Handy and Capable: Teaching Kids Basic Home Maintenance and Repair Skills
Last weekend, my fourteen-year-old son noticed a slow drip from the kitchen faucet and, instead of calling me or ignoring it, he walked to the garage, pulled out the tool kit we’d assembled together, watched a tutorial video, and tightened the connection that was causing the leak. When I walked into the kitchen and found the drip gone and my son washing his hands with a satisfied smile, I felt something I can only describe as parental awe. This was a child who, three years earlier, had never held a screwdriver. Now he was independently maintaining our home. ...