Religious Education in the Family

by Henry Frederick Cope

III. Topics for Discussion

1. What are the special needs of 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?

[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.