I have no idea how to help you there. I have 4 kids 8, 7, 4, and 18mos. The 8 year old refuses to watch any kind of sports with me. He is into science and engeneering type things. Things that I am not too interested in. We love fishing together and camping, but sports...not at all. My 7 year old daughter loves the cheerleaders. Couldn't care less about the actual game, but loves the cheerleaders...oh and the sno cones and nachos. That's about it. My 4 year old daughter will sit with me for about 15 minutes, but then she is off playing on the piano or singing something different. She could sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" at age 2. It's still her favorite song. I am trying to teach her the National Anthem and she enjoys that, but that is just the beginning of the game. My only hope is my 18 month old boy. He loves playing with basket balls, foot balls, and anything he can throw or kick. I did buy a Kirelinko/Jazz shirt for him...he doesn't know what it is, but he is my last hope of having a BYU buddy for games. I will probably get him a BYU shirt this fall and see what he thinks.

All I can say is don't force them, or you will be watching by yourself and you will have an upset wife on your hands.

Good luck to you j2b03.

I started many years ago by taking one child at a time with me to BYU games. When they were young they were more interested in snow-cones and snacks. Before the football, I did the weekly grocery shopping and took one child at a time. We live in SLC so with travel it really was a day out with dad. We sat at the top of the north endzone. Father/child bonding time.

Now 20 years later they are all in their mid 20's, two are BYU graduates, and they ALL come with their spouses to all the home games and I have to buy 8 tickets each year (of course they pay for their own but I buy to keep us together).

They are more rabid fans than I am by far. I don't for a minute think that it would have happened by just watching the games on TV. It was the in person experience that made it happen! They fell in love with the game and the atmosphere. My daughters and my wife attend the BYU Women's football camp and last year we took my 78 year old mom to the camp. She was so impressed with Bronco and the program, that this year she is also coming to the games with us.

Good luck!!!

I'm going to make an observation from the opposite side. I don't have kids yet but can't help but think my dad's attitude helped me become the BYU fan I am today. Growing up, we lived in southern idaho so a trip to BYU was a long journey and more traffic than we saw in a year. Usually 2 games a year was the most we got to go to. We would listen to the pre-game show on the way there, run into the game, eat some food (that was the part we liked the most because my parents didn't take us out to eat ever) and me and my brother would always come home with a football. I don't remember the games too much, but I do remember the rubber BYU footballs and me and my bro acting like we were BYU players in our backyard and always barely beating the imaginary teams we were playing with. (For some reason we always picked ND to beat). I fell in love with the creamery at this time too. As we got older we started enjoying the games more and I remember being so frustrated that BYU lost to Utah 2 times in 3 years at LES and watching the Utah fans run on the field and pull down the goalposts. I'm sure that's where my rivalry blood started flowing. My dad never pushed us and simply provided us the oppurtunity to enjoy something that he did. I was hooked quick and couldn't get enough BYU anything, but my brother took a while longer. He's at BYU right now and is also a huge fan. In the long run your relationship with your kids is way more important than their interests. I was always glad that my dad supported ANY worthy cause I was trying to pursue, I never felt pressured to perform better than I was able, just do my best. I guess what I'm saying is just enjoy your kids and they'll come around just fine.

My daughters and my wife attend the BYU Women's football camp and last year we took my 78 year old mom to the camp.

Wow! What's her 40 time?

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