Kidlore

When you are growing up, there is a body of knowledge you need to know if you want to make it to the old age of twelve. That body is called "Kidlore," and it is passed from one kid to another, just when the time seems right. You canat learn it in school, and you canat trust parents to teach it to you. "Kidlore" comes to you just at the right time, like birds who know when it is time to fly south for the winter without looking at calendars.
This is the account of the "Kidlore" of Roger F. Miller, who made it to old age thanks to kidlore as he grew up in Middle America in the 1950s.