Dadnamics Live! 300-Word Takeaway
I began “Man Training” with Kenny on December 13th, 2013 (he was 9). I just wanted to do something special for my boy. I began to give him extra rope, which symbolized more trust. I had to start treating him as the young man he would become and not the 5 or 6 year old boy he once was. This was very tough because it’s always hardest to let go with your first.
By the spring of 2014, we had a 28-lesson activity-based Man Training. We started with a vigor to complete lessons in the mornings, but it took a while because there was always so much going on. I’m sure YOU can relate!
Unfortunately, Kenny turned 10 before we accomplished the first milestone – 14 lessons and a breakfast. Oh well, that happens to every goal-setter. What’s worse? To set a goal and come short or to set no goal at all?
April 25th, 2015 – Milestone #1 Complete – The diner was empty at 6:30am, Sunday morning. Perfect! Spending 1-on-1 time with my son to celebrate a completed goal was so fulfilling… and the food was ridiculous (see video).
We set two more breakfast goals and I reworked my schedule to do Man Training every other Sunday morning at 6:30am (my daughter gets the alternating weeks for Virtuous Woman Training). After completing lesson 21, we had another breakfast in October 2015 and we are on track to complete the last of 28 lessons by March 1st. Kenny doesn’t know it yet, but there will be a significant ceremony and gift presented (over breakfast of course)!
“Entrepreneur Training” began on Kenny’s 11th birthday and the crazy thing is that it turned into a podcast interview, father/son style!
Dads, would you like to join the real Breakfast Club?
Our First Podcast Interview
Man Training Resources
Lessons 1-7 and 15-28
Purity Works: The Squire and the Scroll by Jennie Bishop
Lessons 8-14
http://www.intoxicatedonlife.com/the-talk/