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Thomas-
As a member of SCLTC, I can tell you there are plenty of teenage Serious LEGO
Builders out there (forgive me, I dislike the term AFOL). I meet a lot of
visitors at our LTC shows who are teenagers and/or in college. The teenage
issues are two-fold: Too many things to do (school, work, dating, sports, life)
and the perception that LEGO is not “cool” at that age. I’m lucky that my sons
Thomas (17) and David (14) are building bigger and better things than ever, but
I recognize that there are a lot of pressures for their attention. Still,
building LEGO at 14 and 17 is considerably more acceptable with their age peers
and friend peers than it was when they were in 6th grade. Thomas has had a LEGO
watch for 6 years, and he wears it everywhere every day. In 6th grade, he was
more likely to get teased for it. Now it’s always a “Whoah! Where did you get
that? Cool!”
Hang in there!
-Ted
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In lugnet.people.teens, Ted Michon wrote:
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Still, building LEGO at 14 and 17 is considerably more acceptable with their
age peers and friend peers than it was when they were in 6th grade. Thomas
has had a LEGO watch for 6 years, and he wears it everywhere every day. In
6th grade, he was more likely to get teased for it. Now it’s always a “Whoah!
Where did you get that? Cool!”
Hang in there!
-Ted
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Hi everyone,
I couldn’t agree with this more. Probably the only reason this happens is
because the mind of a 6th grader if far more sensitive to peer pressure and
teasing in general than a teen. Getting older as a person, a teen becomes more
comfortable with who he is, and so too his friends learn to accept that his or
her interests are different from their own, and different from the norm, but a
unique and neccessary part of bieng an individual. I have friends who think lego
is ‘for kids’ and they tell me to ‘get a life’ and ‘grow up’ but in the end I
stick with the brick because I believe in it, and will hopefully, continue to do
so in the future :-)
Legoswami Samarth (16)
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