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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' provides parents with basic information on the care of [[intact]] boys. | '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' provides parents with basic information on the care of [[intact]] boys. | ||
Newborn [[intact]] boys are easier to care for than [[circumcised]] boys because intact boys do not have an open surgical wound | Newborn [[intact]] boys are easier to care for than [[circumcised]] boys because intact boys do not have an open surgical wound,<ref>{{REFweb | ||
|url=https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/baby/bathing-skin-care/Pages/Caring-For-Your-Sons-Penis.aspx | |url=https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/baby/bathing-skin-care/Pages/Caring-For-Your-Sons-Penis.aspx | ||
|title=How to Care for Your Baby's Penis | |title=How to Care for Your Baby's Penis | ||
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|date=2021-08-02 | |date=2021-08-02 | ||
|accessdate=2024-08-18 | |accessdate=2024-08-18 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> and because [[intact]], non-traumatized boys are easier to [[Breastfeeding| breastfeed]]. | ||
The [[foreskin]] has the duty of protecting the [[glans penis]] and [[meatus]], so boys are born with a [[foreskin]] that does not retract.<ref name="agarwal2005">{{REFjournal | The [[foreskin]] has the duty of protecting the [[glans penis]] and [[meatus]] from physical [[trauma]] and [[infection]], so boys are born with a [[foreskin]] that does not retract.<ref name="agarwal2005">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Agarwal | |last=Agarwal | ||
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