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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There's really nothing to do.

At some point, the skin will start moving freely, it might be 4, it might be 13, it probably won't be after puberty, either before or during.  Your kid will naturally discover this, you don't need to test it.  Once it's moving freely then washing there the same way you wash the rest of you will work, but really boys just don't need to be explicitly told to play with themselves in the shower.  Usually you're trying to get them out for the sake of your hot water bills.

And um give it a little shake after you pee.  Doctor will look at it at well visits.

That's it.  You're done.  [/quote]

My worry is that it's already able to move freely and he just doesn't know that he's supposed to wash it[/quote]

That’s fine.  Is he a kid who likes the shower or the bath?  Is he at an age when you are with him when he is bathing? [/quote]

He likes to shower. And he's 10, so not really, but he's still young enough that me or my teenage daughter can come into the bathroom while he's showering if we need to get something or ask him a question.[/quote]

OK, just tell him when he's in the shower to pull the foreskin back and rinse it off.  That's really all he needs.  If he soaping up that region then he'll get enough soap in the area that he'll be fine, but he really doesn't even need to do that. [/quote]

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