This boy built a bridge, this father is building a son, great job both!

I love the passion in the kid. This is exactly what you want to get from a kid. Education should be more focussed on making kids do what they are passionate about instead of only looking at grades which causes overstress

Great to see a youngster enjoying engineering

Did Darth Vader mind operating the camera?

thats cool. every dad should spend quality time with their sons thats what makes a real dad

This is exactly what teaching the next generation looks like. Sit back, guide them..shut up unless asked for guidance and let them grow and make mistakes. Be there for them and be prepared with the knowledge they may need

How ingenious! Something to be remembered not only by this clever boy, but also by nearly 400 thousand people who watched this video. Congratulations!

Nice vid and very generous of Darth Vader to run the camera ( his incessant breathing gives him away)

I'm really surprised and delighted to see all these positive comments about the father and son. It's good to see.

you can see the boy's passion put into it. Nice

I seem to remember a Chinese version of this bridge, that was actually used.

Congrats spending time with your kid and promoting/validating his curiosity and creativity.

awwww, the way that kid is bouncing from spot to spot. so excited and full of joy with glee in a wonderful hands on intelligent family fun filled moment:)! it reminds me of my childhood, before the weight of the world crushed my spirit.

How did they get Darth Vader to film them?

Stick Boy has a COOL Dad! He's very fortunate!

scuba camera man

this kid has a massive brain. i like the way he thinks :)

Good Lad, good Dad. Good build!

Best part of this is the man (Dad) is taking instruction from the kid (son).

Good to see you let the kid do the work

I came here to watch a bridge get built in a backyard. Instead, I am captivated by the bond between father and son.

Little man knows his stuff. Good for him

Smart kid, but you can tell he is a kid by just how much joy he got out of knocking it down later. Well done.....

Great boy and father!

Love it! Spending quality time with your child and embracing his interests. Great parenting and a smart kid.

that kid could be playing call of duty or smoking pot and chugging mountain dew instead

the poor guy who had to stand there and film it :P maybe you should invest in a tripod

Engineers call it a friction arch. Leonardo was a really smart guy, and so is your kid! Keep encouraging him.

I have never heard of this bridge before. Thank ya!

In this deleted scene from Rouge One, two Imperial architects build and demonstrate a version of their bridge for Darth Vader, as he records it.

Epic stuff guys, you make it look very easy. Looking forward to building one with the boys soon.

That is some heavy breathing! haha. What an awesome bridge design. Da Vinci was such a genius!

the best part of building something is to knock it down at the end.

Take note men: This is how you spend time with your sons.

Young man has a lot of confidence, and a great Dad ~ Impressive!

sharp kid im glad to see someone is helping to feed that flame! never let it go out.

Was the camera man Darth Vader?

"Ken ah knock it?" Everything about that kid is adorable.

Fantastic for a youngster to learn this. Most adults would not Know.

The cameraman barely survived until the end.

He's passionate about the bridge

I want to build a massive one of these with my daughters in the aisle at Home Depot. Then just... walk away.

i wish i had a father like that or even just a mentor...the world needs a way to give kids everywhere a mentor. i wish tax money went to funding a new job that provides a one on one mentor for kids everywhere

Building a garden bridge in five minutes is a proper job indeed. His knowledge, understanding and youthful enthusiasm is certainly a miracle. Well done, Lad.

Very bright kid. Meticulous about assembly. He will make a great engineer someday.

Wow.. I have such an admiration for how this was done.. bravo

nice job, he enjoyed building it as much as he enjoyed knocking it down :D

what a cool dad! that kid's gonna remember this day :-)

So beautiful to see a father and son working together like this. Congratulations to both of you.

kids gonna be smarter then i ever will be

It's obvious the kid lives for knocking it more than building it. Building it is only a means to an end. The true pleasure is knocking it. xD

It's easy to see the kid's excitement and dad's quiet pride. Good video.

Sweet bridge kid!

you clearly see who is the engineer...great project!

Da Vinci was a real genius.

Was not aware Leonardo designed one of these as well. Not surprised though. I know they had a similar one technique in China. Probably developed independently of each other considering the time frames. Good work on it.

AWESOME! Simply awesome. Great job guys.

Good luck keeping up with this young fella. Good on you for supporting his passion.

And, the boy said, "Dad! I want a lever and a place to stand... to move the earth."

Good to watch. Practical lesson, proof of theory, pride in result. Next, lash each conjunction, make it strong and long lasting. Then find something that needs bridging. Then make a footway. Then really enjoy it.

This should be on the kids channel. Kudos Kid!

da vinci still a smart dude wow

DUDE THOSE ARE SOME SICK CAPRIS MAN!! Also the bridge is neat I guess

Actually this type of bridge construction technique, called a _timber-woven-bridge_ - also known as a "Rainbow Bridge" - had be used long before da Vinvi came up with the idea in western Europe. The Chinese developed this construction technique during the Song Dynasty in the 11th century. There are hundreds of examples of this bridge type constructed throughout China. In 2000, PBS NOVA produced a documentary in their Secrets of Lost Empires series entitled: Secrets of Lost Empires: China Bridge ( kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mdKfkrVz3d-phaM.html ) It's great to see dad supporting his son with his engineering endeavours. Awesome!

not enough breathing into the camera 9/11 IGN

Built this when I was a kid with popsicle sticks. Pretty cool seeing it larger and how much weight it can support.

Great! He will make a great engineer one day.

Dad does not look impressed.

well done that boy, very nice management technique, good to see.

it's cool,I hope I can build this bridge with my children in the future

The kid seems talented.

That's a Smart Kid !

Dango Django! I heard that Leo invented a quicky bridge that the military could carry with them and put together as needed. That was a cool demo.

RIP Da Vinci. great idea. great jop, kid and dad. maybe ,there must be indentations at woods to lock sticks.

I agree with Marlena Linne. I love this video for so many reasons. Well done!

good dad :)

2:22 kid has more lifting skills than 99% of the douchebags i see at my gym; good stuff dad.

very cool. i wonder if any were ever constructed this way.

That just solved my canopy dilemma for my new deck I had to wait six hundred years for this

Great demonstration! Such particularity at a young age will take a young man far in life

this kid is amazing

I am impressed

Cool! You know I’m talking about the son working with his dad. The bridge is not bad either

that is a little boy that will never starve to death. He will be clever his whole life

holy crap.. the sound of breathing by the person filming it very distracting. Really neat application of basic engineering

He tells his dad what to do, but asks his mom if he can break it.

best part about it.......knocking it over and starting again

We need more kids like this.

great project! awesome parenting skills too. reminds me of my dad when i was a kid. I am an engineer now.

Some kids play with legos. Others play with marvelous inventions by great people in history.

god job young man ...its a wounderfull thing to start in this age

This is a method the Chinese had used as well

expanding the mind and bonding, way to go Dad, and the bridge way cool too.

@4:41: Thinks to self, "hmmm, that might be kind of dangerous." Says: "here! you go first!" LOL... just joshin' ya. That looks like a lot of good clean backyard fun, what a great to share learning about physics and engineering with your kid!

This is so cool. Leonardo had some interesting mind.

Love the ending 😂

Just a kid could explain the easiest way to arm this bridge, thank you!

Father and son. Perfect! Great work!

Good job kid on your compression bridge.

Good job , son