I was lucky growing up, my dad was really handy and had all kinds of tools I could use. Lots of kids nowadays have no access at all to anything like that, and parents who couldn't figure out how to hang a picture on the wall, never mind actually build anything.

I enjoy teaching the little ones this stuff, but it's pretty exhausting sometimes! I forget sometimes how much energy kids have.

His mom sent me a picture of him this afternoon with his little workbench all set up with a stick clamped in the vise, just going to town on it with a sanding block. All in all, a pretty satisfying project.