Help stabilizing telescope
A &quot;Celestron Powerseeker 114AZ&quot; Google turns up old reviews at Amazon.com and .ca. Most are somewhat critical of the mount.
In all honesty that is to be expected at this level. Many amateur astronomers are unhappy with the amount of wiggle in mounts worth many thousands of dollars. A little tweaking might help just don't use much more than finger pressure on the tools.
The telescope is supposed to be OK optically. Putting the optical tube on a dobsonian mount might be a good father and son astronomy project.
For what it is worth that 114 telescope is probably ten times better than my first telescope. I was as proud of that thing as any kid could be. As adults we tend to forget those sorts of memories.