1. Take your niece or nephew along for a joyride or two.
2. Or help them bring a wacky invention to life.
3. Introduce them to your timeless traditions that they'll pass down, too – like fishing.
4. And your other aquatic talents.
5. As well as the talents they probably shouldn't know you have.
6. Blow their minds by letting out a secret or two about their parents' past.
7. Spend some hard-earned cash on a nice surprise of some sort.
8. Encourage them to be resourceful and creative.
9. Be the one who's responsible for the epic life transition from training wheels to a "big kid bike."
10. Offer an open ear when they need one.
11. If they're down, remind them they're the coolest kid in school.
12. Say this a lot less than their parents.
And you'll be guaranteed to stay in their good books.
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