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Extending a little charity to your father, maybe he recognized your strengths and helped you develop those. Maybe, for some reason, handiwork is not your thing
by dhimes 7y ago
Extending a little charity to your father, maybe he recognized your strengths and helped you develop those. Maybe, for some reason, handiwork is not your thing so he was directing you to where you felt more joy.
My father also was both technical and handy, and while I would enjoy an afternoon working with him on something or other, I didn't naturally drift toward it. I had a couple of small projects (a weight bench is one I still remember) and I never got very far with it. It worked ok, but was kinda shitty. I never put any love into it.
But the Heathkit digital electronics course? I couldn't stay away.
- manmal 7y agoWell you cannot expect a 6yo to know how to correctly hold a soldering iron, I guess :) I don't think his critisicm was warranted at the time.
- yayana 7y agoYeah, I think the most charitable explanation is that as one gains expertise one is looking for and increasingly helped only by ever more critical and precise review. One may have trouble seeing the difference in what a beginner needs and think "better" review is a short cut around "wasted" time.
- joshspankit 7y agoTo extend the charity a little to the side, maybe he built his self-worth on handiwork and had the all-too-known imposter syndrome so his preference for doing it himself was actually a subconscious way to avoid being seen for how flawed he thought he was.