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Like most parents, we have some shelf-feet full of books on How To Raise Them. I would draw your attention to the following, from Bringing Up a Boy by Eli H. Newberger (ISBN 0-7475-3967-7: Throughout my life I've enjoyed the companionship of boys and men who personify the qualities of masculinity we admire - courage, good humour, flexibility, dependability, sociability, protectiveness of others. Hey, guys, that's us, not bad eh?