Oh boy. The question of whether to circumcise our sons has divided U.S. parents nearly in half, with one side insisting it makes smart medical sense and the other condemning the practice as barbaric.

Circumcision of infant boys used to be pretty much routine in America, whether a child was Jewish or not. Then, since the American Medical Association declared the procedure elective, some parents are ...

If parents might be considering circumcising their son, doing so in the first month of life makes the most sense medically and financially, researchers concluded in a recent CDC-funded study in ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --It is one of the first decisions parents make when they have a baby boy: whether to have him circumcised. Nationwide, numbers have trended down by about 10 percent over the past ...

They warn you that parenting means doing a bunch of stuff you never imagined yourself doing. I had always assumed this applied to saying to children things like, “You watch your tone of voice, young ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The decision about whether to circumcise a newborn boy requires ticking through an age-old roster of questions: Is it ...

On March 17 this year, we found out we are having a little boy. This was great news. I wanted a boy first. In fact, I'd be thrilled with a family full of boys. Can't say why, exactly, I just think it ...