It takes a courageous man to recognize the harm done to him on his organ of pleasure and procreation and to protect his son from the same wounding. Your ability to explain your decision to your son is commendable!

Before my grandson started kindergarten, I explained to him that children could be very cruel to one another. I was called "four eyes" because I wore glasses, but I couldn't take my glasses off to avoid teasing because I wouldn't be able to see. I told him that some men told me they had been teased because they were intact when most of the boys in their school were circumcised. I said, "If anyone ever teases you, it's because they don't understand normal anatomy or because they might wish they were intact, too, but can't admit it." Matthew replied, "Don't worry, Nana, I won't tease them back; they've been hurt enough already." This is not unlike the comment your son made. Children usually understand. Another 5-year-old, when he learned about circumcision, said to his mother, "I'm glad you didn't let anyone cut that part off my penis, that's the part that tickles the best!" He knew nothing about the ridged band, with its 20,000 to 100,000 nerve endings, which encircles the opening of the foreskin, but he realized what those nerve endings do. He knew they are the most sensitive part of the penis. Out of the mouths of babes.

Thanks for your brilliant slide show! I will share it with others.