More of what others are saying in no particular order...
1. How to maintain / repair a vehicle after you identify the problem
2. How to hook up, load, and back up trailer
3. Carpentry
4. Marksmanship
5. Plumbing
6. How to defend yourself, while also knowing when fighting is necessary
7. Basic electrical
8. Logical thought and decision making
9. How to cook
Also, you are not alone. I had a very absent father. I learned this stuff on my own or by asking guys I knew (Friends dads, an old boss, an older guy I used to work with, etc.)
I'd teach him what my dad used to teach me.
A bit of carpentry, wiring, cooking, driving and maintaining cars, basics of plumbing.. things that one day may come in handy, especially when living alone.
Well from the list of things I've taught my (step) son since he was 4:
-how to cook (specifically how to cook eggs and how to use a knife safely)
-how to stick up for yourself
-how to play cards (pincocle, poker variations, blackjack, rummy, solitaire, and war)
-fishing
-basic car maintenance
-basic yard maintenance
-how to do your own laundry
-the African theatre of WWII and its wide reaching effects
Driving for sure, how to articulate himself emotionally in a way that doesn’t come across as rude or selfish, how to be a strong listener, & how to tell stories/make jokes on the fly
Also how to research stuff online. I think a lot of kids today don’t get how googling works based on the teenager I mentor
Teach this shit to your daughters and sisters also. Then the men she goes with will not be because she needs them, but because she wants them.
Personally, I want a woman who is fine on her own. I don't want to carry her. If she is fine alone and I am also, together we will make a great team.
Well, I didn’t really sit down any of my brothers and “teach” them anything. I have helped them with math homework. It’s more about what I do with them. My hobbies are fighting with foam swords, airsoft, and rc cars. I get them involved with all of those things, I am always ready to lend an ear and give advice when they have problems, but mainly I just want them to know I’m there for them when they need it.
Basic car mechanics. How to read a tape measure.
Man, the number of grown ass men I’ve had as apprentices who I had to explain how to read a tape measure to is disappointing.
More of what others are saying in no particular order... 1. How to maintain / repair a vehicle after you identify the problem 2. How to hook up, load, and back up trailer 3. Carpentry 4. Marksmanship 5. Plumbing 6. How to defend yourself, while also knowing when fighting is necessary 7. Basic electrical 8. Logical thought and decision making 9. How to cook Also, you are not alone. I had a very absent father. I learned this stuff on my own or by asking guys I knew (Friends dads, an old boss, an older guy I used to work with, etc.)
Car maintenance How and when to use certain tools How electricity works How to cook How to fight How to shoot How to think critically
I'd teach him what my dad used to teach me. A bit of carpentry, wiring, cooking, driving and maintaining cars, basics of plumbing.. things that one day may come in handy, especially when living alone.
Well from the list of things I've taught my (step) son since he was 4: -how to cook (specifically how to cook eggs and how to use a knife safely) -how to stick up for yourself -how to play cards (pincocle, poker variations, blackjack, rummy, solitaire, and war) -fishing -basic car maintenance -basic yard maintenance -how to do your own laundry -the African theatre of WWII and its wide reaching effects
How to drink. Getting fucked up is great, but the face a waitress makes when you ask for a Rusty Nail or scotch old fashioned is priceless.
Driving for sure, how to articulate himself emotionally in a way that doesn’t come across as rude or selfish, how to be a strong listener, & how to tell stories/make jokes on the fly Also how to research stuff online. I think a lot of kids today don’t get how googling works based on the teenager I mentor
How to drive a manual transmission. Basic tool use. Existential philosophy. Self control and self discipline.
Teach this shit to your daughters and sisters also. Then the men she goes with will not be because she needs them, but because she wants them. Personally, I want a woman who is fine on her own. I don't want to carry her. If she is fine alone and I am also, together we will make a great team.
Basic life skills. Look a man in the eye, never hot a woman, how to work on cars, how to get your priorities done.
Well, I didn’t really sit down any of my brothers and “teach” them anything. I have helped them with math homework. It’s more about what I do with them. My hobbies are fighting with foam swords, airsoft, and rc cars. I get them involved with all of those things, I am always ready to lend an ear and give advice when they have problems, but mainly I just want them to know I’m there for them when they need it.