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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 53984, member: 112"]I don't think introducing kids to the hobby is important for the sake of the hobby - it's important for the sake of the kids. Everybody needs SOMETHING in their life. And with kids, if you don't introduce them to something - they'll find something on their own. And it may not be a something you want them to find. Children need one thing more than anything else - their parent's love. But just loving them isn't enough. You have to SHOW it to them. And one of the best ways to do that is by sharing something you can both enjoy. Kids need to interact with their parents where both are on the same level. Where both parent and child can look at the same thing in the same way. Parents are strange beings to children - but that's because we, as parents, look at things differently than children do. But take something like coin collecting or fly fishing - and you can both look at it in the same way. You can share the experience with each other as equals - not as adult & child. And even if it doesn't last - the memories of the times you shared something together as equals - will last a lifetime - for both of you. THAT'S why kids need to be intorduced to the hobby  <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]