MaterDei
Member
An old Army buddy and I both went to the range yesterday with some of our kids. He brought his two oldest girls and I brought my two oldest boys. All 4 of the children were between 7 and 11 years old. I have 4 other children, two of whom are old enough to shoot and enjoy shooting but weren't able to come with us, and two not yet old enough to shoot.
We all enjoyed spending quality time together and, of course, killing paper. I've been reflecting on what a tremendous activity that shooting is for the family and all of the things that kids get out of it. One would be hard pressed to name a more beneficial family activity.
Kids receive:
- Valuable lessons about safety and responsibility
- A feeling that they are trusted
- A sense of accomplishing something as they improve
- Hand and eye coordination improvement
- The chance to do something 'neat'
- Respect from their peers (especially from boys)
- Self defense skills and the confidence that goes along with them
- A sense that they are part of that wonderful thing know as the 'gun culture'
And the two that I consider the most important...
- Quality time with mom and/or dad, and
- An appreciation of the freedoms we still enjoy as Americans and, hopefully, the lifelong desire to fight to defend those freedoms
Anybody have anything to add to the list?
Blue Skies,
MaterDei
We all enjoyed spending quality time together and, of course, killing paper. I've been reflecting on what a tremendous activity that shooting is for the family and all of the things that kids get out of it. One would be hard pressed to name a more beneficial family activity.
Kids receive:
- Valuable lessons about safety and responsibility
- A feeling that they are trusted
- A sense of accomplishing something as they improve
- Hand and eye coordination improvement
- The chance to do something 'neat'
- Respect from their peers (especially from boys)
- Self defense skills and the confidence that goes along with them
- A sense that they are part of that wonderful thing know as the 'gun culture'
And the two that I consider the most important...
- Quality time with mom and/or dad, and
- An appreciation of the freedoms we still enjoy as Americans and, hopefully, the lifelong desire to fight to defend those freedoms
Anybody have anything to add to the list?
Blue Skies,
MaterDei