Most children grow up playing card games. It starts with card games like Go Fish and other matching games and turns into strategic trading card games like Yu-Gi-Oh and Pokemon. Children usually stop playing these types of card games. Some children want to continue playing as they grow into adulthood, but they face obstacles such as peer pressure and parental ideals and worry about whether they should do what they want or do what they feel is expected of them. They. Anything in life could be a productive lifestyle, including things from one's childhood, such as a simple card game. Card games are seen as something that is done during someone's childhood. It's natural for someone to grow and change their interests. Society has opinions about what a certain age group should do and how they should act. Most teenagers want to hang out with friends, date, play video games, go to parties, work, and/or focus on their studies. As an adult you are expected to find a career and build a life around it with a family. There is no room for childish things like card games. It's a natural change in focus as you get older. The problem is that the way people live their lives is not the same as anyone else's. People like to play card games. Some like the strategic part of the games, others the graphics of the cards, others are simply good and don't want to stop. This doesn't make them different from other children, but they simply show a different interest than others. Because of this, a kind of peer pressure is put on that kid who likes to play card games. Some of their friends have grown up and want the person to like what they do and leave it behind as something that is seen as childish. Others are bullied by b...... middle of paper...... someone will be against it or doubt you can do it. They haven't done the research and put in the time you put into choosing what you want to do. A trading card game has similar characteristics of many things that are applauded by people like sports and money management, but they are not seen as a great thing that one should spend their time on. All lifestyles have their positive and negative aspects. One lifestyle might be better than another, but people perform better when they do something they enjoy doing. The only way it works is if you do your best at whatever you want in life. It is good to follow your own path and not a path laid out for you by someone else's ideals and standards because you have your best interest in mind. Whether it's card games or anything else, nothing you do should be considered a waste of time. Ultimately the choice is yours.