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I know you lose them for a while when you embarrass them by being alive, but good to have him back. For a day anyway. I think I need a gaming chair. Or just a fking chair.
TunnelRat13
Yer a good dad Bront
GoatsAndGlory
From all the former and current teens whos hobby got dismissed because their parents dident grow up with technology. <3
CaptRory
The biggest secret: Do things that they like to do instead of trying to draw them out into stuff you want to do.
CaptainHyperbole
My dad played Xbox with me once, only once, and it was legitimately the best bonding experience of my childhood.
DamnThursdays
You've introduced them to the wonderful outdoors. One day they'll come back to you and ask to do it again. I wish I could with my dad.
EmporerDragon
Plenty of good co-op games out there too to get into. Right now, a good one to try is Power Washer Simulator. It's on Game Pass if he has it
olivertheoctopus
Pay attention to the little things, bc to them, they’re the big things
randomguy365
Yep, relate to them their way first, then they are more likely to do your way.
LostInTheZone
Keep with the xbox it is something you can continue to share no matter where his life takes him.
fisherjab
Soak it up there are others that would kill for that.
Eridianne
That's super nice- engaged with their interests, low pressure environment, laughfest. Nothing better for a kid than relating easily
Faasel524
Thanks
porcubot
Meet them where they're at.
Faasel524
Yeah.
CaptMinion
I used to be able to sit on the floor for hours playing. Now I can't sit there for more than 10 minutes before I need to get in a chair
Faasel524
Yep.
heiniPumpkinLord
Spend the time OP. You'll be thankful for the memories later. So we'll your kid. Take care
Weissicles
Hey, the camping trips n shit might've actually helped and made it easier to bond during gaming time, you never know.
Tomadzo
Don’t be surprised if some of that other stuff becomes interesting to them later. Sometimes ppl change.
isaidihaveanewemail2000
If I ever have kids I'm gonna wreck them in any fps of their choice during their prime
MrStealYourGiF
Wait is this IRL or a belated review of "A Goofy Movie" ?? .. just kidding catches us all out, hence songs like https://youtu.be/KUwjNBjqR-c
kaase09
Wish my mother would have tried to connect with me in my interests and not hers. My Dad on the other hand did.
ElectricStormCat
This is the big win. Do what they want to do, not what you want to do. Most of my childhood was framed around what my dad wanted me to enjoy
RenaissanceFaireMan
Get gud!
tuxedobob
Wtf is “I’m in bits”?
Tootsie1
Use the couch, side by side. Works beautifully. Still does for me & my son (23).
Faasel524
Nice.
smashpro1
Don't get a gaming chair, they're all shit. Just get a really good office chair.
Direwolflord
I second that I prefer nice office chairs
Makinganaccountnameisannoying
Recliner with a cup holder and USB ports.
hnngh
Pull out the n64 and wreck them in goldeneye and smash brothers.
CaptRory
Whoa, hold on their satan. =-p
stealwolf21
If your child didn't want to do the first things, it was never going to work. Good on you for changing to something else instead! Enjoy it
Corrodias
Yeah, I kinda sorta appreciate my father taking me along fishing and so on, but that was never stuff I wanted to do. It's probably not any »
Corrodias
easier for the parent to try to participate in the child's hobbies, but it probably works better. Adults are probably better at tolerating »
Corrodias
hobbies they aren't really into, too. That said, there's something to be said for children getting experience at it.
sfrinlan
I feel like there's a line. You do have to sort of force kids into new experiences, but you also have to relate to them on their level.
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
Plus parents might have more patience, but they have less time. Sometimes my son asks me to play games I just hate. I can't fake /1
Jawesome19
Parenting 101. Do what they like or take them to do something they like if you want to relate and connect, not something you like
Jawesome19
Which is easier said than done, funny enough, cause kids are insane
CaptRory
Kids aren't insane they just have a different frame of reference they are operating from. If you grew up hunting, fishing, and exploring
CaptRory
while they came home and weren't allowed to go outside and play without supervision (and certainly not allowed to vanish all day to come
CaptRory
home when the streetlights came on) they have a much different experience. Going fishing isn't going to interest them since they never went
CaptRory
but they'd probably be happy to play Halo with you since that is what they did most of their free time since they couldn't go outside alone.
StickyKiwi
What were you playing?
Faasel524
FIFa 21
Direwolflord
The controls on those games are insane
ArseneWengersZipper
Jesus! What a game to start out with. Hey dad I know you havent gamed in years get ready to press 3 buttons at once. Good on you for trying!
StickyKiwi
Forrealz, I consider myself a gamer, but that Fifa game is just too much for me to handle. Plus, I just give no shits about sports games.
Faasel524
I think my general comedic crapness was the big success.
orchidaedra
In high school my bfs dad got an Xbox for HIMSELF and if came with Halo- he was so bad he couldn't get off the ship at the beginning-
orchidaedra
But my bf was also terrible so I had to learn to play to teach them and the Xbox became 90% mine even though I didn't even live there
quade
Honestly, just convincing them to teach you something only "they" know about is a great way. "Hey son, show me how to play this… Fort Night"
AshesVonDust
Mom asked me about "Elder Squirrels" a few years back and it was the cutest thing. She was listening to bro & I, just couldn't hear clearly
KPuff
It's pronounced "Fork Knife"
nate55
And then I did the floss at every opportunity for 6 months afterward to his dismay
Blimjoe
Two weeks of gaming with your kid sounds good
MechaNinja
It's Fork Knife, you absolute casual.
Arcblaire
10/10 advice. Few things feel greater than someone genuinely wanting to learn something from you that youre good at or love.
quade
It works for kids, coworkers, spouses, etc...
TheGreatSynan
My wife and I get so excited when we realize the other didn't know something and we can teach or show them.
quade
I still get hellaexcited when she (at least pretends that she) WANTS to learn something from me that I'm super into.
Skulldoor
Hey son. Can you teach me how to fort nights on your Nintendo? I hear it's real yeet. Super fleek with your friends. Let's jam together.
BoogiepopPhantom
Yo Dude! That is wack. Like totally rad.
JericoJones23
Rhinta
And tell me... who is this 4Chan??
10benny
Yep, asking them questions and being interested in them is how you bond.
FuryM0nk
100% there was never anything that I took interest in that my dad wanted to learn about. We both had to be interested in it to do it togethe
d3jake
"is this fort on a river?"
spookyactionatadistance
That. So much. Teens really do want a relationship with their parents. They kinda just want you to listen. It has to be on their terms
ImCommanderShepardandthisismyfavoritepostonthefrontpage
I taught my niece how to play fortnight, which was weird since I've never played it and had to Google the controls.
Distractedlurker
My daughter turned me on to Fortnite. Now I play it alone while she is out with her friends.
Lurkninja
Scaletrix is a great leveler for kids, especially at christmas
Faasel524
Yeah, you're right., I think I just stumbled into it to be honest.Glad I did.
thoogle
Pro tip, the olds have to pronounce this Fork Knife everytime.
sfrinlan
By just continuing to try and being there, you succeeded, so it sounds like you're doing the right things
Faasel524
Trying. Sometimes failing
quade
well you're doing things right, it sounds like, so good on ya!
Faasel524
Thank you!
IrishCyko
Yeh.. And then secretly be a pro at it and smash him and then go smash his mom.
JericoJones23
Smash his mom? Maybe his mom is better than him? Didnt Think about that, huh?
quade
DOUBLE BOOM!
sfrinlan
HEADSHOT
taksoto
Is that the name? Could a sworn it was fork knife.
pixelsnader
You mean knork?
Jawesome19
No no it's Fork Knights
JericoJones23
I thought its fort knox
EaNasirIsABastard
Is Fork Knight the sequel of Shovel Knight?
neverscurdOG
It’s actually Pork Plight
quade
Anyway, tell me all about this thing that I, a typical stupid dad, don't know about
Rogahar
*proceeds to obliterate him 1v1* Oh, I didn't tell you I used to play Halo online back in the day? Git Gud, scrub.
quade
*teabags* "oh shit I went too far, sorry!"
feanoreldar
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