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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 (...) (22 years ago, 24-Sep-02, to lugnet.general)
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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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In lugnet.general, Maggie Cambron writes: <SNIP> (...) Or perhaps stud off the old brick in this case :) --Anthony (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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"John" <John@TCLTC.org> wrote in message news:H2xD0z.ApM@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) with (...) positive (...) discovering (...) (which (...) *glad*:-) (...) I too am the parent of a child who will litteraly spend hours in his (...) (22 years ago, 24-Sep-02, to lugnet.general)
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I semi agree. Although I personally don't have any children, I can imagine that as a parent its totally correct to question what your child's obsessions are. Fistly thank god its something as mature, creative, and logic oreinted as building, and not (...) (22 years ago, 24-Sep-02, to lugnet.general)
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"Matthew Gerber" <Matthew@BlockType.com> wrote in message news:H2xE8w.D4M@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) find (...) [ ... snipped ... ] Are your concerns about swallowing bricks or some other reason? In our house we used to be very worried (...) (22 years ago, 24-Sep-02, to lugnet.general)
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(...) find (...) My daughter, Grace, is almost two and she has a Rubbermaid shoebox full of System parts. She only plays with them supervised. Her box has 2x2 bricks, 2x4, 2x6, etc, the larger FreeStyle windows and doors, big wheels and (...) (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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(...) Choking hazard. Though I'm the first one to ignore toy age guidelines if I feel the child can handle something, most System bricks are small, pointy and just the right size for blocking a windpipe. Anything small enough to be swallowed will (...) (22 years ago, 24-Sep-02, to lugnet.general)
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In follow-up to my replies: Others have touched on it, but I see I forgot to include it in my replies (i really meant to say this)...toddlers ARE obsessive by nature. I'm sure all of the other parents will tell you about their kids only wanting to (...) (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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