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Mel, my father took me to the train station to watch trains when I was a little lad. He had a strong interest in trains, but as he had to do some of these father and son things, he had to take me along [(-D]. Unintentionally, I developed an interest in trains through this which was followed by a love for model railroading when I was given my first own Marklin train set at the age of 7. My Dad never took the time to play with my trains, together with me. I developed that liking all by myself. He did not lend me a helping hand when I started to build my own layout - I did it all by myself! OK, he took me to the lumber yard so I could buy the necessary lumber to build the table. I was at the same age as your grandson is. Ask him whether he would like to build his own layout - at his place! If so, help him acquire all the materials he needs for that enterprise. Then step back a liitle - let him do the job, let him make the mistakes and help him if he wants your help. You´d be surprised how handy a 9-year old can be! But before that, get his parents to approve to all of it!
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