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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jaja78, post: 2727422, member: 81355&quot;]h</p><p><br /></p><p>While I think this is true, I also feel like the kids are, in a way, being primed to develop &quot;the collectors gene&quot;. While showing/explaining what I was doing to an 8 year old his quick response was an excited &quot;cool like Pokémon, you got to get them all in all their versions&quot;. </p><p><br /></p><p>I know, I know, we can all collectively groan about Pokémon now! But the thing is, the kid started &quot;collecting&quot; coins all on his own. Just modern pocket change but still. He saves them, looks at them, compares them. When ever he rides the subway he wants to put bills in the machines to get presidential dollars back. Every time he sees a coin older than 2000 he&#039;s convinced he&#039;s found &quot;a really old one&quot; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now admittedly, he not nearly ready to do any research or real studying and has the briefest of attention spans, but he&#039;ll get there, I&#039;m just letting him get there at his own pace.</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s hope out there, I think we just need to let the youngin&#039;s and the not so youngin&#039;s get there in their own way.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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