Q. My little boy doesn’t play properly with his toys. He is always taking them apart and putting them together in odd ways. I will sit down with him and try to get him to see how things work, but he either gets mad at me or wonders off. Should I be concerned?
A. Welcome to the world of boys! The essence of boys is to take things apart and see how they work and then try to put them back together in another way. That is why boys traditionally like building blocks as there are no right ways to put them together. Give your son broken appliances, cut the electrical cords off first, and some screwdrivers and let him play with those if he likes to take things apart. You may have a budding engineer in the house. Do make sure that he understands that he is not to mess with working appliances.