Baden Powell's Advice on Masturbation

Baden Powell's impulse to discuss boy's sexuality came from a really problematic place. The result of self-abuse is always, mind you always, that the boy after a time becomes weak and nervous and shy. He gets headaches and probably palpitations of the heart. If he carries it on too far, he very often goes out of his mind and becomes an idiot. A very large number of lunatics and our acylums have made themselves mad by indulging in this vice.