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Re: Is too much lego play time for kids a bad thing?
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Tue, 24 Sep 2002 04:12:35 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Bob Gomez writes:
> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Thanks for any advise/experience that you may have.
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> Bob Gomez
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 now:-/) but is one heck of a builder, problem-solver, and math whiz (which
I partially attribute to building with LEGO).
Bottom line is that there is no better way for a child to express their
creativity than with a "toy" such as LEGO IMO. As Maggie said, be *glad*:-)
-John
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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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| 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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