the growing boy?

2. What are the things that a boy enjoys in his home?

3. In what way does city life interfere with the natural
development of the child?

4. What are some of the natural expressions of religion for a boy?

5. How early should the sex instruction begin?

6. What does a father owe to the boy, and what are the best methods
of meeting the duty?

7. What are the normal activities for girls in the home?

8. What are their especial needs?

FOOTNOTES:

[35] A good brief book on the problem of the adolescent is E.T. Swift,
_Youth and the Race_; another, from the school point of view, is Irving
King, _The High-School Age_, which has much material of great value to
parents.

[36] On the various activities of boys see W.A. McKeever, _Training the
Boy_.

[37] See the notable report by Breckinridge and Abbott, _The Delinquent
Child and the Home_.

[38] On the gregarious instincts see J.A. Puffer, _The Boy and His
Gang_.

[39] See the books on manual work given in chap. vii, "Directed
Activity."

[40] On the religious life of the boy in relation to society and the
church see Allan Hoben, _The Minister and the Boy_, and the author's
treatment of boys and the Sunday school in _Efficiency in the Sunday
School_, chap. xiv; also J. Alexander _et al._, _Training the Boy_, a
symposium.

[41] On the attitude of reverence in this question read Dr. Cabot's fine
essay, _The Christian Approach to Social Morality_.

[42] The works of Dr. W.S. Hall, _From Boyhood to Manhood_, for parents'
guidance with boys of thirteen to eighteen; E. Lyttleton, _Training of
the Young in Laws of Sex_, is excellent for fathers; _Reproduction and
Sexual Hygiene_ is a text for older youth to be recommended; also, for
reading, N.E. Richardson, _Sex Culture Talks_, D.S. Jordan, _The
Strength of Being Clean_.

[43] For further studies of the problem of the boy parents would do well
to read: _Building Boyhood_, a symposium; W.A. McKeever, _Training the
Boy;_ W.B. Forbush, _The Coming Generation;_ W.D. Hyde, _The Quest of
the Best_.

[44] On activities see W.A. McKeever, _Training the Girl_.

[45] On the problem with young children see M. Morley, _The Renewal of
Life_; in connection with older girls see K.H. Wayne, _Building Your
Girl_.

CHAPTER XVI

THE NEEDS OF YOUTH

Families are for the spiritual development of youth as well as of
childhood. The home is for the young