This fully annotated edition of "Fathering the Boy" includes: Updated antiquated language Added current currency equivalencies where appropriate Added updates to contents regarding important dates A simple, yet complete and authoritative text on the boy himself, dealing with how he grows and develops. The problems of training are also dealt with, showing how they may best be met successfully by the sympathetic and informed father. We cannot too strongly urge that every father give this volume a careful and thorough reading once every year, in order that he may keep constantly before him the fundamental facts of boy life. Every article is from the pen of an expert and carries a real message. It begins with a discussion of the supreme importance of the home to the boy; offers a wealth of helpful suggestion on the little problems of the boy in the home; presents in a nutshell the aims and purposes of the supplementary boy agencies that are to be found in almost every community; then, in light of such information, clearly defines the father's job for him. The second part of the volume takes up and discusses in their logical order the various phases of adolescence so that the father will quickly come to see the boy a growing, developing individual that needs cultivation and careful handling.
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