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Richard Dee writes:
> On Tue, 19 Jan 1999 23:38:26 GMT, James Brown uttered the following
> profundities...
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> > Lacking children of my own so far, my test group is my three nephews(aged 8, • 8,
> > and 10). I have also noticed the attention deficit problem, but with an
> > interesting twist. They keep coming back to the Lego. Other toys regularly
> I live far to far away to be able to observe such trends, sadly.
> Though during the 2 days he had them, the games to which he
> kept returning were not the Lego, but "Guess Who" and "Gator
> Golf." What few things he created weren't even imaginitive,
> and most play centred on simple constructions of my own.
> (Built a pathetic little house. Rather than he taking any
> interest in reconstructing it, or learning how it was
> constructed, just wanted to play with the minifigs and
> that house.)
Part of that is the age thing. My two younger nephews are by far more inclined
to build something to play with than to simply build something. My older
nephew will build and rebuild something until he likes the way it's built.
> One of the problems, I suspect, is that his parents divorced
> when he was 4 (he's 6 now). He doesn't get enough of the
> right kind of attention he did before. And, although I
> don't see him very often, think that is seriously hindering
> his development. It seems that time spent might concentrate
> on undermining the other parent, and reinforcing their own
> affections and roles, rather than taking the time to ensure
> his development. A great shame, and not an example of societal
> problems either. Unfortunately, a result of the animosity that
> currently exists between the parents!
I suspect that you are entirely right. My brother is in a marriage that (IMO,
at least) is about as rock-solid as they come.
> Still there is hope. I suspect that my parents will move closer,
> in order to be more active in his growing up. We live in the UK,
> they in the US............
that would probably be a Good Thing. Somebody else I know has found themselves
in a similar ackward position taking indirect care of a little boy with an
unreliable (when not in jail) father.
> I somehow doubt you had any interest in this, but I suppose it is
> interesting, and useful to compare......
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