Ok....on the drift....try a drift sock or what us poor people use is a five gallon bucket....tie it on the side, front or rear, throw it out and let it slow your drift in the direction you want and use the trolling motor to guide you.

Dude if you can flip docks then you can do the other "finesse" methods....they include holding the rod with your bait hanging down, moving with the troller and wait on the thump..lol....you might try "dragging corks behind or beside the boat" use slip corks so u can get the depth...kids see cork go under and then they love fishing...lol...also the corks kinda keep them occupied and if you go through a school of sandbass then just hang on and get ready to retie from all the mess but it is hilarious and fun.

If you decide to take them one at a time....take whoever wants to go the most....then when you two come back with fish....the others want to go and your new "fisherman" will be trying to help teach the others

Both of mine when they were young wanted to go until you got there and started looking for fish....as long as you found them quick you were ok but on the days like now when its tough I would just go and try to get sandbass or some other trash fish where the action is fast and furious until they got tired and started playing then I would hunt the crappie

Biggest thing is going and having fun...pull off on the bank and have a weenie roast or something.....my kids still talk about how good those lunches were....freaking hotdogs with sand in 'em is what i thought they were