Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“This is the first duty of parents, and no false delicacy should keep them from the watchful care, the gentle warning”
- Source
- Jo's Boys
- Date
- 1886
- Local voice
- Fictional character · Jo Bhaer
Meaning of “This is the first duty of parents, and…”
The passage makes attentive guidance a parental responsibility, arguing that embarrassment should not prevent adults from giving young people timely, gentle warnings.
Where does it come from?
Jo's Boys, Chapter 4, Project Gutenberg #3499. Mrs Jo is discussing parental guidance; the excerpt stops before the longer sentence develops self-knowledge and self-control.
Why the local voice matters
Mrs. Jo discusses parental guidance in Jo’s Boys.
