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Bringing up the Boy / A Message to Fathers and Mothers from a Boy of Yesterday Concerning the Men of To-morrow

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By Carl Avery Werner
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This work addresses the challenges and responsibilities of parenting boys, offering insights from the perspective of a father reflecting on his own childhood experiences. It emphasizes the importance of understanding boys' behaviors and motivations, advocating for a nurturing approach that fosters character development. The text discusses various aspects of boyhood, including discipline, the influence of literature, and the significance of open communication about sensitive topics. Through a series of essays, the author shares practical advice for parents, aiming to equip them with the tools necessary to raise boys who will grow into responsible men.

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Title: Bringing up the Boy

Author: Carl Avery Werner

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Language: English

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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

CARL WERNER

New York
Dodd, Mead and Company
1913

Copyright, 1911, by
THE BUTTERICK PUBLISHING COMPANY

Copyright, 1913, by
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY

Published, March, 1913

TO

Mary Morris Werner

A GOOD MOTHER
WHOSE FINE SYMPATHY, KEEN PERCEPTION,
AND DEVOUT SENSE OF DUTY ARE MOULDING
THE CHARACTER OF

AN AMERICAN BOY

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 vulgar.
 Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
 Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel;
 But do not dull thy palm with entertainment
 Of each new-hatch’d, unfledged comrade. Beware
 Of entrance to a quarrel, but being in,
 Bear’t that the opposed may beware of thee.
 Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice;
 Take each man’s censure, but reserve thy judgment.
 Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,
 But not express’d in fancy; rich, not gaudy;
 For the apparel oft proclaims the man.
 Neither a borrower nor a lender be;
 For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
 And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
 This above all: To thine own self be true,
 And it must follow, as the night the day,
 Thou canst not then be false to any man.

—Polonius to his son.
Hamlet, Act I, Scene 3.