Comments on: Physical activity and boys https://simplysusan.com.au/physical-activity-and-boys/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=physical-activity-and-boys Musing thru Marriage, Motherhood & Mess Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:43:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.10 By: HomeGrownKids https://simplysusan.com.au/physical-activity-and-boys/#comment-579 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:43:24 +0000 http://susanpriolo.com/blog/?p=473#comment-579 Hi Cath,
I would have loved Boys Brigade. We have looked around for them but with moving so frequently (7 times in 7 years) it has really taken its toll on DH and I and we haven’t been as energetic as we used to be. The thought of travelling over 40min to get there and then wait around for a few hours before another 30min to get home again just didn’t thrill us. Sadly.

I hope your boys continue to enjoy BB and learn valuable lessons. 🙂

God bless,
Susan

]]> By: Cath https://simplysusan.com.au/physical-activity-and-boys/#comment-580 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:11:59 +0000 http://susanpriolo.com/blog/?p=473#comment-580 Hi Susan 🙂

Thanks for sharing your thoughts! My boys are still relatively young and it’s helpful to hear what others are doing on the road yet to be travelled.

My youngest is almost 8 and in his second year of Boy’s Brigade (BB). This weekend he’s off on his first camp, which dh is attending as well. 😎

What I like about BB is the emphasis on Christian manliness *and* physical fun. The boys do wresting, billy carts, cricket, Bible study, parade, the National Anthem, games…a lot of times it’s raucous, but always gentlemanly. The leaders call the boys “Mr LastName.”

I’m not sure what other BB Companies are like, but we’re very happy with ours!

Future Men is a thought-provoking book – I’m glad I read it when ds was younger. Sure helped with parenting this particular boy!

]]> By: HomeGrownKids https://simplysusan.com.au/physical-activity-and-boys/#comment-574 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:45:12 +0000 http://susanpriolo.com/blog/?p=473#comment-574 Exactly Missy! It is different eh? Have you read “Future Men” by Douglas Wilson? Even though i don’t agree with everything I found a truck load of nuggets in that book.

I don’t want my sons to be accustomed to being at home (domesticated) every day…I want them to be manly men (especially in this day and age of the ‘metro-man’) but not go over the other side and become an Ozzie Ocker bloke. Ah, I want them to be like Jesus…which means leading them to His feet and trusting in Him, that He will draw them and become their saviour.

Ah, back to the trust issue. 🙄 😆

]]> By: Missy https://simplysusan.com.au/physical-activity-and-boys/#comment-578 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:24:50 +0000 http://susanpriolo.com/blog/?p=473#comment-578 Sounds like he has found a niche Susan. Thanks for posting this, I am watching with eager eyes, how the homeschooling of other boys go.. as my boy just hit double digits last month and I see that I will need to provide things differently than I do with my girls. Plus his being the only boy at that!

]]> By: HomeGrownKids https://simplysusan.com.au/physical-activity-and-boys/#comment-577 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:47:25 +0000 http://susanpriolo.com/blog/?p=473#comment-577 ::Nodding:: yeah…I feel like that wrt cadets- it’s opening his world up to things that he needs to experience but *I* just can’t provide by myself- ie: hand gliding!!!

Like I’m going to take him hand gliding!! I could facilitate it by myself I suppose but it would also cost a fortune! Hand gliding is not something I want to be responsible for, especially when he has a fear of heights! 🙄

This weekend is firearm safety, and I’m glad of that…the weekend after is a live shoot! 😯 I just can’t provide those things, which he is thriving on.

]]> By: Lisa https://simplysusan.com.au/physical-activity-and-boys/#comment-576 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:37:35 +0000 http://susanpriolo.com/blog/?p=473#comment-576 I acknowledged that Morgan needed more ‘man’ time…as he was the only male at home all day with me and his two sisters, we were blessed to have work experience oppertunties for him to become involved with.

I often had to remind myself to allow ample time for physical activites….to give M a chance to burn off his extra energy before he would settle into quite study time.
For M it helped if things were as real life as possible.

hth

]]> By: HomeGrownKids https://simplysusan.com.au/physical-activity-and-boys/#comment-575 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:19:13 +0000 http://susanpriolo.com/blog/?p=473#comment-575 Hi Lisa,
Reserves is a great experience…can give them a lot of skills, not to mention learning to live and work amongst a bunch of worldly non believers. 🙂

Plus the tax-free income is real nice. 😛

]]> By: HomeGrownKids https://simplysusan.com.au/physical-activity-and-boys/#comment-573 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:13:52 +0000 http://susanpriolo.com/blog/?p=473#comment-573 Tehee yes IKWYM as my Miss R has a ‘friend’. Miss A doesn’t yet…not that I’m in a hurry.

Lisa, did you ever have any differences of difficulties with ‘M’ when he was growing up and going through puberty? Nothing major but how did you cope with the changes?

]]> By: Lisa https://simplysusan.com.au/physical-activity-and-boys/#comment-572 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:40:02 +0000 http://susanpriolo.com/blog/?p=473#comment-572 BTW, I like your blog’s new look….a spring make-over!

]]> By: Lisa https://simplysusan.com.au/physical-activity-and-boys/#comment-571 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:39:26 +0000 http://susanpriolo.com/blog/?p=473#comment-571 Your boy is growing up Susan!

I agree about the whole physical activity and boys thing….our ds played team sports which worked well for us, he also had physical chores like chopping all our firewood for winter and working with dh on home renovations.

M looked into army reserves but he hasn’t followed that up….too busy with his girlfriend these days 🙄

xxx

Lisa

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