You can help mold your boy into a man you'll be proud of by taking him on special father/son activities. These kinds of activities allow you to spend some needed one-on-one time with your boy. And they're particularly conducive to bonding. Men don't like to sit face to face and talk about their feelings. It's much easier to open up when we're doing something side by side, and we can just let the talk flow naturally as we cast a fishing line or tinker with tools.

Below we've come up with a list of 11 awesomely manly activities that you can do with your son to strengthen the paternal bond with him. You can even do these with your own father to re-connect with him as well.

A father and son fishing is an iconic image of paternal bonding. Andy Griffith took Opie fishing all the time and look at the relationship they had.