I know what you mean. I went on a shop hop once and at one shop, there was a woman with her daughter doing the hop and the shop people made a comment about the daughter being too young to be on the hop and didn't want to stamp her card (true, some people were bringing family members to increase their odds of winning), but this girl did quilt. On the other hand, my LQS at my old address had kids camp all summer to introduce boys and girls to quilting, so keep looking and there should be other options to share your joy of quilting, including this board.