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Re: Is too much lego play time for kids a bad thing?
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 24 Sep 2002 17:51:04 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Bob Gomez writes:
> Dear fellow AFOL's and parents,
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> I have a 2 year old son (almost 3) and a 1 year old son. ...[snip]... 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.
> [snip]
> 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'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 big-time introverted kid who obsessed with Lego (and my
own toys in general), rather than, say, playing with friends, sports, etc.
And as a result (I think) I was kinda undernourished socially (made it
rather awkward as a teenager). [then again, this wasn't at age 2, this was
from age 5 to 18-- and I didn't have siblings or parents who were there
during the day to really relate to socially either]
However, I will say it does sound a bit young to be so obsessed with Lego. I
don't think I'd be worried (were it my child), unless it had been going on
for a while (maybe... a couple months of continual obssession? I dunno, hard
to say). Otherwise, if it's only been going on for a couple weeks or
something, I'd think it's perfectly normal to go through obsessive phases. I
might very well try and get him interested in other things. Not forcibly,
mind you, but enough to perhaps spark an interest.
I read someone else's suggestion that they'd recommend locking the Lego away
for a while and seeing how he takes it. And while that may be a good test to
see how he might obsess otherwise, I think I'd be worried that it would all
the more make him obsess about the Lego; since it would be the "forbidden
fruit", and there may be some increased sense of nostalgia for the toy he so
fondly remembered playing with...
DaveE
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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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