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==Information for parents regarding non-therapeutic circumcision of infant boys.==
This section is for all parents of boys, but is addressed primarily to parents of boys who are located in the [[United States of America]], who appear to be most uninformed or misinformed about the [[foreskin]] and [[circumcision]]. Information is not making it to parents. Studies have shown that doctors provide parents with almost no accurate or useful information about circumcision.<ref name="alissa2025-03-2525A">{{REFdocument
|title=What Every Doctor Should Know About Circumcision: A Call for Better Medical Practices
|url=https://intactamerica.org/what-doctors-should-know-about-circumcision/
|volume=6
|pages=69-77
}}</ref> This suggests that doctors are very well aware that [[circumcision]] is a harmful, [[Pain| painful]], [[Trauma| traumatic]] non-therapeutic surgery (in short, a ritual); but they do not appear to share this knowledge with parents. Doctors usually omit information on the nature of the [[foreskin]] and its functions.<ref name="alissa2025-03-2525A"/>
A busy physician can supplement their income by as much as $60,000 per year from circumcision surgeries alone.<ref>{{REFbook