No, you become a man when you first decide to put away the things of childhood, the talk of childhood, and the thoughts of childhood. You decide because you cannot be treated as both a man and a boy. Because you are either one or the other, but you are not both .. . Carew Papritz
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The author of this quotation, Sigmund Freud, was a psychologist who believed that people grow from childhood into adulthood. He believed that the most important part of growing up is the recognition that you are no longer a child. In other words, you become a man when you first decide to put away the things of childhood. In addition, the author also feels that while some people might think being a man is being strong and being able to take care of yourself, that's not true at all. Instead, the idea is that becoming a man comes from doing what you know best and living your life according to your own rules.

Source: The Legacy Letters: His Wife, His Children, His Final Gift

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