Parents, I'm surprised how quiet this sub forum is

[bigboarstopper]

My daughter has been shooting her 22 chipmunk since she was 5. At 7 she got her first bolt action 243 and is proficient at 100yds on a solid rest. Now at 8 she just finished her hunters safety course yesterday.

[Divernhunter]

No longer have a kid at home. My daughter is 31 now but I started her at 4.5 years old on a 22RF. By six she was using my 257R with a shortened stock. By 10 she had laid claim to it. I stared her on pistols at about 6-8 and bought her the 1st 9mm that matched the 45ACP I owned since she "wanted one just like dads". I paid for a NRA Lifetime membership when she was about 7 years old. When she was about 15 I had to rebarrel the 257R since she shot out the barrel I also installed a B&C stock and Timney trigger. I only see the rifle when I ask for it to do some load testing. Last week I upgraded her scope from a Leupold VX2 to a VX3HD.
Now she has 2 kids of her own and she and her husband have started them shooting. They have the Chimpmonk 22RF I got her and I bought 2 Marlin Model 60 22RF rifles and Simmon scopes for them for when the grand-kids are ready for them.
I took my daughter with me hunting before she could hunt herself. Later we went to Africa for 20 days and both hunted. Now they take the kids with them hunting and have a place to kill pigs. Yesterday my daughter got one with a head shot and her husband got one running with a heart shot.

Raise them right

[splithoof]

I’m so fortunate with my kids firearm/gun culture interests, that I don’t know where to start. Both started out very young, one (daughter) now teaches weapon skills full time for Uncle Sam, and the other (son) works full-time for an established FFL, building rifles, and selling everything else. Both like to hunt. Every year, the three of us attend several week-long classes at together at Gunsite, and at other times during the year, I bring along for classes whichever can get time off to attend. Being that they are in their 20’s, of course I fully fund all these adventures, and enjoy doing it. Those times we spend together are truly priceless.
Lastly, I find it both interesting and humorous when we all get together, and the two of them have friendly conversation about who gets what from the old man’s collection. They each have their favorites, and are very content to share.

[tradecraft]

Younger folks are on Reddit, not here.