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Reproducing or republishing an article, in whole or in part, in any other forum requires permission of the author or the moderator. I don't know much about its size or whether it is growing. One facet of this movement is represented by the attitude of Mothering Magazine. Routine circumcision, routine vaccinations, bottle feeding in the hospital nursery, and other practices are seen as encroachments against the rights of parents to raise their children as they see fit. They are angry that society thinks it can do a better job of parenting than parents can.