A few years ago, my then 11-year old DGD wanted me to teach her to sew. So, even though my DD had one of my older Singers (Athena 2010) she bought DGD one of the small Janomes for about $80 or $90. She loved it and used it quite a bit for a couple of years. Now she's 15 and I think sewing is the very last thing on her mind! The Janomes are pretty good, I hear.