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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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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]]

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