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==Introduction==
After many decades of excision of the [[foreskin]] at birth, American and Canadian healthcare providers lost the knowledge of how to care for the normal, [[intact]], [[foreskinned]] boy's [[penis]].<ref name="bollinger2007">{{REFjournal
|last=Bollinger
|init=D
|author-link=Dan Bollinger
|title=The Penis-Care Information Gap: Preventing Improper Care of Intact Boys
|url=https://www.academia.edu/6394928/The_Penis_Care_Information_Gap_Preventing_Improper_Care_of_Intact_Boys?email_work_card=thumbnail&li=0
|journal=Thymos The Journal of Boyhood Studies
|date=2007
|season=fall
|volume=1
|issue=2
|pages=205-19
|format=PDF
|accessdate=2024-11-07
}}</ref> Therefore, it has been necessary to establish an educational program for both parents and physicians on the normal care of the [[intact]] [[penis]].<ref name="bollinger2007" />
Sadly, many health care providers promote harmful infant [[circumcision]] because they profit from it's performance. Parents of [[intact]] boys in the [[United States]] have an additional responsibility of protecting their [[intact]], [[foreskinned]] son from harmful, painful [[Forced foreskin retraction| premature forcible foreskin retraction]] (PFFR) by ignorant doctors and nurses.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/for-parents/help-with-forcible-foreskin-retraction/
|title=Wrongful Foreskin Retraction
|last=Anonymous
|first=
|init=
|author-link=
|publisher=Doctors Opposing Circumcision
|date=1916
|accessdate=2024-06-27
}}</ref>
[[Intact America]] (2024) provides a comprehensive guidance for parents to aid in the protection of their [[intact]] sons from harm in America's heath care establishments.<ref name="Kristel2024-12-23">{{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/protecting-intact-boys-from-harm/
|title=Where Circumcision Advocates Strike: Protecting Intact Boys From Harm
|last=Kristel
|first=Alissa
|init=
|author-link=Alissa Kristel
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2024-12-23
|accessdate=2024-12-23
}}</ref>
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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' provides parents with basic information on the care of [[intact]] boys.
==Introduction==
After many decades of excision of the [[foreskin]] at birth, American and Canadian healthcare providers lost the knowledge of how to care for the normal, [[intact]], [[foreskinned]] boy's [[penis]].<ref name="bollinger2007">{{REFjournal
|last=Bollinger
|init=D
|author-link=Dan Bollinger
|title=The Penis-Care Information Gap: Preventing Improper Care of Intact Boys
|url=https://www.academia.edu/6394928/The_Penis_Care_Information_Gap_Preventing_Improper_Care_of_Intact_Boys?email_work_card=thumbnail&li=0
|journal=Thymos The Journal of Boyhood Studies
|date=2007
|season=fall
|volume=1
|issue=2
|pages=205-19
|format=PDF
|accessdate=2024-11-07
}}</ref> Therefore, it has been necessary to establish an educational program for both parents and physicians on the normal care of the [[intact]] [[penis]].<ref name="bollinger2007" />
Sadly, many health care providers promote harmful infant [[circumcision]] because they profit from it's performance. Parents of [[intact]] boys in the [[United States]] have an additional responsibility of protecting their [[intact]], [[foreskinned]] son from harmful, painful [[Forced foreskin retraction| premature forcible foreskin retraction]] (PFFR) by ignorant doctors and nurses.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/for-parents/help-with-forcible-foreskin-retraction/
|title=Wrongful Foreskin Retraction
|last=Anonymous
|first=
|init=
|author-link=
|publisher=Doctors Opposing Circumcision
|date=1916
|accessdate=2024-06-27
}}</ref>
[[Intact America]] (2024) provides a comprehensive guidance for parents to aid in the protection of their [[intact]] sons from harm in America's heath care establishments.<ref name="Kristel2024-12-23">{{REFweb
|url=https://intactamerica.org/protecting-intact-boys-from-harm/
|title=Where Circumcision Advocates Strike: Protecting Intact Boys From Harm
|last=Kristel
|first=Alissa
|init=
|author-link=Alissa Kristel
|publisher=Intact America
|date=2024-12-23
|accessdate=2024-12-23
}}</ref>
===Infant penile anatomy===
When boys are born, the preputial sac is sealed shut by a [[synechia]] called the ''balanopreputial lamina'',<ref name="deibart1933">{{REFjournal
|last=Deibart
[[Forced foreskin retraction]] is harmful and must be avoided.
==Discussion==