My dad always wanted me to help him, unfortunately I was usually relegated to the "hold this for me" role, so I could never get into it, and considered it a chore. It was not until I took auto in school, that I actually took an interest in working on cars.

Kids will lose interest fast if they are just holding things, they need to be involved. I wish my dad involved me a little more, I missed out on learning a lot of useful stuff.