My children had no desire to learn any of this stuff except to wonder why I had so many different kinds of tools.

And then one day I showed my Son how to replace the brake pads on his Porsche. He was stunned at how easy it was and he was even more stunned at how much money he had just saved since all he paid for was a set of pads.

Why did the shop charge so much for such a simple job? That was all he wanted to know. Because they can do it and you can't was the only reason I could give him.

So he got interested pretty quick and so did the other Kids. Even my Daughter knows her way around a set of tools now.

All I had to do was to show them how it was to their advantage to learn and they went after it.