All my grandkids learn how to sew and attend sewing camp for a week when they are 9 - I have 3 granddaughters and 4 grandsons - they all love it. My son cooks, cleans, makes jelly and salsa - he is awesome - he also lifts weights and can fix anything in the house - he built his own room when he was 16 - did the wiring, hung a suspended ceiling, paneled the walls with blue knotty pine. Don't you know boys can do anything?