@SwitchableSusie , I couldn't disagree with you more!!! Enemas not healthy?? "Enemas for health" baloney??
I don't know what side of the world you come from, but there are medical conditions that, without enemas, could/would become life-threatening!! I know - I'm a healthcare professional.
Many children have dysfunctional bowels due to various medical conditions (e.g. spina bifida, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, spinal cord injuries, brain injuries, just to name a few) that without the use of enemas would lead to significant consequences if the stool is not flushed out (laxatives are NOT always the answer in many cases). Some require daily enemas, some less often. I, for one, as I've reported a number of times, suffered from colic bowels during my childhood for which there were no remedies EXCEPT enemas - in the hospitals, emergency rooms, and home - and I gladly accepted them to avoid the pain and suffering I would have endured without them. Did they lead me to become attached to an enema fetish? Probably, but not every kid who gets enemas become klismos. In fact, most of them don't!
Yes, there are those who believe in holistic, homeopathic, and naturopathic medical practices that might be questionable, but their beliefs in using home-based remedies, including regular use of enemas, is not without foundation as they are based on BELIEFS, not sexuality.
There are those of us who suffer various bowel maladies. I have been diagnosed (as an adult) with Irritable Bowel Syndrome ("IBS") and the ONLY remedy I have found for immediate relief is a high-volume saline enema. I've tried diet changes, medications, herbs, laxatives, etc., only to run up against a stone wall. Saline enemas work, at least for me, and I'm betting for thousands of other sufferers as well.
As for allowing your fetish to control what you do to your children, it's like when you have sex with your spouse: do you share that with your children when you give them a bath, or keep it behind closed doors where it belongs? Most "good" parents know how to separate what they do behind closed doors from what they need to do to take care of their kids. If they don't, they shouldn't have kids! And I'm betting there are a lot of members here who have done just that. Don't deny children medically necessary treatment just because of what you do behind closed doors. Parents need to know how to "turn off" those thoughts, feelings and emotions associated with their sexual activities when dealing with their children's welfare.
Back in the 70s and 80s, if you admitted to being a gay man, you were automatically labeled a "pedophile". It caused a major outcry from the LGBT organizations because it was an unfair label and based on myths, not facts. Yes, there are gay men who ARE pedophiles, but there are more straight people who are too. The last thing we want is for someone to start labeling klismos pediphiles because they give their kids enemas. If there's a good medical reason for the enemas, they are NOT pedophiles, just parents/guardians trying to take care of their kids often under doctors' orders. Again, they do what THEY enjoy behind closed doors where it belongs.
As I said, I suffer from IBS. When I have a flare-up, that's when enemas are NOT enjoyable because it's painful to take enemas during a IBS flare-up, at least for me. But they work! Afterwards, the pain is gone, I'm in remission, and that's when enemas become a different thing altogether ("fun" as you call it). But enemas keep me healthy in light of a medical condition that require them. Yes, there is such thing as ENEMAS FOR HEALTH.
Okay, I'll get off my soapbox now!
Alex