Comments on: 11 Best Father/Son Activities

By: Gnan

Gnan — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 18:20:17 +0000

We have a ping-pong table in basement and I play with sons everyday if possible.

We are not Christian and Boyscouts never made us feel we needed to be. My best memories are my trips with them to Philmont, northern tiers and sea base. These are Boyscouts adventure outings.

My father is an immigrant from India and he never did anything with me. But I knew he was always there for me.

By: Willy

Willy — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:53:40 +0000

Have done most of these with my son and daughter. Time together doing things they enjoy is the biggest. Hide and seek is a favorite too. Good List, should be handed out at the hospital when a baby is born.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:18:05 +0000

Growing up my parents had very little. We did not take trips or go on vacations but what we did have was each other. My DAD would take my brother and me fishing in the summer and winter and in the fall when my brother was older the two of them would go hunting. But the best part was we would have friends over older younger and have cook outs and those are the memories I will never forget. My father was the sole bread winner and worked long and hard hours but was always there. I love my Dad and still go fishing and hunting with him.

By: Selvakumar

Selvakumar — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:09:57 +0000

Me & my son, we travel together, go to dance class together …………… I try to spend most of time with son and try to do what ever I want to share with my father in my engager days. We both go to beach and spend lot of time in water discussing on end number of thinks. He is my best friend

By: Matt Tardy

Matt Tardy — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 01:07:54 +0000

My father and I did only one of the activities listed. My own son and I are basically estranged from my father (he is alive and now 90) and its a shame that we never did much together. I always thought growing up that I was a bully and a brat and therefore not really available or ready for any activity. But now I realize that I never had much guidance and I was never told told I was good at anything, and that was probably a source of my deliquent behavior. I also think that my father was just too tired for kids (he had six) at night and on weekends. I would say for my own son what I try to do is just encourage his interests without becoming over-bearing. For example, if he likes ballet/guitar/drawing, get him some lessons, but don’t try to force a particular teacher or style on him. I also believe in encouraging cooperation in just about anything : kids are bored and their day is long. If you need to peel potatoes or fold laundry or fix a gutter ask them to help out, they often times like this.

By: Nicholas Mazzuca

Nicholas Mazzuca — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 07:47:05 +0000

I agree with a lot of the activities on this list. I love doing them with my dad.
There are, however, some things I would add. Instead of just any random sporting event, go to a baseball game. It’s the manliest of sports(besides rugby), and going to a single-A game is more fun than a Major League game any day. It’s always a more personal experience. And, if you live in Billings, the Dehler Donuts are amazing.
Going to a shooting range is also a lot of fun. The first time you shoot better than your dad is one of the most amazing feelings in the world, and all you need to get started is a .22.

By: Pace

Pace — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 19:12:31 +0000

Two pieces of advice I received from my church pastor have really helped throughout his childhood. He had four children and all of them were successful.

1. You are finished instilling values and whatever by 13, so get it done by that time. After that you can only guide them.

2. When you talk about college. Do not dwell on school. Ask them what type of job they would like to do for the rest of there life. What part are they planning on playing in the movie?

3. Whenever I do not want to do something with my son, I told him to sing that song about the father that keeps telling his son he does not have the time because….. And the boy admires his father and grows up to be just like the father. The father retires and when he calls up the son and wants to spend time with him. The son says he does not have the time. And the father realizes his son did grow up just like him!

Moral here is to make the time. If someone said here is a million dollar lottery ticket and you must cash it during Feb. 29th, a leap year at 2 p.m. in San Antonio, Texas you would be there right. It all depends on how important your son is to you.

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