I only put in a small part of the whole story to make a point about over doing it when showing your kids the ropes. If you know me at all, then you know how highly I speak of my father. I was mearly pointing out an observation that both my brother, other family members,and I agree on. Dad taught us boys SO MUCH, but there quite a few times where we wished he just let us do it ourselves. I think that is just part of our generation. We're the early Gen-X'rs that wanted to go and figure it out on our own. However, I do feel very blessed to have a dad that did his best to show us the way.

Today we're all faced with kids from the information age. They want to know it now and not wait. The internet puts information a couple clicks away, and our children bring that with them to the outdoors. They want results NOW, not later. They don't want to delve into something and learn it, they want the info now to browse over, take what they think they need, and continue on. I feel the largest hurdle for young hunters is tolearn patience. The old saying "good things happen to those who wait" just doesn't ring loudly in our childrens"give it to me now"mentalities.

I'm currently in that challenge with my 8 yr old and fishing. He doesn't have the patience at all to bait fish, and if he is spin casting and hasn't hooked up in the first few casts, it's "Dad, we need to go somewhere else". He finally seen the benifits of being a little patient and giving a hole a chance when he landed a nice +5lb smallmouth bass a few weeks ago...
...now, if I can just get him to tie up his own rigging then I'll have really accomplished something.