[37] See the notable report by Breckinridge and Abbott, _The Delinquent Child and the Home_. [38] On the gregarious instincts see J.A. Puffer, _The Boy and His Gang_. [39] See the books on manual work given in chap. vii, "Directed Activity." [40] On the religious life of the boy in relation to society and the church see Allan Hoben, _The Minister and the Boy_, and the author's treatment of boys and the Sunday school in _Efficiency in the Sunday School_, chap. xiv; also J. Alexander _et al._, _Training the Boy_, a symposium. [41] On the attitude of reverence in this question read Dr. Cabot's fine essay, _The Christian Approach to Social Morality_. [42] The works of Dr. W.S. Hall, _From Boyhood to Manhood_, for parents' guidance with boys of thirteen to eighteen; E. Lyttleton, _Training of the Young in Laws of Sex_, is excellent for fathers; _Reproduction and Sexual Hygiene_ is a text for older youth to be recommended; also, for reading, N.E. Richardson, _Sex Culture Talks_, D.S. Jordan, _The Strength of Being Clean_. [43] For further studies of the problem of the boy parents would do well to read: _Building Boyhood_, a symposium; W.A. McKeever, _Training the Boy;_ W.B. Forbush, _The Coming Generation;_ W.D. Hyde, _The Quest of the Best_. [44] On activities see W.A. McKeever, _Training the Girl_. [45] On the problem with young children see M. Morley, _The Renewal of Life_; in connection with older girls see K.H. Wayne, _Building Your Girl_. CHAPTER XVI THE NEEDS OF YOUTH Families are for the spiritual development of youth as well as of childhood. The home is for the young people as well as for the younger ones. But the very period when they slip from church school is also the period when they are often lost to the real life of the family. In some measure this is due to the natural development of the social life. The youths go out to work, move forward into enlarging social groups which demand more of their free time. They are learning the life of the larger world of which they are now a part. § 1. THE SCHOOL OF YOUTH But the family is still the home of these young people; normally it is still the most vital educational influence for them. Yet there is no problem more baffling than that of family ministry for, and leadership of, the higher life of youth. It is a short-measure interpretation of the home which thinks of it as only for young children and old folks. The young men and women from sixteen to twenty and over still need training and direction; they need close touch with other lives in affection and in an ideal atmosphere. In a few years they, too, will be home-makers, and here in the home they are very directly learning the art of family life.