I don't understand the mindset that our kids (or grandkids, or ggkids, or whatever) need to be interested in the same things we are.
My father thought that way. He was big into antique gun collecting and Civil War reenacting. It was not that I wasn't interested in what he was into, but that I wasn't as passionate in what he was into. I've been a reenactor for many years, but not every weekend like him. Therefore, he ignored me because I didn't go with him to every event. My kids weren't into what he was into so he had no relationship with his grandkids. Very sad indeed.
My 3 daughters are adults. One has picked up my musical performance talents, and one wants my antique car really badly. We have no grandchildren (yet, or maybe never. Doesn't bother me). As for the trains, My one married daughter asked for a postwar set to run around her Christmas tree, which she enjoys very much. I drug my youngest daughter to York for several years, which she actually enjoyed, until she aged out and got a part time job and started college. My collection is inventoried and valued. If they decide to keep or sell, I really don't care. All three of my kids are artistic, musical and my youngest is in to fish-keeping. Not my interests per say, but I love 'em just the same, with or without choochoos.
