircumcised man who retracts his foreskin regularly to rinse his penis is just as clean as an uncircumcised man.

On piercings... well, it's just vanity.

Beauty pageants are ****ed up. Especially the beauty part, that's really ****ed up. A lot of parents push their kids to do things they don't really want to do, and some of these stupid competitions are for really really young kids who can barely decide what they like to do.

I can't speak for the western hemisphere, but life as a kid is getting more stressful every year, emphasis on doing well, getting into a good school to get a good job. Once in elementary school you're in a god-damned rat race, and it's just putting stress on all the wrong things, just like many many other things we have going on in modern civilisation.

You say that entering children in it can help build self esteem, but how many kids win, and how many lose? For every kid that walks away like a million bucks, there's going to be dozens of kids feeling rejected and upset for not being better, and that's not even factoring how the parents might be affecting the kids either. The winners could also be stressed and miserable as well.

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Kashis

It happens to a lot of people who don't keep up with their brushing. Most dentist warn people about that when they first get them. Also, braces are highly uncomfortable when you first get them on and having to go them tightened is painful for some and uncomfortable for others for a few days. Everybody doesn't need braces and part of the reason people get them is so that they have a "perfect smile" which is vanity. Granted it does have it's benefits, but that's the same point I'm trying to make about waxing.

You should read up some of the studies about it is all I can say *shrug*. There are all kinds of studies which I doubt as well, I never said it was true (For example, "they" say coffee drinkers have better sex *shrug*). Not to be gross but I've never had any problems with cleaning my penis so I don't know where that comes from either but there's more to it than that.

I agree.

Again, that's something that can be said about all kinds of things parents force their kids to do, sports being one of biggest ones. You have just as many winners and losers in those situations facing the same kinds of issues. You also gain experience working as a team, which is something a lot of people can't do well. Let's not forgot all the people who've been put under the pressure of being elite in regards to their education and being forced to maintain certain grade point averages. I could tell you stories about that from my own life that you probably wouldn't believe.

Remember the point of me mentioning these things is that they have both positive and negative aspects about them. While waxing is generally a vanity thing, there are benefits from doing it at a young age, which is why people are doing it. I know plenty of females who live by it like it's a code and others who feel it's unnecessary.

And I bet you if someone were to make a poll about whether or not the members here prefer pubic hair to shaven, trimmed or full grown jungle, there'd be a good number who'd prefer shaven.

There are many things parents make or allow their kids to do at an early age far worse than waxing. Every culture has it's own ways of doing things and it's justifications for it.

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Abhorsen

that is all :P

heres 10 more http://guyism.com/humor/toys-that-wi...-your-kid.html

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kl0wn64

pretty disgusting, but there are people who buy these products and think its 'cute' or 'neat'

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