Thursday, October 06, 2005
Take a Kid to a Car Show
I’m sure you’ve heard this before, but I feel that it’s worth repeating over and over again. Kids require direct supervision and there’s no better way to supervise your son or daughter than taking him or her to car shows. When kids have something they can focus on such as cars it stimulates their young minds and causes them to dream. Some of the best car designs came from young minds that were allowed to dream and be creative.
It’s easy to work on your car and include your children in simple tasks such as cleaning wheels or polishing bumpers, but many parents do not. By training your children at a young age to learn not only about cars, but about the reasons you travel great distances to these shows; to meet nice people and see cars similar to yours with better features.
Some of us are getting older and have no plans for the vehicle that we’ve poured our hearts, souls and money into. When we depart this world and leave our most prized possession behind, wouldn’t it be nice to have our young adults continue our hobby rather than simply selling the vehicle. Tomorrow’s engineers are on the horizon and it behooves all of us to do as much as we possibly can to encourage them to become automotive engineers. Our current engineers don’t have the ability to create cars that are light, fuel-efficient and spectacular-looking wrapped-up into one vehicle. When I say fuel efficient I’m talking about 60-mile-per-gallon gasoline cars that are great to look at, not some rounded glob with big wheels. So the next time you prepare to attend a car show, take that future engineer along for the ride, you’ll be glad you did!
It’s easy to work on your car and include your children in simple tasks such as cleaning wheels or polishing bumpers, but many parents do not. By training your children at a young age to learn not only about cars, but about the reasons you travel great distances to these shows; to meet nice people and see cars similar to yours with better features.
Some of us are getting older and have no plans for the vehicle that we’ve poured our hearts, souls and money into. When we depart this world and leave our most prized possession behind, wouldn’t it be nice to have our young adults continue our hobby rather than simply selling the vehicle. Tomorrow’s engineers are on the horizon and it behooves all of us to do as much as we possibly can to encourage them to become automotive engineers. Our current engineers don’t have the ability to create cars that are light, fuel-efficient and spectacular-looking wrapped-up into one vehicle. When I say fuel efficient I’m talking about 60-mile-per-gallon gasoline cars that are great to look at, not some rounded glob with big wheels. So the next time you prepare to attend a car show, take that future engineer along for the ride, you’ll be glad you did!
