In their defense, my parents forced me to take 2 years of shop class... Ah, then they realized that it was not within their power to give you what you needed, so they did the next best thing! Good for them! Not many parents nowadays are so astute..........
Took apart my first bike at age 8. (Just like my bro did). Asked ded to help me put it back together. He told me: "You took it apart. You put it together." It gave me that: "I can do it" attitude. I did learn from that to keep things "In order" when you take them apart!!
Yes, of course I got it back together and am a pretty good with mechanical things. Don't ask me about alarm clocks though!