Reply #143: And dealing with an intact penis [View All]

[Bouncy Ball]

as a parent is insanely easy.

It doesn't retract until the child is older (between 3 and 7) and only the boy should retract it, no one else.

The care of an intact penis in a small child is as follows: clean the outside.

Period. No open wound in a diaper, no ointment, no watching for redness or infection, etc. The glans is protected as it should be.

When the child discovers it is retractable, you simply tell them that when they bathe, they should retract it and clean. Easy. Takes a half second longer than a circed kid (to push it back). My husband's dad told him this when he was a kid, he listened, he did it. He still does. He doesn't even think about it. It's just not a big deal at all. I don't know where people got the idea that the intact penis is such a hassle. MY bits are far more of a hassle than his are, LOL!

And how did all those boys survive all those generations otherwise?