My mom was a saint and my dad was faithful to her. They almost never argued. In a way my home life was too perfect. I don't think I learned anything about "game" from it because I never got to see any problems.
let me rephrase. a successful 2 parent house hold. the best way to raise a DJ is to be a DJ yourself.
i think if there is any leg up i had on anyone, which i don't think i really did but if there was one it would be that i had 17 years of watching my dad operate. for me it wasn't so much learning it was just decicdind go one way or the other. once i decided that this was the way to go i just mimiced my dad's behavior for the most part and it worked.
Yes, I'm sure he will get that from watching his dad
bet on the horses all day
when i was in 2nd -3rd grade my dad used to talk to me about horse racing all the way home from school. i knew all the big horses, holy bull, cigar, go for gin, concern, etc at a very young age. that's what got me really hooked.
it's funny my fav horse of all time is a horse named ghostzapper. I'm sure conderneon knows who that is. horse was freaking brilliant. could beat you going short, going long, on the lead, off the lead, in the slop on the fast dry track didn't matter and when he beat you he always did it in spectcular fashion. anyway i talk about him all the time and like when we go to the track my son doesn't call it horse racing he says "are we going to see ghostzapper?" i'm like yeah joe. and every horse on the track to him is ghostzapper lol. it's too cute.
i'm not going to use one of my 10 posts to respond but i agree with dj damage below. the best and really only thing you can do for a kid is to build their self esteem. make sure they play sports do kid/boy things. ironically exaclty what men should be doing lol. don't let them sit at home and be stuck to the internet all day. nothing wrong wtiht he internet but you need to get them out and doing things that build self esteem. get in pee wee football, get in tee ball, get in basketball, teach a musical instrument.
my son will be 4 this year he is too small but i am honestly looking forward to next year so we can get him in tee ball. i was a quite good baseball player (2nd base, picther, center field, when i had to catcher, but if i were to take it really seriously my arm was not strong enough to pitch at a high level or be an elite center fielder or catcher but i was a natural 2nd baseman) growing up and in high school, i am probably going to help coach his team. i always wanted to do that. will be fun. i always wanted to be the baseball coach dad lol. AND he's a leftie lol. future switch hitting left handed pitching phenom lol.
about a month ago i bought him his first bat. he has had a glove for about a year though it barley fits. i was workign with him on swinging level and keeping his eye on the ball, really the only thing you need to worry about when you are that little. his hand / eye corndation isn't there yet but you can tell by the way he swings the bat it's only a matter of time before it comes, he's not playing aorund when he's swinging the bat. anyway he begged his mom to go out and play catch with him or to pitch to him so he could hit. he tips a ball every once in a while but he really hasn't made fu ll contact. i told millie look, he hasn't hit anything yet but i'm telling you that you need to use my glove becuase when he connects he's going to pop something, he swings too hard. she didn't listen. about 30 mins later she comes in lol he hit her in the tittie with the ball rotfl. i was crying laughing. he felt so bad