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Is too much lego play time for kids a bad thing?
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Tue, 24 Sep 2002 03:06:43 GMT
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Dear fellow AFOL's and parents,
I have a 2 year old son (almost 3) and a 1 year old son. I have a concern
about my almost 2 year old son. This is my concern. I have lots of Lego in
the house. I have set up my son with a bunch of lego probably 1000 pieces
that I got at a garage sale for him to play with. My concern is that he
spends alot of time playing with them. I work all day, my wife is home with
the kids and I have noticed that some days he spends several hours, like 5
or 6 hours a day playing with them. He loves to make little rocket ships for
all his Lego men to fly around in. He also loves to play with my pirate
ships that I rebuild for him after work on a daily basis. In general, he
just loves to play with the Lego stuff all day. I find it fascinating to see
what he builds and "how" he plays with them. I know it’s a good thing and I
also know that it’s better than watching TV.
My concern is that it seems obsessive. Maybe I’m crazy. When I was a kid I
also spent alot of time playing with Lego and I know it did me no harm. I’m
a pretty new parent and I just wanted to see if anyone else has had these
types of feelings.
I guess the big difference is that when I was a kid my dad did not have
65000 Lego bricks in the house for me to play with. He also did not "want"
to play with them as much as I do. To me it just seems like its all kind of
too much.
I’m sure many of you will respond that "there is no such thing as too much",
but I have a real concern about this.
Thanks for any advise/experience that you may have.
Bob Gomez
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Message has 9 Replies:
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| (...) Wait until they discover Playstation-- you'll be wishing they were once again obsessed with LEGO. Seriously, LEGO is probably one of the best toys for your son to be obsessed with because of its open ended play value. I wouldn't worry-- heck, (...) (22 years ago, 24-Sep-02, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I echo Maggie's sentiments. Having raised a son who was indeed obsessed with LEGO as yours is (my son is now 12), I can say that it has been only a positive experience. He never watches TV, never played video games (just discovering them (...) (22 years ago, 24-Sep-02, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) (Quick sidenote: PLEASE be careful with two toddlers playing with System bricks! My kids are just 3 and almost 1, and I've had to keep my LEGO away from both for safety's sake...not that they don't seem to inexplicably find it! My daughter is (...) (22 years ago, 24-Sep-02, to lugnet.general)
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| In lugnet.general, Bob Gomez writes: ... (...) ... (...) Hi Bob: My wife is a play therapist. She spends her days with children, from 2 and a half and up, playing. Children at 2 are acquiring mastery at creating, distroying, imagining. Playing with (...) (22 years ago, 24-Sep-02, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I'd probably say that in general, being obsessed with Lego is one of the *better* things to be obsessed with, although I'll also echo that it has lots of potential to be something which will draw time away from social experiences. I was a (...) (22 years ago, 24-Sep-02, to lugnet.general)
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| Hi all, Just to add my two cents to everyone else's great comments. The only downsides I see are a lack of exercise and a lack of social interaction. The social interaction is easily taken care of if he has some friend who also likes to play with (...) (22 years ago, 24-Sep-02, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Well, I know the AFOL's are supposed to respond to this, but I thought it'd also be good to have a KFOL chime in. Obviously enough, theres no such thing as to many legos, however there could be a case of to much at one particular time. Unless (...) (22 years ago, 24-Sep-02, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I think you answered your own question, didn't you? :) After all, the only thing a kid needs to survive, besides LEGO bricks is love (1)..... and you can't give them too much of that. (...) In all seriousness.... I was a kid who spent many a (...) (22 years ago, 25-Sep-02, to lugnet.general)
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| First of all, I want to thank everyone who replied. I never thought people would respond so quickly and with such good advise. I would like to follow up by stating that my almost 3 year old does not put Lego in his mouth anymore. (Except for the (...) (22 years ago, 26-Sep-02, to lugnet.general)
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