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Boys 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 |title=How to Care for Your Baby's Penis |publisher=American Academy of Pediatrics |date=2021-08-02 |accessdate=2024-08-18}}</ref> <ref name="milos2022-08-08">{{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-circumcised-vs-uncircumcised-babies-how-do-you-care-for-one-or-the-other/ |title=Ask Marilyn – Circumcised vs Uncircumcised Babies: How Do You Care for One or the Other? |last=Milos |first= |init=MF |author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos |publisher=Intact America |date=2022-08-08 |accessdate=2024-10-24}}</ref> and because [[intact]], non-traumatized boys are easier to [[Breastfeeding| breastfeed]]. [[Foreskinned]] boys are likely to enjoy better health because of the [[immunological and protective function of the foreskin]]. 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 |first= |init=A |author-link= |last2=Mohta |first2= |init2=A |author2-link= |last3=Anand |first3= |init3=RK |author3-link= |etal=no |title=Preputial retraction in children |trans-title= |language= |journal=J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg |location= |date=2005-04 |season= |volume=10 |issue=2 |article= |pages=89-91 |url=https://journals.lww.com/jiap/fulltext/2005/10020/preputial_retraction_in_children.5.aspx |archived= |quote= |pubmedID= |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.4103/0971-9261.16468 |accessdate=2024-06-26}}</ref> There are two reasons that the foreskin of infant boys does not retract:

* The inner layer of foreskin is fused with the underlying glans penisby a [[synechia]]. These developmental conditions are normal and expected in infancy and childhood.

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|accessdate=20232024-11-07-15}}</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" /> 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>

The intact human [[foreskin]] is nature's protection against injury and [[infection]] of the [[penis]]. Since it has [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| protective and immunological functions]] that work best when the [[foreskin ]] is left alone. Only , only the outside of the [[foreskin ]] should be washed as one washes a finger.Bubble bath can be irritating to a child's foreskin so it is best to avoid bubble bath products in the bath water.<ref name="milos2022-03-07">{{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-bath-time-turns-a-boys-foreskin-red/ |title=Ask Marilyn – Bath Time Turns a Boy’s Foreskin Red |last=Milos |first= |init=MF |author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos |publisher=Intact America |date=2022-03-07 |accessdate=2024-10-24}}</ref>

The [[preputial mucosa]] of the [[foreskin]] is fused with the [[glans penis]] by the [[synechia]] in infancy and childhood so the [[foreskin ]] cannot be retracted. No attempt to retract the foreskin should be made. Forcible retraction is harmfultraumatic and painful. Wright (1994) advises advised that the first person to retract the boy’s [[foreskin ]] should be the boy himself.<ref name="Wright1994">{{REFjournal

}}</ref> [[Jakob Øster | Øster]] (1968) reported that some boys will not develop retractable [[foreskin ]] until after puberty.<ref name="Øster1968">{{REFjournal |last=Øster |first=Jakob |init=J |title=Further fate of the foreskin: incidence of preputial adhesions, phimosis, and smegma among Danish schoolboys |journal=Arch Dis Child |date=OesterJ 1968-04-01 |volume=43 |issue= |pages=200-3 |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2019851/pdf/archdisch01557-0066.pdf |quote= |pubmedID=5689532 |pubmedCID=2019851 |DOI=10.1136/adc.43.228.200 |accessdate=2021-07-18}}</ref> 

When a young boy urinates, the [[foreskin]] may [[Ballooning of the foreskin| balloon]] slightly and the pressure will tend to lift the [[foreskin]] away from the [[glans penis]].<ref name="milos2022-03-21">{{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-let-the-balloon-go/ |title=Ask Marilyn – Let the Balloon Go! |last=Milos |first= |init=MF |author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos |publisher=Intact America |date=2022-03-21 |accessdate=2024-10-24}}</ref>

Some [[intact]] boys will report pain when they urinate during the period in which separation is occurring. <ref name="milos2022-09-26">{{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-kiddo-is-having-painful-erections/ |title=Ask Marilyn—Kiddo Is Having Painful Erections |last=Milos |first= |init=MF |author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos |publisher=Intact America |date=2022-09-26 |accessdate=2024-10-24}}</ref> The condition is temporary and will end when separation is complete.<ref>{{REFweb

==Not recommendedMayo Clinic information should be rejected==Mayo Clinic provides information on the care of [[foreskinned]] boys. This advice is ''not'' recommended. The language indicates Midwestern prejudice [[bias]] against [[intact]] boys, a lack of understanding of the [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| immmunological and protective functions]], and lack of current information on [[Development of retractable foreskin| development of foreskin retraction]].==Care at daycare centers==Parents must ''not'' assume that the staff of a daycare facility know how to care for [[intact]], [[foreskinned]] boys. In America it is most likely that the staff of a daycare center will not know the proper care of [[foreskinned]] boys,<ref>{{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/the-daycare-risk-for-intact-uncircumcised-babies-and-boys-forcible-foreskin-retraction/ |title=The Daycare Risk for Intact, Uncircumcised Babies and Boys: Forcible Foreskin Retraction |last=Ashford |first=Jeannie |init= |author-link= |publisher=Intact America |date=2024-09-12 |accessdate=2024-09-13}}</ref> which may place your [[foreskinned]] son at risk of [[forced foreskin retraction]].

* [[Development of retractable foreskinMeatal stenosis]]

|quote=Minor foreskin related complaints are very common in the first few years of life. Most of these can be managed with advice and reassurance, or with medical treatment alone. Circumcision is very rarely indicated in young boys, particularly under the age of 5 years.

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|url=httphttps://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-bath-time-turns-a-boys-foreskin-red/ |title=Ask Marilyn – Bath Time Turns a Boy’s Foreskin Red |last=Milos |first=Marilyn |init= |author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos |publisher=Intact America |date=2022-03-07 |accessdate=2024-06-21}}* {{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/ask-marilyn-circumcised-vs-uncircumcised-babies-how-do-you-care-for-one-or-the-other/ |title=Ask Marilyn – Circumcised vs Uncircumcised Babies: How Do You Care for One or the Other? |last=Milos |first=Marilyn |init= |author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos |publisher=Intact America |date=2022-08-08 |accessdate=2024-06-21}}* {{REFweb |url=https://www.yourwholebody.org/teens