I'm surprised I didn't see it mentioned, but join the boy scouts. Make sure you don't get a wimpy troop thats too hung up on rules and regulations though, if there are no cool troops near you, start one. I'm an eagle scout and so are my two brothers, my dad was actively involved in scouts. He was at every meeting and went on almost all the hikes and camp outs. It teaches your kids good values, and many practical skills. It will include most of the stuff mentioned before too, if you want it to.
There will be a time when scouts is uncool and the kids hate it, but if you get them through it, they will be glad. Scouting is amoung the best of my childhood memories.
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I'm surprised I didn't see it mentioned, but join the boy scouts. Make sure you don't get a wimpy troop thats too hung up on rules and regulations though, if there are no cool troops near you, start one. I'm an eagle scout and so are my two brothers, my dad was actively involved in scouts. He was at every meeting and went on almost all the hikes and camp outs. It teaches your kids good values, and many practical skills. It will include most of the stuff mentioned before too, if you want it to.
There will be a time when scouts is uncool and the kids hate it, but if you get them through it, they will be glad. Scouting is amoung the best of my childhood memories.