01-25-2012, 07:31 PM
I see that I'm not the only good parent out there! 
I believe that it definitely can lead in that direction, but I feel that how they are treated will have an enormous role in whether they stick with it or not. I get the impression that many in my generation weren't treated all too well by our elders in our hobby. I can think of more adults who were jerks to me than actively nice growing up. Even my dad's prominence in the 765 group didn't prevent some of the flunkies from being jerks. Oh well. My dad's encouragement helped considerably.
I think that Thomas and Chuggington (Thomas = great, Chuggington = annoying) will help to make it popular at least until junior high, but I don't know what it will do there after. Based on the number of 25-30 year olds who now obsess about GI Joe and Legos, I suspect that the future is bright for our hobby.
I believe that it definitely can lead in that direction, but I feel that how they are treated will have an enormous role in whether they stick with it or not. I get the impression that many in my generation weren't treated all too well by our elders in our hobby. I can think of more adults who were jerks to me than actively nice growing up. Even my dad's prominence in the 765 group didn't prevent some of the flunkies from being jerks. Oh well. My dad's encouragement helped considerably.
I think that Thomas and Chuggington (Thomas = great, Chuggington = annoying) will help to make it popular at least until junior high, but I don't know what it will do there after. Based on the number of 25-30 year olds who now obsess about GI Joe and Legos, I suspect that the future is bright for our hobby.
Michael
My primary goal is a large Oahu Railway layout in On3
My secondary interests are modeling the Denver, South Park, & Pacific in On3 and NKP in HO
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My primary goal is a large Oahu Railway layout in On3
My secondary interests are modeling the Denver, South Park, & Pacific in On3 and NKP in HO
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