Father son journal with 80 shared prompts for boys ages 7 to 14

This father son journal is a notebook a dad and his boy, aged 7 to 14, hand back and forth. Over 33 undated pages you get 80 prompts that take turns between the two of you, plus pages about each of you, shared favorites, would you rather questions, a list of things to try, challenges, letters, drawing space and a yearly growth chart of answers. It arrives as an instant PDF download in US Letter and A4, and nothing is shipped.

Silly one day, thoughtful the next, and always at his pace.

How a father son journal gets boys talking

Dad fills a shaded box, then hides the book in your agreed secret place. His son finds it, answers in a white box and hides it again. No awkward sit-down, just a back and forth conversation on paper.

Five themes shape the 80 prompts: all about us, favorites and big questions, memories, dreams and the future, and would you rather plus just for fun. You can drift from goofy questions to feelings, mistakes and goals whenever he is ready. A bucket list and eight challenges add real things to do as a team, and the admire page plus two letters leave you both something to keep. Nothing is dated, so start today and come back to the growth chart each year to watch his answers change.

Who this dad and son journal is for

• Dads and sons aged 7 to 14 who want talking to feel easy and to stay close
• Boys who open up more readily through writing or drawing than in person
• Stepdads, grandpas, uncles and bonus dads looking for a low pressure way to bond with a boy they love
• Dads who are away a lot or work late and want a small habit that keeps them connected
• Families after a shared activity for Father's Day, a birthday or any regular week

Design and printing

• Simple and elegant: white pages with soft blush pink details that are kind to your ink
• Roomy margins, so a home printer will not crop anything
• Portrait pages in A4 (210 x 297 mm) and US Letter (8.5 x 11 in)
• Undated, so start whenever you like and update the growth chart once a year
• Dad writes in shaded boxes and his son in white ones, so the turn is always clear
• Keep it in a binder or on a clipboard, or ask a print shop for spiral binding so it is easy to pass along

Inside the father son journal: 33 pages

1. 1Cover with a page index, plus space for both names and the day you started
2. 2How it works in 4 short steps (write, hide, reply, repeat), 7 ready journal rules with room for 3 more, your secret hiding place, when you swap the book, a team name or code word and both signatures
3. 3All about Dad. A portrait box for a photo or sketch, 8 basics (nickname, name, where I grew up, birthday, hobbies, job, favorite color, favorite team or sport), three words for me, what makes me laugh, something I am proud of, how I unwind, my superpower and a fact few people know
4. 4All about me for him. A portrait box, 8 basics (nickname, name, age, birthday, hobbies, grade, favorite color, favorite team or sport), three words, what makes me laugh, what I am proud of, what I am good at, what I want to be and a fact few people know
5. 5Our favorites. An 18 row chart Dad and Son fill in side by side (snack, food, breakfast, dessert, season, animal, movie, holiday, book, song, games, sports and more), a same circle, a match count and the biggest surprise
6. 6Would you rather. 14 questions where Dad and Me each circle a pick, a box to invent your own and a count of how often you matched
7. 7 to 10Prompts 1 to 16 to help you learn more about one another, four on each page, taking turns between Dad writes and Son writes, with a line to date each one
8. 11 to 14Prompts 17 to 32 on favorites and big questions, like what makes someone a good friend, what helps when you are angry and the best advice anyone gave you
9. 15 to 18Prompts 33 to 48 about shared memories, from favorite adventures and firsts to mistakes and funny family stories
10. 19 to 22Prompts 49 to 64 on dreams and the future, including goals for the year, skills you could teach each other and places to visit
11. 23 to 26Prompts 65 to 80, would you rather and just for fun, with two drawing prompts, an invention, a superhero team and a plan for a father son day
12. 27Things to do together. An 18 row bucket list with 12 ideas filled in and 6 left blank, whose idea it was and the date you did it, plus what is next and the best so far
13. 28Father son challenges. 8 boxes (7 ideas ready, 1 for you to invent), each with a done on date, a circle for Dad or Me and lines on how it went
14. 29What I admire about you. Each of you writes 8 numbered lines, then a moment you made me proud, one thing you do better than I do and a single word that sums the other up
15. 30Letter to my son, with ideas to help Dad begin
16. 31Letter to my dad, with ideas to help him begin
17. 32Draw each other. A box where he draws Dad, a box where Dad draws him, what I made sure to include and a large box for the two of you on an adventure
18. 33Growth chart of answers. 4 yearly columns for 11 questions (height, age, grade, best friend, favorite game or sport, favorite food, I'm good at, I want to be, I'm learning to, Dad's favorite thing about me, best day this year), the biggest change, what has not changed and a short note from both of you

Your download includes

• Father Son Journal, US Letter PDF (33 pages)
• Father Son Journal, A4 PDF (33 pages)
• Read Me First, a short printing guide (PDF)

How to download and print

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• Print only the pages you need, as often as you like, for your own personal use.

Good to know

• It is a PDF made for printing rather than a hyperlinked digital planner. You can still import it into most note taking apps and write on the pages.
• You get a digital download. Nothing physical is posted.
• Colors on paper can look slightly different from your screen.
• Made for personal use. Sharing, reselling or redistributing the files is not allowed.
• Digital files are not returnable. If one will not open or print properly, email us and we will help right away.

How this was made

Designed and written by PetiteDiary. AI tools helped draft parts of the text, and some background scenes in the preview images were created with AI. Every page was designed, reviewed and checked before release.

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