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insomniasexx  ·  3147 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Most Common Childbirth Practice in U.S. Is Unnecessary & Dangerous

A girl I played sports with in high school had the tongs. She had a scar behind her ear where hair refused to grow that she was super self-conscious about. When I asked her how she got it and she explained, I was horrified (of course...she did use the words "like big tongs"). As someone who had worked a lot with kids at that point, I had always been taught that their head is like a fragile eggshell and if you touch it too hard it will shatter and the child will die. The fact that using measures like that is a thing was mind-boggling.

I realize now that my horror wasn't complete justified but it's still kind of insane.