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Re: Is too much lego play time for kids a bad thing?
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Tue, 24 Sep 2002 18:56:58 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. 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
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 your son spends every waking moment of every day playing,
then you shouldn't really worry. If he gets outside some and interacts,
he should be fine. If your concerned to the point of breaking down, then just
have him play outside with you or Ms. Gomez so he gets some exercise
and fresh air, and that way he won't get overweight or anything.
You could even take the legos outside.
As for friends, most young kids have active imaginations and are always
imagining things like spaceships and Castle wars.
They'll probably have legos in his classroom anyways.
(they did when I went to Kindegarten.)
My opinion is to just let him play for maybe, 3-4 hours.
Then maybe Ms. Gomez could take him to a park or field and play,
and that way he can make friends.
HTH (I used an abreviation!!) and good luck.
Hasta La Vista, Sean
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