Parental Guidance
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2023 2:43 pm
As a boy approaches adolescence, he will find his thoughts turning more and more to an aspect of girls that he was hitherto quite unaware of. Before long, he will start to wonder why, when he thinks about girls, there is something funny going on in his trousers. When a boy reaches this time in his life, he can find it very confusing, but not know where to turn for answers to the many questions forming in his young mind. He will intuitively know that something needs to be done, but will have no idea what.
Although he will have heard some of the older boys talking about a mysterious thing called wanking, he won’t understand what it is, other than its having something to do with thinking about girls. It won’t quite make sense to him, yet he will sense it is something he needs to know about. It is important that a boy at this stage of his development is set on the right path, and not left to his own devices, and at risk of making a wrong turn.
This is when we, as responsible parents, need to step in and steer our child onto the right course. Many of us find it difficult to discuss such matters with our children, and when we try, our attempts can all too often be clumsy and unhelpful. Very often parents will keep putting off this embarrassing duty, and then before they know it, it is too late, and their precious boy has wandered off into areas of who knows what.
Most parents are not experts, nor do they have the teaching skills to properly impart the crucial information their child needs. When this is the case, it might be time to look for outside help. If a parent decides to take this course, it is important that they choose their teaching material very carefully. There is a little publication that I cannot recommend highly enough; it is called The Curious Boy’s Handbook, by Richard Pumper. This little book will take your child, step by step, from complete beginner to accomplished technician. It is packed with diagrams, hints and tips, and easy to follow instructions, and includes an excellent troubleshooting guide. There is also a section at the end of the book for parents with religious concerns, which contains a chart for working out how much guilt to attach to each activity.
With this little book in his hands -or one hand, your offspring can be left in his room thinking you don’t know what he’s up to, while you go along with the pretence, confident in the knowledge that he knows what he’s doing.
Although he will have heard some of the older boys talking about a mysterious thing called wanking, he won’t understand what it is, other than its having something to do with thinking about girls. It won’t quite make sense to him, yet he will sense it is something he needs to know about. It is important that a boy at this stage of his development is set on the right path, and not left to his own devices, and at risk of making a wrong turn.
This is when we, as responsible parents, need to step in and steer our child onto the right course. Many of us find it difficult to discuss such matters with our children, and when we try, our attempts can all too often be clumsy and unhelpful. Very often parents will keep putting off this embarrassing duty, and then before they know it, it is too late, and their precious boy has wandered off into areas of who knows what.
Most parents are not experts, nor do they have the teaching skills to properly impart the crucial information their child needs. When this is the case, it might be time to look for outside help. If a parent decides to take this course, it is important that they choose their teaching material very carefully. There is a little publication that I cannot recommend highly enough; it is called The Curious Boy’s Handbook, by Richard Pumper. This little book will take your child, step by step, from complete beginner to accomplished technician. It is packed with diagrams, hints and tips, and easy to follow instructions, and includes an excellent troubleshooting guide. There is also a section at the end of the book for parents with religious concerns, which contains a chart for working out how much guilt to attach to each activity.
With this little book in his hands -or one hand, your offspring can be left in his room thinking you don’t know what he’s up to, while you go along with the pretence, confident in the knowledge that he knows what he’s doing.
