Is it formal for dad to show son how to wash his uncut foreskin?

I remember was a kid I would mostly be placed in the tube to play in bubble bath and later mom or dad would come in and wash my hair and rinse me off. As I got a little older, maybe 5-7 my dad would occasionally have me shower with him. Not all the time tho, just when we needed to get cleaned up quickly, which I think is pretty normal. I remember him showing me how to wash my hair, clean behind my ears, etc. I also remember him teaching me about foreskin hygiene, to always pull my skin back and rinse and wash it every time I bathed or showered. He casually demonstrated this pulling his own foreskin back and rinsing it off and then soaping his whole genital area. He showed to pull it back and use my fingers gentle to wash my under my skin and head. He told me make sure I clean really well because if I didn't it might smell. He washed it, rinsed it and then pulled his forskin back over his head. I remember trying to pull my own skin back but couldn't. He eventually assisted in pulling my foreskin back and he told me to wash myself like he had showed me.I think we did this once a week for about a year, maybe less, until he was confident I could bathe myself. And occasionally, when puberty kicked in, he would ask if was still cleaning myself 'it's an important piece of equipment son, make sure your washing it everyday the way I taught you.' By the way, he apparently did this with all my brothers too.

Guys with foreskin, does this sound normal? I told this to a girlfriend of mine and she freaked but the guy at the table though it was fine. I don't see anything wrong with it, seemed normal to me but I don't know other guys experiences. How did you learn about hygiene and keeping you manhood clean? Is my situation normal?

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  • Roustabout

    It's only formal if they are both wearing ties.

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    • matthewkoehler

      hahaha

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  • Tempest-au

    Sounds as normal as a mother teaching her daughter to wipe from front to back.

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  • VirgilManly

    I don't have a turtleneck but what your father did seems reasonable. Don't know what your girlfriend freaked out over.

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  • Healinghands4025

    I used to wonder the same thing bc I had a similar but worse experience when I was younger, but in talking to other uncircumcised dudes (not common here in the states) I think it's pretty normal. My situation was a bit more embarrassing than yours, but it was my own fault.
    As a really young kid, I'd bathe with my dad and he'd shampoo my hair/ scrub my body/foreskin etc so I didn't have a choice but to maintain good hygiene. But I was a stubborn (and apparently filthy) kid and once I got to the age where I was supposed be taking my own baths, I resisted bathing (up until I hit puberty until i began giving a shit about girls). I lied a lot about whether I'd taken my bath when I went into the restroom (or just got wet and jumped out) and at one point as a kid I had to go to the doctor bc my foreskin was irritated, and my dad figured out I hadn't been washing properly.

    As punishment he insisted on checking in on me and pulling back my foreskin/scrubbing my penis head --which you uncircumcised guys know is pretty sensitive-- and making sure I'd washed everywhere thoroughly. It only lasted a couple years but obviously I hated it and learned my lesson. And even after, when I'd be acting rebellious, he'd still periodically check to make sure I smelled fresh and pulled back my foreskin until puberty. At that point, I'd get accidental erections almost anytime I retracted so after a couple of times he saw how embarrassed I was and finally put a stop to it.

    (Coincidentally, by the time I'd finished puberty, I guess I (or my penis head) kind of outgrew my foreskin bc now it just sits behind the head unless I glide it when clearing the last drops of pee or to masturbate etc. After all the work to keep it clean now it doesn't require much attention at all lol.)

    Spent some years resenting my parents, but looking back, I was a little shit and the way they were raised outside of the US was that being strict was the only way to do it. And you should be glad our parents were trying to look out; I shaped up at school as I got older and I'm a pretty clean guy now and I'd hate to have to get circumcised bc I wasn't taught proper hygiene.

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  • dinz

    Much like when fathers teaches their sons on how to shave.

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  • Lifeistooshorttotakeseriously

    Seems normal practice according to all the foreskins I've known.

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  • jdawglausa

    I think that depends on how comfortable the boy is with his father. I was always uncomfortable with my dad, but with my grandpa (dad's dad) I always super comfortable. My grandpa was an over the road trucker, and from age 10-11 until after I graduated high school. I went on the road with my grandpa every chance I could. Every holiday with no school and just about the entire summer I was with him. He was uncut too and was the one who first noticed I wasn't washing properly. From then on until I was 19. We would shower together at truck stops and I learned watching him how to skin back and clean it real good. Was painful for a while,then it got better. Always have had a super sensitive head. No matter how hard I have tried, once foreskin is back. I immediately start getting hardon. He was just cool and nonchalant about that and everything else in life. Why we bonded on such a strong level. He made me the man I am today. Masculine, confident, secure. Strong work ethic, amazing husband who is more sexually confident because of gramps being in my life without a doubt! And by far taught me how to be the rockstar dad that I am today. I have been blessed with an amazing son and stepson. Using the same guide taught to me by my grandpa. It has made parenting two sons a snap!!

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  • thechmp24

    Nothing wrong with it. When i was a kid I would shower with my dad and he always showed me how to wash and take care of my cock.

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  • HalfInsaneFemale

    That's a good father he's educating you so youre not a smelly hog

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  • bigfatdick4

    Even if he washed your head for you the first few times it is still perfectly normal. How would your mother know how to wash penis if she does not have one?

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  • Curious-trans

    Nothing wrong with that he was just educating you, in the way he thought best

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