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Re: Is too much lego play time for kids a bad thing?
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Tue, 24 Sep 2002 05:20:53 GMT
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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 destructive. If you are a serious
builder that keeps models around, your child could as easily be destroying
them which would signal a seriously negative feeling about your amount of
attentiveness to your hobby vs. your child.
It seems quite the contrary. As if your child loves what you do for him and
his imaginative process with the bricks is a signal that he eagerly
anticipating making connections on his own to maybe show you just how
creative he can be as well.
One thing that could be easy to do in this scenario as a parent is to
roundaboutly always one up your child. You might want to try to digress
your lego interaction with him to a level that he can be more a part of and
not inject too much creative assistance with his designs so that he feels
like he is both metaphorically and figuratively putting the peices into
place for the first time.
I would also encourage your child to use his blocks socially. He should
share his hobby with a few freinds. Even if Lego is his favorite thing, he
should eventually want to make more time for his freinds hobbies as well.
I think that your child is blessed to have such a wonderful outlet at such
an early age. Support it. Let the student become the master.
-tk
"Matthew Gerber" <Matthew@BlockType.com> wrote in message
news:H2xE8w.D4M@lugnet.com...
> 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.
>
> (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 just going to have to stay in Duplo/Explore until her
> brother is old enough for System as well.)
>
> > 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.
>
> Now despite Maggie and John's replies, I actually find this
> overboard...especially if he's failing to interact with his mother,
> siblings, friends/playgroup, etc.
>
> Is he doing ANYTHING else during the LEGO play time? Breaks for
> snacks/meals, have TV shows on, play with the baby?
>
> > 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.
>
> ABC's 20/20 ran a story on obsessed early learners in the last few months
> (I'm sorry, I can't remember when, and can't find a link • anywhere...looking
> for one is what kept me from answering you right away). If you missed it, • it
> featured several children who were exhibiting advanced skills at 2, 3, 4 • and
> 5 years old. It was heartbreaking...the one little boy I recall most • vividly
> was so obsessed with reading at age 3 or 4 that he couldn't walk through a
> parking lot without reading all of the license plates on the cars.
>
> If your son is exhibiting obsessive behavior, you might want to consider
> locking away the bricks on a trial basis. See if he pines for the toys,
> moves on to some other obsessive activity, or falls into a more random
> (regular?) play pattern with lots of different toys. If everything seems • OK,
> bring the bricks back out. If he exhibits obsessive patterns with another
> activity, you might want to seek help.
>
> > 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.
>
> That brings up an interesting sub-text: Would you say that YOU are • spending
> an inordinate ammount of time with your bricks? Toddlers are natural
> mimics...is he perhaps emulating you in this behavior? Just another • thought...
>
> > 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.
>
> That's what I was thinking as well...that's why I worked so hard trying to
> find some info for you...sorry all I have to relate is personal
> thoughts/experiences.
>
> > Thanks for any advise/experience that you may have.
>
> I certainly hope it helps.
>
> Matt
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