Sharing the hobby with the next generation...

[bn2cardz]

Dave sharing isn't forcing. I am interested in the cards (and some other collecting) if my daughter wants to see what I am looking at I share it with her. Over time I suspect she will grow out of it, and that will be fine. Just as I suspect she will grow out of wanting to sit on my lap so she can eat off my plate at the dinner table or come running to the door to say "hi daddy" when I get home from work. So if there is something I am interested in that she wants to share with me, I am going to soak it up while I can.

[joeadcock]

You guys are lucky. My daughters have never shown interest at all in cards.

I wish they had, would have loved it.

[mrvster]

to keep our cards valuable and self preserving......

i want to pass mine down one day

[jefferyepayne]

I didn't drag my boys into card collecting, sports did. Once they got interested in baseball and football, they got interested in sports cards. I am guilty of steering them toward vintage cards, though ;-)

Today we go to card shows together and it's become a nice father / sons activity that we all enjoy. Not sure if they will outgrow this activity or not but I win either way! If they stay involved, we will continue to enjoy the hobby together. If they don't, they can give their cards to me cause they have some that I need! ;-)

In general, I think card collecting is a great hobby and, unlike so many other hobbies, the $$$ you spend on it are not flushed down the drain in the process.

jeff

She loves the Monster Pics taken about 2 yrs ago @ age 6. I buy them and she takes then out and puts them away. I am not allowed to touch them at all.

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by Pup6913

I buy them and she takes then out and puts them away. I am not allowed to touch them at all.

Cards were meant to be handled only by children and not adults

[bn2cardz]

I am bumping this old thread to say that my Daughter has graduated to wanting me to read the back of the Goudey cards to her. She sat on my lap and would hand me one and ask me to read it so I read the card to her, then she put it in a stack and continued until the stack was done.

Then this last weekend she asked me to read through last year's REA auction catalog. After reading about the t206 Doyle err card (first lot in the catalog) she went and played, came back and gave me the catalog and turned to lot #2, the t206 Wagner. She wanted me to read more but it was bed time. So I guess the new favorite bed time book for my 2 year old daughter is the 2012 REA catalog.

[Paul S]

Originally Posted by joeadcock

You guys are lucky. My daughters have never shown interest at all in cards.

I wish they had, would have loved it.

My son too. He's 16, and just doesn't dig baseball (cards) although he likes going to the occasional game.
At the end of the line I'll sell my cards and leave the money to him. What gets me is: what if he has his own kid who would absolutely dig heck out of them? sigh

[rjackson44]

my gorgeous girlfriend doesnt care as long as i take her to dinner