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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.<ref>{{REFweb
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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