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Nerds...the 2nd Generation

Beastette
Beastette Posts: 1,497 Member
edited December 2024 in Social Groups
My 3 year-old just stood his diminutiveness in front of the flatscreen, gestured with his left hand, and commanded, "TV...ON!".

How to reward such prodigy? How have you passed on your dorkdom to the younger generation?

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  • BrettPGH
    BrettPGH Posts: 4,716 Member
    Everytime we're at the comic book store.

    Or when we watch cheesy movies together.
  • jenbit
    jenbit Posts: 4,252 Member
    lets seee they watch anime with thier mommy and Tia. We also have them watching the cartoons of our youth (gargolyes, thundercats ect) My girl is already reading manga lol.
  • _Christine_
    _Christine_ Posts: 1,385 Member
    My 8-year old is reading Nancy Drew but the graphic comic version. It's like the perfect blend. <squee!>
  • Beastette
    Beastette Posts: 1,497 Member
    lets seee they watch anime with thier mommy and Tia. We also have them watching the cartoons of our youth (gargolyes, thundercats ect) My girl is already reading manga lol.

    I really, really miss Gargoyles.

    I teach them words like: greaves, breastplate, kraken, teleportation, and quantum. I also watch "Into the Universe" with them. Steven Hawking is their Mr. Rogers.
  • fbmandy55
    fbmandy55 Posts: 5,263 Member
    My son's daily attire:

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    He's got about 20 superhero costumes in all.... 6 lightsabers, a web shooter, etc...

    He love's really dark movies- Van Helsing, all the batman movies, v for vendetta. I can't wait until he starts reading!!!
  • escloflowneCHANGED
    escloflowneCHANGED Posts: 3,038 Member
    lets seee they watch anime with thier mommy and Tia. We also have them watching the cartoons of our youth (gargolyes, thundercats ect) My girl is already reading manga lol.

    I really, really miss Gargoyles.

    I teach them words like: greaves, breastplate, kraken, teleportation, and quantum. I also watch "Into the Universe" with them. Steven Hawking is their Mr. Rogers.

    Parenting , you're doing it right!
  • Coolhand1969
    Coolhand1969 Posts: 821 Member
    Well, they've all become big fans of Magic:The Gathering..
  • Beastette
    Beastette Posts: 1,497 Member
    lets seee they watch anime with thier mommy and Tia. We also have them watching the cartoons of our youth (gargolyes, thundercats ect) My girl is already reading manga lol.

    I really, really miss Gargoyles.

    I teach them words like: greaves, breastplate, kraken, teleportation, and quantum. I also watch "Into the Universe" with them. Steven Hawking is their Mr. Rogers.

    Parenting , you're doing it right!

    Thanks, but I worry. The little one has all the makings of a super villain. I fear I'm just giving him the tools he needs...
  • ScottyNoHotty
    ScottyNoHotty Posts: 1,957 Member
    Well, they've all become big fans of Magic:The Gathering..

    My boys all want to play with my Beta Land Tax/ Chains of Mephistophles deck!!

    Also, my 9 y.o. is better at Super Mario 3 than me now.....:mad:
  • pinuplove
    pinuplove Posts: 12,871 Member
    My 11yo is a walking Star Wars wiki, has definite opinions on which Star Trek series is best, was Spock for Halloween last year, collects Lego sets and comic books, is a better gamer than I am, and got seriously excited when he heard Joss Whedon's name in conjunction with the new Avenger movie. Yes, he knows Joss Whedon. I take this parenting shtick very seriously!

    Alas, my 8yo is not a geek. He's quite the black sheep in our family :tongue:
  • msunluckythirteen
    msunluckythirteen Posts: 335 Member
    My 15yr old was a comic book geek from the beginning! He lived in his Batman costume when he was younger. He went everywhere in it and I mean everywhere and I let him!!! He is a huge comic book geek and I go to him for all my questions regarding superheroes. He is also a huge Star Wars geek and we went to the midnight screening of Revenge of the Sith in costume (both of us). He was a padawan and I was Shaak Ti. He is a serious video gamer, but what teenage boy isn't. He is huge into Dr. Who, Torchwood (he hasn't seen them all. I did screen the sexier ones from him.), The IT Crowd, Monty Python, Firefly, and all the other required geek watchings. And is huge into zombies. We watch Walking Dead together and he has seen all the required zombie movies. He is not into Star Trek or Lord of the Rings though. And Lord of the Rings is my all time favorite so I am a little saddened by this. I plan to take him to Dragoncon next year and he already has one costume Ghost from Modern Warfare and the other the main guy from Assassins Creed (don't play so I don't know his name) and has already made his retractable knife piece for his arm.

    My 10yr old is an art geek already, but not so much Sci fi or fantasy. She has already sold paintings at craft fairs I have vended at. The Sci fi/Fantasy is only a matter of time though I am hoping.
  • jenbit
    jenbit Posts: 4,252 Member
    LOL my son came out of his room the other day and I had to do a double take. My 6 yr old had on his red ninja costume with his batman sunglasses a cape, the sword from how to train your dragon , his buzz light year blaster and his thor helmet.. He told me he was just being prepared.... Plus both the children were very upset that I was going to see the Avengers without them lol. I had to tell them I was going to take them to see it after Mommy saw it first.

    Plus I busted my 8yr old princess reading by flashlight when she was supposed to be sleeping the other night
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