I am going to continue this cynical l trend from my last post and talk today about surgeries or more rather parents choosing for their children to undergo unnecessary surgeries.
This is a fine line to tread and I understand that it must be hard for parents to not only have to decide which paths to take medically wise in terms of their children who aren't old enough to decide for themselves but also to have to deal with their child's suffering which is made worse by the fact that they can't properly understand why it is happening to them. The question I would like to put forward today is, do certain parents push too many surgeries onto their children?
My answer from what I've read/seen/heard would be yes that CERTAIN parents do essentially force or put pressure on their children with TCS or I guess other similar conditions to go through surgeries which are not necessary and which should be left until the person is old enough to make a well informed decision. Now my view is probably very one sided because I haven't had any surgeries which were anything other to improve my health and or function. In fact I don't think I have had any surgeries (apart from having 3 teeth removed under general anaesthetic ) in the time since I was very young.
Of course as with everything it depends on the circumstances but in my OPINION, purely cosmetic surgeries should be left until the person is old enough to decide if they really want it or not, it may be in some cases that a parent/guardian has good intentions but for example just because a child is born with deformed/not fully developed ears doesn't mean that they have to have an operation to give them normal looking ears unless the child really really wants them and understands the decision fully.
I understand that I will probably strike a nerve with some parents who might feel the need to defend their decisions, but the fact is that I don't know what it is like to be parent and have to make these decisions and only they can know if they've made the right decision but operations are a big commitment, even minor ones pose some risk and I think SOME parents might inadvertently make these decisions without actually thinking about whether or not its the best thing for the child at that time and whether or not they should leave it for the child to grow up and decide for themselves.
