Bringing up the Boy
“GIVE HIM THE LIGHT
TELL HIM THE TRUTH
SHOW HIM THE WAY!”
Bringing up the Boy
A Message to Fathers and Mothers
from a Boy of Yesterday concerning
the Men of To-morrow
By
New York
1913
Copyright, 1911, by
THE BUTTERICK PUBLISHING COMPANY
Copyright, 1913, by
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
Published, March, 1913
TO
A GOOD MOTHER
WHOSE FINE SYMPATHY, KEEN PERCEPTION,
AND DEVOUT SENSE OF DUTY ARE MOULDING
THE CHARACTER OF
THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
|---|---|---|
| Foreword | xi | |
| I | From Baby to Boy | 3 |
| II | The Simplicity of Discipline | 17 |
| III | As the Twig Is Bent | 33 |
| IV | A Talk at Christmas Time | 48 |
| V | The Dynasty of the Dime Novel | 63 |
| VI | The Sin of Sex Secrecy | 77 |
| VII | The Weed and the Winecup | 91 |
| VIII | Out into the World | 104 |
There; my blessing with thee!
And these few precepts in thy memory
See thou character. Give thy thoughts no tongue,
Nor any unproportioned thought his act.
Be thou familiar, but by no means vulg
And these few precepts in thy memory
See thou character. Give thy thoughts no tongue,
Nor any unproportioned thought his act.
Be thou familiar, but by no means vulg
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