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"Bringing Up Yesterday's Boy" was written originally by the author regarding bringing up boys, which was the original title. It is a digital reproduction of the original and was renamed to enlighten parents of "today" as to how parents of "yesterday" handled the most important task of "raising a boy."
A companion book titled "Bringing Up The Boy" is another look at the training the boy of that same time period.
The story takes place many years ago, when the boy's training started at birth.
It is taken for granted in this volume that the boy is properly fed, clothed, and bathed, and that he has long, quiet nights of refreshing sleep. All measures which may be taken for his mental and spiritual improvement will amount to little unless he is given plenty of good food at regular intervals every day; unless he is bathed frequently and under proper conditions; unless he is suitably clothed; and unless he has sufficient sleep in a well-ventilated room, preferably one which is well sunned during the day. Discipline cannot be maintained with sick children, and without early discipline a strong and noble human being can scarcely be developed.
The boy is supposed to have passed his babyhood, and to have entered at least upon the Knickerbocker period of his existence. His soul is like wax; his mind is reaching out inquiring tentacles in all directions. It is the time when life-long impressions are to be made, and when only the mother can guide the little hands and feet in the ways in which they should go. If any hints which will help in such guidance can be gleaned from these brief and imperfect chapters, the author will be more than satisfied. The boy who is taught rightly and strongly at home may be trusted anywhere with confidence. According to the early training of the boy at home, so is he usually for time and for eternity, schools, colleges, and all his later life to the contrary notwithstanding. President Timothy Dwight, in an article upon this subject in the Forum, places first among the formative influences which shape his life, the teachings and inspiration of his childhood's home. These were strengthened, indeed, during subsequent years by schools and teachers, but the predominant force for good lay back of all else in wise parental training. The great lesson of self-government, of compelling inclination to yield to principle, should be taught to a child by the ordinary discipline of home life before he is five years old.
There is no doubt that some teaching today has drifted away from the basics in this book.
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