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Exactly! I could be screwing in a screw and my son would enjoy it and be delighted about it.

I remember watching my dad fix things when I was young, and I can confirm that this is indeed the case. It didn't matter what he was doing, I wanted to be watching. Carpentry, ditch-digging, vehicle repairs... It just didn't matter what.

I can't remember how many times he said, "Don't play where people are working." Also, (to Mom): "How many times have I told you not to put my tools away before I'm done working?"

Ahh, the memories.

I was changing the oil and my 3yr old came over to hug me under the car. She put her arms around my torso and pulled - really hard. She wanted to help me up, probably thought I had fallen. My wife arrives to see her hugging me on the floor yelling "Mommy, I'm helping Daddy!".

My daughter was overjoyed with excitement to help me put a mouse-trap outside by a hole. She didn't even touch anything, but then runs inside to tell mommy "I helped daddy!".

I work with a guy like that I do something, he stands there watching and when the boss walks in he says "We fixed it!"

My son enjoys whatever I am doing, be it gardening, fixing something in the house. It amazes me that by just watching me he has become quite a handymanny himself

I (attempted) building a flower box from wood and screws a while back. I spent quite a lot of time watching my dad build things in his workshop while I was little, but never really jumped in and did something myself.

It amazed me how much I knew and was able to do just because of me watching my dad do it.

My uncle was a carpenter and as a kid I used to just watch everything he and his team did. I can pretty much attribute all my engineering skills to that watching activity. I think my son would turn up the same :)

Handy Manny is a household favourite :-)

Yup. But then, nobody would post that story on HN :)

Couldn't agree more, this had nothing to do with Linux.

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