Raising four boys I enjoyed these – and have even done a few, unintentionally, of course.
10. Teach him the secret male ritual of leaving the toilet seat up and the toilet paper roll empty.
9. Have a ceremony where you give him his own remote control.
8. Lead him through an afternoon of rigorous physical training in the back yard while you sit in a lawn chair with chips and dip.
7. Eat until you’re about to burst and then ride the Screamin’ Hurler roller coaster.
6. Put cream on his face and let the dog shave him with its tongue.
5. Walk behind him through his school halls yelling, “You da man!”
4. Send him to the local discount store to buy mom’s “personal things.”
3. Give him Grandma’s lime green Ford Pinto with personalized license plates that say, “TUFFGUY.”
2. Send the womenfolk shopping, then get out your secret Old Yeller video and have a good cry together.
1. Shot put catching.
Tip of the hat to Greg Shore
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I am still chuckling over these- especially walking through the halls yelling “you da man”. I think I may have done this to my son. Poor kid.
Nice!
Quit harshin’ on my family traditions, Steve. These are just our ways.
I think my boys already have #1 perfected.
Of course Greg had his hands in this
Thankfully, my Dad did none of those! Think I missed most of them with my boys
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Cool, there’s a few I haven’t tried yet!
Variation on #7–Take your son on Disneyland’s California Screamin’ rollercoaster–twice. Wipe his brow tenderly after he “feeds the fish” in one of Disney’s many waterways a half hour later.
I know a guy whose dad gave him a lime green Ford Pinto to drive. I think it was called “The Lima Bean”.
Raising 3 boys, I enjoyed this!