Table of Contents See more Jerry's Tips: ----- :: Fishing Tips ----- :: Boating Tips ----- :: Deer & Big Game Tips ----- :: Turkey Hunting Tips ----- :: Waterfowl & Upland Tips ----- :: Dog Training Tips ----- :: Campcraft & More ----- :: Browse Latest Tips About the Author Jerome B. Robinson has been writing about all aspects of the outdoors for more than 40 years. He started at F&S in 1989 and remains a regular contributor, including his monthly tip column. Although he is a generalist, Robinson is best known for his writing on dog training and on hunting and fishing in the Far North.
You can't force your child to be a sportsman. But if you find the right way to share your love for the outdoors with him or her, you can create the best hunting partner you'll ever have.
I had come to hunting when it was accepted as a natural part of a boy's upbringing. My own son or daughter would be brought up in a world of suburban sprawl and organized play.
To pass along a passion for wildlife and a strong conservation ethic, you need to instill in your kids an understanding of animals that has more to do with science than Disney.
As an overprotective modern parent who gets nervous when my kids ride bicycles to a friend's house, I would not teach my children to hunt if I thought it were dangerous.
Helping a child develop a healthy respect for the wild and a hunter's place in it is a matter of character, and that is not created overnight.
If you give a youngster a tennis racket or a soccer ball or a baseball bat, you can teach him or her about sportsmanship and competition. If you give a boy or girl a gun, you teach that child about life and death.