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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' provides parents with basic information on the care of [[intact]] boys.
The foreskin has the duty of protecting the glans penis and meatus, so boys are born with a [[foreskin]] that does not retract. There are two reasons that the foreskin of infant boys does not retract:* The tip of the foreskin is too narrow to pass over the [[glans penis]].* The inner layer of foreskin is fused with the underlying glans penis by a [[synechia]].<ref name="agarwal2005">{{REFjournal
|last=Agarwal
|first=
|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 tip of the foreskin is too narrow to pass over the [[glans penis]].* The inner layer of foreskin is fused with the underlying glans penis by a [[synechia]].
[[Forced foreskin retraction]] is harmful and must be avoided.
}}</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>
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