Comments on: 11 Best Father/Son Activities

By: joe hearn

joe hearn — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:19:46 +0000

http://www.bukisa.com/articles/318729_10-unusual-father-son-activities

My article is quite similar. Glad to know there are Manly Dads out there!

By: Noah

Noah — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:33:45 +0000

I am expecting my first kid in less than a month, and I am so EXCITED for a chance to introduce them to any number of activities, including many mentioned above–there are a couple that I think should be included however, just based on my own experiences:
1)Cooking: We talk about how knowing your way around a kitchen is a manly skill, but I think it is an important opportunity to teach your kids a life skill that they will use everyday in addition to bonding time.
2) Photography: Again, based on my own experiences–there was a documentary on HBO once about a filmmaker who bought his daughter a camcorder so that she could make videos, and it was remarkable how much she interacted with the camera and came up with her own ideas at such a young age–I think that could be a really interesting activity to get involved with your kid over, just to get some outside perspective on how they look at the world.

Also, to address the problem of mismatched father/child interests– I can’t speak from experience yet, but I propose two things:

1) if your kid is interested in something that you are not–try doing some research on it via books/ TV/ internet. Even if you could care less, at least you can keep up with what your kid is talking about and make relevant comments about it to show that you care.

2)if your kid gets really involved in an activity, maybe instead of trying to help (read: get in the way) we should be approaching them as the expert, and learning from them by asking questions. Even if we don’t care, it would again show an interest with minimal interference other than deferring to their expertise.

Just throwing it out there…

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:43:17 +0000

For me the most important thing I am finding with my son is that we do things together. It really doesn’t matter what, but that we do it together. I think this is especially important as I am at work all day.

So when I go to the shop I ask if he wants to come (he always does), when I’m in the garden I give him a spade or a rake, or he gets his toy mower, and we do it together. When I was putting together a wardrobe, I gave him a small hammer. It all takes longer, he makes mess, it gets frustrating, but it is worth it. Obviously if you can do more fun stuff in addition then thats great! Looking forward to some camping this summer

By: Anthony

Anthony — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:52:36 +0000

I am wondering if there is a list like this for Father & Daughter? I don’t have boys, but have three girls! We do a lot of these activities together anyway. Great post, great site, and great positive personification of how men/fathers should be in this trying day and age.

By: John

John — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:58:49 +0000

Alot of great ideas here. My dad and I did just about everything on the list. I know now the man had the patience of a Saint . I have done most of this list with my son now 12 years old. I agree with most of the postings about trying to find common ground with sons/daughters but something I would add to the list is doing something with your dad and your son /daughter at the same time. It seems to make it easier as a group like that, my dad will tell my son stories of his childhood and my son will tell my dad how things are now. Everyone learns about a 100+ years of growing up in their generations time.