My husband wants to take our 6 year old son hunting with him. I've made it clear I do not like this idea in the slightest, but he insists they need to do "guy stuff". I don't want to interfere with their bonding, but this feels too dangerous and especially so for a six year old.
Is there a better "guy stuff" thing I could push them to do instead?
When I was six my dad showed me how to disassemble and reassemble guns, how to shot guns, how to drive a stick shift. You're being a helicopter mom
tell him you're not comfortable with that and that he should do that when hes older like 12 or 13
suggest this as an alternative,fishing or woodworking is a good alternative too
have you expressed that you were uncomfortable with this?
If you have guns and don't instruct your child in the usage and danger of firearms before he reaches puberty, you are a failure as a parent. Demystify them, show the child what they are for. How to take care of them and most of all how to safely use them. If you wait too long they will get morbid fantasies and form weird complexes. Don't be a homosexual.
100 times this,there is no way your husband should take your son hunting before this
also not before your son has established he likes to kill
i went on a long hunting trip with my dad at 8 before i had ever killed anything and was totally devastated by killing a practice rabbit. my uncle and dad were ruthless the whole time and it was shitty. if your son doesn't actually like hunting (nothing wrong if your do like it) it could be traumatic and alienating
It's only going to be traumatic and alienating if this worry wart mother sinks her claws any further into her son.
at six? lots of kids don't have the nerve to kill at six
He doesn't have to kill anything. He just has to spend quality time with his father and learn that there's more to life than entertainment, internet, etc.
okay then my advice would be to definitely establish that with the father beforehand. a nature walk with dad who happens to be in camo is objectively good, a trip where he's expected to carry his own rifle and shoot something is totally different
I seriously doubt he's going to arm his 6 year-old son with a rifle.
There's a lot of morons out there anon.
If he married a woman who is educated enough to use correct grammar on the internet, he's probably not that moronic.
Why is it dangerous? Do you think your husband is stupid enough to hurt your son on accident?
Maybe her son is a psychopath and will "acvidentally" shoot his father in the head.
Eh I think it's a good idea to have him go.
My dad didn't hunt but we did wildlife photography which is kind of like hunting lite.
It's important to bond with your dad, and being out hunting is imo a pretty good way to go about it. There's a lot of time together, it's a good social experience, and it just feels idk "right" in a lot of ways.
Quit nagging your husband accept and move on a woman can never raise a man.
Leave them alone wish em the best when they go out on the hunt. Before farming and keeping live stock how do you think ppl lived?
hookers and blow
your paying
Youre unironically being a bad wife and a worst mother, because of your own selfish desires and delusional thoughts let the men do their men thing.
Sports (basketball, baseball, swimming, tennis, track and field, etc) Hunting is too dangerous
What exactly is your son doing though? Is he just sitting outside with your dad or is he actually shooting a gun? 100000% your son needs to know gun safety before ever handling a loaded firearm. I would say 6 is still way too young regardless of how well you teach him. Get him a BB gun maybe. Let him go hunting with a BB gun. But a fricking rifle? Lmao no. Wait until he's 10 at least.
Thank you for the feedback everyone. My son will not be using a gun himself, but they will be hunting really aggressive hogs and will be riding ATVs while the hunting dogs track and pin the hogs. I'm concerned that he could fall off the ATV, that one of the hogs could maul him, or that the gun could misfire or something. One of the hogs killed my husband's last hunting dog so I know they're dangerous.
If they were just hunting deer from a tree stand I'd probably be uncomfortable with it still but I could accept it much more easily.
oh that's a terrible idea then. even javelina can kill a 6 year old and they're like half the size of an actual wild hog. riding atvs around also destroys the merit of trekking through nature. that's not really hunting, that's hillbilly shit
Shut up and quit feeding her fears ya dick.
atv tracking feral hogs isn't appropriate for under 12 or 13, full stop. they aren't dull prey animals like an antelope, they hide and lunge and act very chaotic when they're being hunted. you have to know you have the reaction time to drive away if they charge, which a 6 year old absolutely does not. you aren't being realistic about wild animals
Frick off homosexual. I live in the desert and I saw javelinas all the time as an unsupervised 8 year old. You know what they do? They get scared and run away. Dumb frick.
you say that like i don't see how they fight in my damn yard every single day. not safe for a 6 year old, much less feral hogs, which are much more intelligent
I did not expect you to post a picture of javelinas in your front yard. Touche.
they will tear eyes out and break legs of their own family pod without thinking twice about it, just to get a rotten tomato or apple
I am literally employed by the feds to shoot feral hogs. If you do not corner them, they’re running, not standing their ground. They fight dogs when the dogs catch them. The kid isn’t going to be catching them.
Let it be. Your thoughts aren't even real your worrying abt stuff that hasnt happen like a paranoid schizophrenic. Precautions are important but worrying is delusional.
If your husband hadn't told you any of this he would leave and come back with your son, perhaps a little dirty and unshowered, but nonetheless fine. You would have no idea what happened and everything would be fine. Your husband told you what they were going to do in the interests of honesty and transparency. You should do your part and trust him to take care of his son.
This isn’t the revolutionary war, guns don’t blow up in your face if you do nothing wrong. YOU are scared of guns and are projecting your fear.
IT IS NOT YET FOR THE COMING OF AGE CEREMONY WHERE A BOY BECOMES A MAN
During early childhood the father should be around to play and mentor but the boy is it in the world of the mother. The boy will experience the love of his mother.
Once of age, the boy should leave the mother least he be forever a child. Women are, men must become.Your husband shall take the boy once it is time and throw him into a trial.
Tell your husband it is not yet time. Tell your husband to teach and rough & tumble play. Tell your husband the truth. Follow your husband.
This isnt coming of age this is a man raising his son you know normal stuff.
Idk man.
Yo u stupid fricking b***h. Your son is going to be a cuck if he doesn't learn how meat is made first hand
I am a woman and don’t understand your concern at all
Hunting is a bore. Target shooting is more appropriate for that age.
You married a barbarian. Tell him to play baseball with him or something.
Hunting isn't really dangerous as long as you're not doing dipshit stuff like wrestling bears or shooting moose with a bow and arrow.
The bigger issue is why they need to hunt at all. It's barbaric to kill animals for fun, and the lack of empathy that it requires is hardly a good trait to instill in a kid.
it's fine
>Is there a better "guy stuff" thing I could push them to do instead?
Maybe suggest taking him fishing?
6 isn't too young for tagging along on a hunting trip, though. You think it's dangerous because you're not well informed on what is happening.
Why not? He needs to be taught how to be a man.