This thread gave me a chuckle. My 19 yr old son stopped being interested in trains around age 6. Being autistic he has some unique areas of interest in which he has a high level of expertise. One of these is collecting high-end action figures of the Godzilla monster-verse. He teases me about playing with trains and I tease him about collecting dolls. Fortunately, we have several common areas of interest and are quite close. My old layout had a military scene - tanks, artillery, and infantry, etc. I would be running trains to find a line of tanks running down main street, or an rifleman on a roof top, or a howitzer barrel sticking out of a tunnel. His way of being creative and funny at the same time. One time I found he had placed Godzilla and other monsters all over the downtown area and in the mountains. In his own way he liked the layout - just not the trains so much. His favorite Christmas movie is the Polar Express and he has told me that when he has a place of his own he will get a Polar Express set to run under the tree every year like I have now. Of course, when that time comes I will give him the set I have now.
My point is that they may not be interested now, or in the way that you like, but in time may grow to have some appreciation for the hobby we enjoy.
-Greg
