My son made me proud.

[OH_Spartan]

I was clearing brush on a fence line today and my six year old wanted to show me his hideout. He took me to a cozy little place in the middle of some thick honeysuckle and gave me a grand tour.

I was particularly proud when he showed me the weapons safe, which had a row of
sticks that looked like rifles and pistols. They had a door on the "safe" made out of sticks and twine. He said only he and his brother knew the buttons to the "safe" because not all kids know the safety rules for "guns." They wanted to make sure only kids that knew the safety rules could get a weapon.

It made me smile.

By the way....it is a lot easier for a six year old to crawl into the middle of a honeysuckle thicket than a rapidly aging dad!

 

[horsemen61]

Thats awesome Great story.

 

[Meta]

Very good stuff! Gotta love it when you teach them right and they shine. A few days back I was putting away my five year olds BB gun and he says to me "Dad, you just swept me with the muzzle". Indeed I may have and I told him he did the right thing in telling me. It's a BB gun, but a gun nonetheless. The little boy was right.

 

[Texan Scott]

Responsible gun ownership and parenting: Doing it right, y'all.

 

[lefteye]

Good dads and good sons!!!

 

[gspn]

A classic story of why parenting matters and how kids are taking cues from you whether you mean to be teaching them or not.

Great job dad.

 

[HankR]

Yes, great job dad.

 

[Southside830]

Awesome !!

 

[content]

Hello friends and neighbors // Wonder where he got all those great ideas.

Congrats, he sounds like a good listener and you must be a good teller.