I have a daughter that are 15 years old. She helped me with some rock molds today and I can tell that she likes it. I can see the satisfaction in her eyes when she removes the plaster from the molds and look at the result. She also helped me with some vermiculite mix and she thinks just like an artist, so inspiring to see. That’s really nice. Do you guys have a daughter that helps you build? Just a little curious.
Electro:
I have a daughter and a son, neither of which has ever been all that enamored with trains. But my 4 year old grandson (my 27 year old daughter’s son) is totally train crazy and can’t get enough of them … I’m his “Grampa Trains”. [swg]
Electro, I have three grown daughters, and only one has expressed an interest in helping me with my railroad. Unfortunately, she has been severely ill the past four weeks while I have been going full bore on my hardshell and scenicking, so she will miss much of it.
When they feel like helping me to refine my scenery, I will encourage them to appraise what I have done, and to change and experiment to improve the realism. Of course, they must check with me first.
I would even welcome them to run trains with me, but I have not been in a position to run them myself for months.
I am pleased to hear that your daughter wants to help you. She sounds like a good kid.
-Crandell
Joe, I edited my spelling of daughter, hehe. In Sweden we spell it dotter. Thanks for pointing that out.
Crandell,
Sorry to hear about your daughter. Is she, at least, on the mend?
Tom
So…what’s her phone number? [:p]
It does often seem to skip a generation, as Tony Koester related in one of his columns not too long ago. Seems his children aren’t much into it, but his grandkids are. My oldest was heavily into Thomas when he was little but it doesn’t seem to have stuck. His little brother never really got into it at all. There’s still time though.
–Randy
My 6 YO and 13YO daughters both enjoy riding on and running trains, but they don’t much care for all the other fiddly things that go into making a layout
Both my sons could care less, age 20 and 15. Their generation is GAMING GAMING GAMING. I suppose in 20 years they will be bidding on gaming software on ebay they played as kids, like we do now with trains[:)] (and matchbox cars).
I never was interested in my Dad’s toys either, so I guess it stands to reason my kids wouldn’t be interested in my toys.
My two grand daughters like making dioramas, if that counts.
My daughter is also 15, and she could care less. Every now and then, though, I catch her and her gang looking at the layout and pointing things out to each other. I’ve tried to draw them in by naming local businesses after her and her friends. Annie’s Antiques, Katie’s School of Dance, and Max’s School of Rock are all featured, and I’ll be putting in Madame Adrienne’s Fortune Telling Parlor once the decal paper shows up. Yesterday, I got a request for “Suzanne’s House of Beef,” which I assume is a sub shop.
So, be happy that you’ve still got this kind of connection with your girl. I envy you.
Me first [:D]
shoves out of the way quit bickering I was first in line.[:D][8D]
we’re waiting.[:D]
-dekruif
I like gaming too, but that doesn’t keep me from enjoying this great hobby.[:D] I think I’d like one of those new Nintendo systems coming out in a month.[:D] After that, maybe a Big Boy.[:D][:D]
Ill never have kids. [:(]
I have no kids but like to hear about the youth today getting involved in something other than video games or drugs.
Nice avatar. I wish I could model the BNSF, but my layout era stops in the year 1995, so I’m stuck with plain old BN.[:(]
Ok I dont know how, what I am about to tell you would fit but here. Heres how it goes in my family (I have no kids yet not even a g/f yet). Anyhow My dad likes trains, always has as long as I can remember. Now my brother was into them when he was younger then he started noticing girls and cars. Now I have been in trains for awhile I think since 97 but enjoyed the layout my father had set up when my brother and I were kids. Now my Nephew likes trains he tried to build a layout at my brothers ex fiance’s house so now I let him have an area on my layout. So technically it didnt skip a generation. Whats funny is my brother isnt it to it but he will voice his opinion on what I have done, and also gives suggestions one more little note he watches Tracks Ahead.
I grew up with atari, nintendo, sega and advanced to PS, PS2 but I still prefer going down and building something. Then if it doesnt go the way it was suppose to I put in a nice violent game and pretend the enemy is the problem I had lol.
Thanks, Tom. She saw a specialist a couple of days ago, and is now under his care. She will be okay, but will be miserable until surgery in a few weeks. I’m sure she feels worse for not being able to do all the things she’d like to do, so my expectations are paltry in comparison. I’d just like her to better.
-Crandell
Neither my son or my daughter had any interest in my layout, but my oldest granddaughter does. She started getting interested around age 5 or 6 and soon started helping me with scenery and structures. She has inherited her mother’s artistic talents (which her mother certainly didn’t get from me!) and does an excellent job with scenery. She likes assembling structures and painting them. She is also very good at painting figures. When she was about 8 or 9 y.o. she painted a bunch of figures for me, putting a lot of detail into their clothes, and even painting different skin shades to rrepresent different ethnic groups. I model in N scale so you can imagine what it’s like to paint detail on those figures. She completely dislikes wiring and hasn’t shown too much interest in running trains. Her interests are in the artistic and creative side of model railroading. She’s 13 y.o. now and still likes to help me on my layout. Unfortunately, her family is about to move out of town, so I’m losing my #1 scenery maker and painter. Maybe in a few years my other granddaughter, who is 4 y.o. will take an interest in helping grandpa with his layout, but it would be too much to hope that she will have the artistic talents of her cousin.