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is apparently pretty popular. He has been homeschooled for all his life, just started public school since we moved to PA, has a ton of friends, and the most popular girl in school has latched onto him. She wants to wear his away jersey when he plays home games. Honestly, very new to me as I was never popular in school. He's a good kid and I find how he has a good conscince for only being 14 years old. I know I will get all types of feedback here, but curious how any dads on here handled your sons who were very popular.
 
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preacher_dawg said:
is apparently pretty popular. He has been homeschooled for all his life, just started public school since we moved to PA, has a ton of friends, and the most popular girl in school has latched onto him. She wants to wear his away jersey when he plays home games. Honestly, very new to me as I was never popular in school. He's a good kid and I find how he has a good conscince for only being 14 years old. I know I will get all types of feedback here, but curious how any dads on here handled your sons who were very popular.
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How did a Campbellite end up in PA?
 
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preacher_dawg said:
is apparently pretty popular. He has been homeschooled for all his life, just started public school since we moved to PA, has a ton of friends, and the most popular girl in school has latched onto him. She wants to wear his away jersey when he plays home games. Honestly, very new to me as I was never popular in school. He's a good kid and I find how he has a good conscince for only being 14 years old. I know I will get all types of feedback here, but curious how any dads on here handled your sons who were very popular.
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-make sure he spends time with guys
-allow him his freedom to have a life and make some mistakes
-make your rules clear and hold him accountable
-ALWAYS. ALWAYS, create time with just you and him in the truck or working on something........and let him drive the conversation (if he wants to talk about her, then that is what you talk about.......if he wants to talk about putting a whipple super charger on a v8.....then smile, and just listen to the merits of a whipple supercharged v8)
-learn to give him some space......as he gets older, his room is his domain, give him that. home should be safe, and full of food, and inside of the family home, he should have his space
-if at the last minute he asks to have 4 friends over.....say yes, and go get food and snacks and cook......if any of his friends don't like bacon, then ask them to kindly leave
-sunday morning family time around church and lunch together
-FOOD....lots of FOOD, and when you think you have enough FOOD, go get more, b/c you do not have enough FOOD
-ask the grocery store if they provide volume discounts on buying multiple gallons of whole milk at one time
-enjoy all of it, the good and bad, and have and show patience and calm

just a few things that come to mind
 
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skip dog said:
-make sure he spends time with guys
-allow him his freedom to have a life and make some mistakes
-make your rules clear and hold him accountable
-ALWAYS. ALWAYS, create time with just you and him in the truck or working on something........and let him drive the conversation (if he wants to talk about her, then that is what you talk about.......if he wants to talk about putting a whipple super charger on a v8.....then smile, and just listen to the merits of a whipple supercharged v8)
-learn to give him some space......as he gets older, his room is his domain, give him that. home should be safe, and full of food, and inside of the family home, he should have his space
-if at the last minute he asks to have 4 friends over.....say yes, and go get food and snacks and cook......if any of his friends don't like bacon, then ask them to kindly leave
-sunday morning family time around church and lunch together
-FOOD....lots of FOOD, and when you think you have enough FOOD, go get more, b/c you do not have enough FOOD
-ask the grocery store if they provide volume discounts on buying multiple gallons of whole milk at one time
-enjoy all of it, the good and bad, and have and show patience and calm

just a few things that come to mind
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I don't have sons, but I used to be one. Skip Dog here put it on the money. I would add in there to have a few things just between you and him that your wife doesn't know. It builds trust between the two of you. You'll be glad when he comes to you later with a real problem. I have two daughters and my rule for me is to speak the truth, and tell the truth, be a great example and always be the same person every day so they can always know what to expect from me. Lord knows I never know who my wife will be day to day.
 
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I wasn’t being flippant. I have two daughters and when boys came into the picture I had tough conversations with my sister and friends who had daughters and to a person they said “ get them on the pill” It was extremely difficult, but I did. And it was the right call.
 
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preacher_dawg said:
is apparently pretty popular. He has been homeschooled for all his life, just started public school since we moved to PA, has a ton of friends, and the most popular girl in school has latched onto him. She wants to wear his away jersey when he plays home games. Honestly, very new to me as I was never popular in school. He's a good kid and I find how he has a good conscince for only being 14 years old. I know I will get all types of feedback here, but curious how any dads on here handled your sons who were very popular.
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One of my sons read a book called, "I kissed dating goodbye". It had a real impact on him. He was/is a good looking kid. He dated a little but if he didn't see them as wife worthy, he would not continue. His 1st serious girlfriend came at 26. He married her a little over a year ago. They are very happy.
 
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