Guys, the kid is... ten years old. I understand the father's excitment and that we all get cought up in it vicariously - and I think that's great - but lets not forget, there is long road in front of him in life: there will be cars, girls, obnoxious music, disturbing clothing... I say plant the seed and hopeit grows, you can't make it do so, you can just make sure it has the conditions to do it in. I know I have lost touch with a lot of my hobbies and passions through adolescence and the stormy years of adjusting to adulthood - thereis alot of dust on a ot of things I thought I would never put down. But, because I am blessed with nurturing parents, and a father who tirelessly sat with me through hours of model building, painting, and yes - photography, now that I have some perspective, its all coming back, stronger than ever.
Lets not turn this into the kid who can't look at a paino because his parents made him take so many lessons he now has allergic reaction at the mere thought of it - just because he showed some tendency towards it in his early years.
Of course the last part is directed at the "village trying to raise the child", far be it for me to instruct someone how to raise their son in an internet forum - I sincerely hope it does not come across as such. I just think this boy has taken on a bit of a symbollic form here on APUG - the next generation, the new blood we need to keep this alive... Its kind of cute, really!
Peter.
