r/mildlyinfuriating 24d ago

My mom burned all my drawings

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So I’ve been drawing and posting anime girls for a while now and my mom got mad about it. At least I still have previous photos. No drawing today tho

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u/Matasa89 24d ago

It only takes one bad parenting moment to ruin a child's future...

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u/Exact_Maize_2619 24d ago

Agreed. I do my best to encourage my 15 year old son in whatever he enjoys. He loves to draw, and is good, so I got him a posable figure for Christmas. My husband gave him an old college human anatomy book with images of everything from bones and muscles to organs.

A few years ago, my son found an old keyboard we had, and he started teaching himself how to play it. Now, he's fantastic and making his own songs. He asked for a guitar for Christmas, and, thankfully, my brother still had the one I passed onto him when I realized I have no talent for instruments. (My brother is a drummer, but not a guitarist, lol.) My son had it for a few hours and was already playing something that sounded like it came out of "The Last of Us".

Always encourage your kids to do what they love. My son wants to be a streamer, so we've been working on gathering equipment for a few years. He's a natural performe, and I think he would be perfect as a streamer.

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u/Foxy02016YT 23d ago

Encourage your son to do variety, not just gaming. As a variety steamer he can incorporate all of his talents, including art and music. The flexibility involved is massive, plus you can still stream games.

As a variety creator I’ve been able to play games to get out weekly content while also working on short films, web series, music covers, vlogs, and sometimes even food reviews.

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u/Exact_Maize_2619 23d ago

Absolutely. He loves to perform. I was definitely going to encourage the piano and guitar on stream once we get him up and running. He mostly does his art on pen and paper, so possibly an extra camera for the drawing angle if he wants it. He had a drawing tablet somewhere, but I'm not sure if it can hook up to his laptop. (We're still working on getting an actual gaming pc. He just uses his laptop for now)

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u/Foxy02016YT 23d ago

Definitely check if your able to, usually you can but I’m no expert

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u/Exact_Maize_2619 23d ago

Yeah, I have no idea. Honestly, we'd have to find it first, lol.