Instead of "wild oats" : a little book for the youth of eighteen and over / by Winfield Scott Hall.

  • Hall, Winfield Scott, 1861-1942.
Date:
[1912]
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Instead of "wild oats" : a little book for the youth of eighteen and over / by Winfield Scott Hall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    17/74 (page 11)
    M ANY a young man of good natural ability and high ambitions runs amuck and makes a failure of life because he does not know some of the great fundamental principles of life. He who would lead the efficient life, he who would succeed in life, must know himself. He must know his physical and his mental powers and their limitations. He must know the effect of dis- sipation of various kinds upon his mind and body. This knowledge that every young per- son should possess ought really to come from his parents. Mothers should talk frankly with their daughters regarding personal life prob- lems and fathers should talk frankly with their sons. As a matter of fact, parents have not, as a rule, discussed personal life problems with their children and these children have gone out into life to grope their way, stumbling and blundering in the darkness of ignorance [ II]