Are we a nation of child-men?

[Perd Hapley]

"Doing things with dad" described a typical boyhood, prior to the Industrial Revolution. 

In that context, doing things with dad meant laboring alongside dad.

And?  "Doing things with Dad" is still a very old idea.   

[Joe Demko]

In the modern American context, fathers doing things with sons is seldom defined to mean laboring in the fields or mines alongside each other.

[Perd Hapley]

Why is that difference important?  Again, it's not at all clear what point you are trying to get across.  Why did you bring it up at all?  How is "doing things with Dad" relevant to the topic?  Did you think the article or the thread was about fathers and sons spending quality bonding time? 

[Joe Demko]

Most of the "sane" men my age I know grew up doing things with thier fathers.  They learned traditon from them.

[Perd Hapley]

Oh, you mean that thing jamis said right before your post?  [Wipes egg off face.]  Point taken.