Children Grow Up Playing Card Games

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Most children grow up playing card games. It starts out with card games like Go Fish and other matching games and turns into strategic trading card games such as Yu-Gi-Oh and pokemon. Kids usually stop playing these types of card games. Some children want to continue to play the games as they grow into their adult years, but is faced with obstacles like peer pressure and parent’s ideals and worry whether they should do what they want or do what they feel is expected of them. Anything in life could be a productive lifestyle including things from one’s childhood such as a simple card game.
Card games is looked at as something that is done in someone's childhood. It is natural for someone to grow up and have a change in their interest. Society has views on what a certain age group should do and how they should act. Most teens want to hang out with their friends, go out on dates, play video games, go to parties, work, and/or focus on their studies. As an adult it is expected of you to find a career and build a life around it with a family. There is no room for childish things such as card games. It is a natural change in focus as one gets older. The problem is the way people live their life is not the same as the next person.
People enjoy playing card games. Some like the strategic part of the games, others like the artwork on the cards, and some are just good at it and don’t want to stop. This does not make them different from other kids, but they just show a different interest than others. Due to this a type of peer pressure is put on that kid who likes to play card games. Some of their friends grew out of it and want the person to like what they do and leave behind as something that is viewed as childish. Others is bullied by b...

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... someone is going to be against or doubt that you can do it. They did not do the research and put in the time you did in choosing what you want to do. A trading card game have similar characteristics of many things that is applauded by people like sports and dealing with money, but not seen as a great thing one should spend their time doing. All lifestyles has their own positives and negatives. One lifestyle could be better than another, but people do better when they’re doing something they enjoy to do. The only way that work is if you do your best at whatever it is you want in life. It is good to follow your own road and not a path that is laid out for you by someone else's ideals and standards because you have your best interest in mind. Whether it is card games or anything else nothing you do should be considered a waste of time. In the end the choice is yours.

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