Father Son Activities – The Ultimate Guide to Stronger Bonds
This post is the ultimate guide to father son activities, including a comprehensive list.
Provide your son with alternatives to online gaming, and engage in regular and fun father son activities together, in order to forge stronger bonds.
Father Son Activities Are So Important in the Development of Boys
Fathers are as equally valuable and important as Mothers, although what sons need from their fathers does differ somewhat from what they need from their mothers.
At around 7 years of age, a boy will begin to gravitate toward his Dad or father figure.
Inherently he knows that he too will become a man one day, and he begins to hunger for his father’s involvement and engagement, in order to learn over time, what it means to be a man.
Boys have a natural desire to be active… to do something, and to become good at doing it.
They are drawn to online gaming, primarily because the overwhelming majority of their friends do it, and they don’t realize that there are other options.
A wise father provides his son with alternatives, and together they engage in regular and fun father son activities that ultimately lead to healthier relationships, stronger bonds, and a deeper understanding of one another.
What Are Some Fun Father Son Activities to Share In Together?
In no particular order, the following list of father son activities are typically good and fun…
- White water rafting
- Snorkeling and or scuba diving
- Jet skiing
- High Ropes courses
- Sea kayaking
- Canoeing in a river or a lake
- Dirt bike riding
- Horse riding
- Caving
- Abseiling
- Canyoning
- Hiking
- Archery
- Fishing
- Camping
- Swimming
- Table tennis / ping pong
- Wrestling / roughhousing
- Learning or imparting life skills e.g. house / yard / car maintenance etc.
- A father son project e.g. making a billy cart together, or even rebuilding a car
- A movie night
- Sharing and or reading stories that involve acts of courage
- A guided Father and Son Adventure Weekend experience with 'Fathering Adventures'
- A guided Rite of Passage Father and Son Adventure experience with 'Fathering Adventures'
What is The Best of All of Those Father and Son Activities Listed, and Why?
The best father and son activities of all, are the guided Father and Son Adventure experiences with ‘Fathering Adventures’, because not only do you experience outdoor father and son activities that are adventurous and fun, you also learn what every son needs from his Dad (both receive and hear), and experience significant moments that are truly meaningful, which are interwoven throughout each guided Father and Son Adventure experience... not to mention create memories that will last.
And all of that is experienced within a community of other like-minded fathers and sons, which actually adds to each overall experience, for a whole bunch of other reasons.
A list of specific outcomes from ‘Fathering Adventures’ guided Father and Son Adventure experiences can be found at “A Kids Adventure Camp with A Difference – For Dads and Kids”.
‘Fathering Adventures’ guided Father and Son Adventure experiences are regularly facilitated in Tropical North Queensland, Brisbane / South-East Queensland, Sydney NSW, and Melbourne VIC.
‘Fathering Adventures’ Father and Son Activities in Tropical North QLD
‘Fathering Adventures’ facilitates world class guided “Rite of Passage” 4 Night Son and Father Adventure experiences out of ‘Mission Beach Resort’, for teenage sons (and older), and their Dads or father figures, during the July and September school holiday periods each year.
The outdoor adventure activities include the following…
- White water rafting the Tully River with ‘Raging Thunder’
- Snorkelling and or scuba diving on the outer Great Barrier Reef with ‘Mission Beach Dive’
- Hiking to the summit of Mount Tyson
‘Fathering Adventures’ Father Son Activities in Brisbane / South-East QLD
‘Fathering Adventures’ facilitates guided “Rite of Passage” 3 Full Day Son and Father Adventure experiences out of ‘CYC Burleigh’ on the Gold Coast, South of Brisbane, for teenage sons (and older), and their Dads or father figures, in October each year.
The outdoor adventure activities include the following…
- A Jet Ski safari with ‘Jet Ski Safaris’
- Sea Kayaking and snorkelling with ‘Seaway Kayaking Tours’
- High Ropes and zip lines at ‘TreeTop Challenge Currumbin’
- Hiking to ‘Tumgun Lookout’
‘Fathering Adventures’ also facilitates guided “Fathering Boys” Father and Son Adventure Weekend experiences out of ‘QCCC Mapleton’ in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, North of Brisbane, for sons aged 7-13 years inclusive, and their Dads or father figures.
The half-day group outdoor adventure activity is a canoeing expedition down a stretch of the Maroochy River.
Saturday afternoon is devoted to intentional one-on-one time, where your son gets to choose what father and son activities you participate in.
‘Fathering Adventures’ Father Son Activities in Sydney, NSW
‘Fathering Adventures’ facilitates guided “Fathering Boys” Father and Son Adventure Weekend experiences out of ‘CCC Hawkesbury’ in the Hawkesbury region of outer Western Sydney, nestled in the foothills of the Blue Mountains, for sons aged 7-13 years inclusive, and their Dads or father figures.
The group outdoor adventure activities on the Saturday morning include the following…
- Canoeing a stretch of the Napean River
- Abseiling
- Archery
And Saturday afternoon is devoted to intentional one-on-one time, where your son gets to choose what father son activities you participate in.
‘Fathering Adventures’ Father Son Activities in Melbourne, VIC
‘Fathering Adventures’ facilitates guided “Fathering Boys” Father and Son Adventure Weekend experiences out at ‘Mill Valley Ranch’ in the Pakenham region of outer South-East Melbourne, for sons aged 7-13 years inclusive, and their Dads or father figures. The group outdoor adventure activities on the Saturday morning include the following… - Horse Riding under a large undercover arena - A Low Ropes course - Archery And Saturday afternoon is devoted to intentional one-on-one time, where your son gets to choose what father son activities you participate in. e.g. canoeing, fishing etc.