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Reply to "The Big Disappointment- Children"

While growing up in the late 50's early 60's, both my brother and I had our own Lionel layouts.  We each had one locomotive and a handful of cars and one accessory each.  They were seasonal from the day after Thanksgiving until we lost interest usually about mid January.  We had cousins and friends that had permanent layouts so trains were never totally out of sight.  Once in high school, our thoughts turned to cars and girls.  When I had a family of my own, my dad brought over my old Lionel train and the Christmas train tradition was renewed.  All three of my kids enjoyed helping to set up the train around the tree but it was never their thing.  Like many of you have already stated, video games seemed to occupy all of their free time.  If that's the case in your family as well, don't be discouraged.  My middle child seemed at times to be obsessed with gaming.  We made sure that he had other opportunities to explore but he always came back to his games.  Today he has dual majors in Computer Science and Mathematics and works as a Software Engineer.  After only four years, he's rapidly approaching the salary I was making as an Aerospace Engineer with 45 years of experience.  He and his brother still play games on-line together at least once a week.

John

OGR Publishing, Inc., 1310 Eastside Centre Ct, Suite 6, Mountain Home, AR 72653
800-980-OGRR (6477)
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