I've been teaching my kids juggling recently and it's really rewarding. I initially got into circus skills in the 90s when my family would regularly visit Mushy

I've been teaching my kids juggling recently and it's really rewarding. I initially got into circus skills in the 90s when my family would regularly visit Mushy Pea in Manchester, a shop which inspired quite a few kids in the region, I suspect. There was a carpark outside our house when we were growing up and I could be spotted most weekends riding my unicycle round and round for hours. I was never great at anything, but it's one of those skills that has a fantastic ratio of impressing people to actual effort and skill (Rubik's Cube is another). Eventually I could juggle four balls, clubs, knives and rings and I've never really forgotten the muscle memory. I think it's brilliant with kids because they can see, with even a single ball, how quickly it's possible to improve with practice - it pays back quite quickly in a way that many other hobbies really don't. But once a kid knows practice does actually make perfect, it's a lesson they can take to all other walks of life, even when it takes much longer to notice yourself getting good. Sad to discover from this site that my Mills' Mess is only a Half-Mess though. Going to have to work to rectify that!