Sins of the father
My six year old son had been in a bit of strife at school clashing with his literacy teacher and getting himself in trouble.

We had a talk about it and came to the conclusion he should keep his head down, do what the teacher asked and stop fighting the system.

He took it on board and the issue at school went away, so I decided a reward was in order. He always has liked remote control stuff so in the airport one afternoon I picked up a remote control helicopter for him.

We took it to the park to give it a fly, and me, the super Dad decided I should fly it first to show him how to do it.

With in 10 mins I had got it stuck up a tree twice, crashed it upteen times and been generally rubbish at flying a remote control helicopter.

The little fella had inquired a few times while I attempted to destroy his helicopter when he would get a turn. I handed the control over to him, expecting worse results.

He took off, flew over the trees, did a few circuits of the oval we where on and brought it in for a pin point landing. He then showed me how to do a few touch and go maneuvers, how to use the remote control to trim the aircraft and how to control the speed and lift for smooth landings.

He offered me back the controls to have another go but, I declined. Failure to fly it was not the issue, I didn't need the little shit rubbing it in.
(bad_advice QOTW survivor from the first trollocost!, Thu 3 Dec 2009, 14:39, 2 replies)

Does he have a games console?
My dad has the same problem when it comes to r/c vehicles. He's much too vigorous with the joysticks. Makes too abrupt movement and lets thenm flick back to the center. However all his sons (me included), because we use the joypad on the PS3 (and previous games consoles from a young age), have essentially been practicing for hours on end, making driving/flying any kind of r/c vehicle pretty much like playing a computer game. So it's not your fault, it's just you lack the practice he's had.
(wehttamman via B3ta for microwave, Thu 3 Dec 2009, 15:17, closed)

He has had an X Box
since he was 4.

That goes in the bin when I get home.
(bad_advice QOTW survivor from the first trollocost!, Thu 3 Dec 2009, 17:49, closed)