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What a 15 year old needs to get a man card.. suggestions please

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  1. Canadian border VT

    Canadian border VT

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    ohh, just as an heads up my soon to be 11 year old daughter will be helping with half this stuff (not saws only because she is not strong enough yet) because at 18 she needs to have a I don't need a man card!
     
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    Many good points above but I think there is the entry level man card and then the advanced versions. My list for the entry level would include:

    Common curtesy and manners, know how to treat people both friends & foes.
    By 18 he should know how to feed, clothe, and shelter himself. Get a job, a house or apartment, and basic cooking skills.
    Basic technical skills, including home maintenance, car, and equipment/tools use & care.
    Know when to walk away and when and how to stand up for oneself, friends, or strangers that need or deserve help. And how to tell the difference.

    Most the other stuff just earns extra credit on the "advanced man card".

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    yah got me on the double negative...lets keep this on topic..for a while;)
     
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    If he does he gets no man card I sign!
     
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    How to identify various species of trees.
     
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    I would say #1 is to have respect and integrity! If you have those everything else will follow.
     
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    You're speaking in woodhoarder talk about how to identify crazy women..and when to walk away
     
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    oh good idea like a Jr operators license at 16 to a full license at 18.. this may be a point
    :sherlock:

    if only because what 30 man listens to 17 year old kid any way besides if he can master half of this he is well on his way!
     
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    Crazy/hot scale. Know it. Abide by it.
     
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    basod, darn I didn't even learn that until thirty.. problem with the knight in shining get armor, who deserves the rescue! and who made bed they are sleeping in...
     
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    Then he shall invoke is it crazy hard but hot.
    or crazy easy but leaves you wondering why?
     
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    the hardest of life lessons are those we have endured first hand - if you don't learn from them...then shame on you.
    It's hard to ever instill that specific life lesson on a 15-16yo.. remember most of us males were walking hormones at that time
     
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    lukem, I needed that chart like 25 year ago. 2nd girlfriend was redhead and I have dated all categories of the danger zones... enough said thank heavens I am happily married now!
     
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    Learn to respect women, vets, elderly folks and people with handicaps..........................
     
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    x100!
     
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    true, big thing here is to convince him he CAN learn from other mistakes he does not need to go out and make them all himself. yeah I have often said and tried with him to give him some basics because once a teenage boys hormones go on.. their brain pretty much shuts off til 25 and you just hope they survive it..

    Right now he has 17 YO. brother and 21 YO half brother doing nothing with their lives and he is more afraid of growing up and being a nothing than sweating to earn something.. he asked me what he needed to get a card... both brothers don't have one wants to beat them!
     
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    Basic 1st aid. Iffn you bust yourself up...how to not bleed out...
     
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    Exactly. Nobody likes soggy sandwiches.

    Wait, what we're we talking about?


    :D
     
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    Yes, no soggy sammiches!
     
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