Quote Originally Posted by RICHARD
I just want to tell all you parents out there that organized sports are fine and dandy. Music and art are O.K. too.....

But in the end, challenge your kids to be handy with a screwdriver and a wrench-hammer and nails.

Don't get flustered when they ask you questions about "how does that work?" or "what are you doing?" Let them in on the secrets!
When my nephew was younger he had (well he still has it) ADHD. He was VERY VERY VERY hyperactive and found it hard to sit down and concentrate on one thing. BUT...... there was always one thing you could get him to sit for hours with..... and that was any kind of appliance or electronic device that was broken. He didn't usually end up fixing it (although it did happen a time or two) but if our toaster broke we would give it to him and just let him take it apart and see all the insides and then he would put it back together. he just LOVED to see how things work. None of us knew how to fix a toaster persay..... and it wasn't really that he wanted to know how to fix it. He just wanted to see all the parts and learn (on his own) how each part worked and how it worked as a whole..... and through learning what each part was he figured out on his own how to fix it and make parts work again. It was a really great mind exercise for him and he was so interested in it.