Very good-looking boy. Don’t let him deviate. This is the age to be careful so that he may not deviate. What is his age? Eleven. This is the age. Twelve to fifteen years, the boys become, by bad association, they become rotten. This hellish world is like that. They go to school and become demons. Yes, but one who is Krsna conscious, he’s all right. Teach him Sanskrit and English and let him read our books. Then perfect knowledge. He doesn’t require to go to school.
Srila Prabhupada; Morning Walk — June 11, 1974, Paris