The Lost Art of Fixing Things

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In the past, people fixed many of the machines they owned. They repaired televisions, radios, or even their ______.

cars

When doing this, skills, “how-to” knowledge, and a love of fixing things passed from parent to ______.

child

Many everyday objects are now too complicated for most owners to ______.

repair

Children are losing what Griffith calls a “culture of innovation and ______.”

<p>repair</p> Signup and view all the answers

Griffith invented an inexpensive system for making eyeglasses and a giant, 3,000-square-foot kite that can produce ______.

<p>electricity</p> Signup and view all the answers

Griffith and some colleagues created Howtoons to pass this idea on to today’s ______.

<p>kids</p> Signup and view all the answers

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