<p>[Teen’s</a> dad spends school year waving at bus, embarrassing son | Deseret News](<a href=“http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705373877/Teens-dad-spends-school-year-waving-at-bus-embarrassing-son.html]Teen’s”>http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705373877/Teens-dad-spends-school-year-waving-at-bus-embarrassing-son.html)</p>
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<p>Hilarious! I’ll have to remind my kids that we could be much worse!</p>
<p>Love this …</p>
<p>I liked the comment on the article about how the dad just gave him a years worth of memories.</p>
<p>This is a <em>big</em> commitment from a parent for something silly. I bet the star-athlete who wishes his parent(s) would attend just one game would give anything for that type of support.</p>
<p>That was a great story, thanks for sharing it.</p>
<p>I can’t believe some of the comments under the story however. I guess everyone can see an ‘issue’ with almost anything.</p>
<p>I was just looking at that site … TOO FUNNY! I think it’s very sweet and funny. Although the boy might have been a bit embarrassed in the beginning, I think it will make for great memories and I think most kids on the bus probably appreciated his efforts. My call of “make good choices” as I dropped off DD at the high school each morning (before she could drive) pales in comparison.</p>
<p>I love it!! I have to think this father has a good read on his son and would use good judgement in deciding how much is too much. As a parent who has continued to volunteer and be involved in the school well into my teens high school years they appreciate you being there, being connected, knowing their friends, and taking the time to be present in their lives. It comes in many different shapes and sizes.</p>
<p>A cute story. Thanks for sharing, zoosermom. :)</p>
<p>That is so sweet. Of course my D would have killed me in my sleep had I done it.</p>
<p>When I used to drive D to school I started out with “make good choices” as my parting words, but then it morphed to “Better drowned than duffers” from one of our mutual favorite children’s books. I got a lot less of the eye rolling with the latter.
Our big parental threat for D was sending H to school to pick her up wearing a combo jester/snow hat. It kept her in line for a couple years. ;)</p>
<p>I loved the story!</p>
<p>My 24-year-old daughter sent the link to us on Saturday accompanied by “I guess it could have been worse.” Got a laugh out of it then and just enjoyed it again.</p>
<p>Now that I am long past school bus age and my mother is gone, it would make my day to hear her call out “happy day” and wave one more time. You don’t always appreciate what you have when you have it. </p>
<p>I think my kids would have run away if I did the daily wave in high school.</p>
<p>lol…what a great punishment threat for bad behavior: If you do XXXX then I’m going to wave at you everyday when you ride the bus for 2 weeks (or more depending on the infraction).</p>
<p>love this story!</p>
<p>I see the bones of a great college application essay 
Rain is very fortunate to have a dad like Dale Price.</p>
<p>I was inspired Dale Price’s great attitude. He could have sulked around in self-pity after losing his leg, but instead poured himself into a humorous show of affection for his son. And he also provided an alternative kind of embarrassment to counteract the possible embarrassment Rain might have felt about having a one-legged father–thereby making himself more cool than crippled.</p>
<p>Kinderny, I have to ask- what book is “Better drowned than duffers” from? It’s not ringing a bell for me, bus seems like something I should know.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>^^^It is from “Swallows and Amazons” by Arthur Ransome</p>
<p>The full quote is “Better drowned than duffers if not duffers won’t drown”</p>
<p>lololu “for the win”. It is a great book. We read it aloud to D when she was about 8 or 9 (skipping most of the first/set-up chapter so we could “get to the island”). It and its sequels (“We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea”) became family read aloud favorites.</p>
<p>Today, on D’s second to last day of h.s., I made sure to use “our line”.</p>
<p>I have trouble getting out of my PJs to see my kids off in the morning. I invested in night clothes that can “pass” for day wear for that purpose. I give the guy a lot of credt.</p>