# Embarrassing Dad Traditions 'Wave At The Bus' Features a Father Who Dresses up for His Son By Peter Vallas | Published 2011-06-07 | Unique Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/wave-at-the-bus References: [heraldextra](http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/education/precollegiate/article_7d8a3537-6b7e-5186-9784-c4c6cd2047a8.html) & [waveatthebus.blogspot](http://www.waveatthebus.blogspot.com/) 'Wave At The Bus' is both a hilarious website and a joke played on Dale Price's son Rain that probably got him made fun of a little bit. This wacky tradition started at the beginning of the school year and will continue on until school is done this year. The whole thing started when Dale thought it would be funny to [embarrass his son](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dad-cant-draw) on the first day at a new school. For the first day as [the bus](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/school-bus-safety) arrived to pick rain up, Dale was promptly in front of his house waving and being silly. Then he decided to make it a challenge to make it creative and hilarious every school day of the year. If you visit the Wave At The Bus website you can see the [hilarious costumes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mens-wearhouse) Dale has came up with. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 6.7/10 - Popularity: 94% | Activity: 99% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 70% men, 30% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Unique](https://www.trendhunter.com/unique) > [Pranks](https://www.trendhunter.com/pranks) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Personalized Parenting:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop apps or services that allow parents to create personalized traditions or experiences for their children. - **Social Media Challenges:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create platforms or apps that enable people to share and participate in viral challenges like 'Wave At The Bus'. - **Humorous Family Interactions:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Produce comedy shows or online content centered around funny and relatable family moments. ### Where This Applies - **App Development:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Build mobile apps that facilitate personalized parenting experiences or enable social media challenges. - **Entertainment:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create comedy shows or digital platforms that focus on humorous family interactions and traditions. - **Children's Education:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop educational tools or services that incorporate personalized traditions to engage children in learning. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Cheeky Father's Day Promotions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dad-jokes2.md) - [Pizza-Branded Dad Promotions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/za-for-pa-fathers-day-gift-shop.md) - [Dad Joke Candy Hotlines](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/laffy-taffy-laff-line.md) - [Fathers Day Short Films](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/care-makes-a-dad.md) - [Humorous Parenting Guides](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/eat-pray-cry.md) - [Hybrid Fruit Candies](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/laffy-taffy-fruit-combos.md) - [Footwear-Based Father’s Day Giveaways](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/good-dude-giveaway.md) - [LED Stop Arm Extensions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/school-bus-safety.md) - [Redesigned Father's Day Cards](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/fathers-day-redesign.md)