When I was little, I used to like to build things out of trash. Id tell my mom to not throw away toilet paper cardboard cores and broken hangers so I could tack them together with hot glue to make a pretend house or some kind of made up invention pretty standard behavior for a small child.
Its only when I got older and observed small children with remarkable abilities that I began to see my childhood exploits as what they were: nonsense.
Thats not to say play or imagination are unimportant, but its videos like the one from Phoenix and Dad on YouTube that bring things into perspective.
Listening to little Phoenix, a 5-year-old boy, explain how to change a faulty wheel bearing on a 2001 Toyota Corolla is just about the sweetest, most informative 10 minutes youll ever spend in front of your computer.
Phoenix discussing the inner workings of the Toyota is almost like hearing a tiny tot speaking in a foreign language, which is also adorable. He rattles off terms like cotter pin, brake hose clamp, slide hammer, bearing couplet and CV axle shaft. I only know those are real things because I Googled them.
Conceivably, you could follow Phoenixs instruction to repair your own 2001 Toyota Corolla, but I like to think of the video is akin to an episode of Bob Rosss The Joy of Painting. I dont watch because Im going to fix a car or paint happy little trees in acrylics. I watch because it makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside.
You have to admire dads mentality, teaching his kindergartener how to repair the Corolla when the adult couldve done it himself much quicker. But, as he wrote in the YouTube description, Who needs education toys when you can work on the real thing?
For those with less of an attention span (and who have an aversion to darling narration), there is a shorter 2-minute cut of the video.
Phoenixs dad said all monetization proceeds from the video would go directly to his son's education.
Its only when I got older and observed small children with remarkable abilities that I began to see my childhood exploits as what they were: nonsense.
Thats not to say play or imagination are unimportant, but its videos like the one from Phoenix and Dad on YouTube that bring things into perspective.
Listening to little Phoenix, a 5-year-old boy, explain how to change a faulty wheel bearing on a 2001 Toyota Corolla is just about the sweetest, most informative 10 minutes youll ever spend in front of your computer.
Phoenix discussing the inner workings of the Toyota is almost like hearing a tiny tot speaking in a foreign language, which is also adorable. He rattles off terms like cotter pin, brake hose clamp, slide hammer, bearing couplet and CV axle shaft. I only know those are real things because I Googled them.
Conceivably, you could follow Phoenixs instruction to repair your own 2001 Toyota Corolla, but I like to think of the video is akin to an episode of Bob Rosss The Joy of Painting. I dont watch because Im going to fix a car or paint happy little trees in acrylics. I watch because it makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside.
You have to admire dads mentality, teaching his kindergartener how to repair the Corolla when the adult couldve done it himself much quicker. But, as he wrote in the YouTube description, Who needs education toys when you can work on the real thing?
For those with less of an attention span (and who have an aversion to darling narration), there is a shorter 2-minute cut of the video.
Phoenixs dad said all monetization proceeds from the video would go directly to his son's education.
