Victorian Era Drones: How Model Trains Transformed from Cutting-Edge to Quaint
I would also toss the word &quot;masculine&quot; into the discussion.  In the old days it was very unusual for a kid not to grow up exposed to a culture of masculine hobbies.  Of course Dad had some tools and a couple sawhorses in the garage, all Dads did.  Exposure to &quot;Dad Hobbies&quot; at age 5 leads to interest in &quot;Dad Hobbies&quot; at age 30.  I personally remember swinging a hammer on the plywood underlayment of a HO gauge model railroad layout and lots of hours going ham radio stuff with my Dad, and my kids are having the same experience.  In my youth that was a standard experience, today that is every unusual.<p>Culture changes, and the vast majority of children today are like &quot;Dad?  What is a Dad?  You mean mommies friend?&quot; or &quot;Dad hobbies?  Dad has no hobbies because Mom took all his money and his house in the divorce.&quot;.  Naturally those kids are not going to grow up interested in &quot;Dad Hobbies&quot; other than by accident.  There are other interesting aspects of the de-masculin-ization of childhood.