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Re: A Three Year Old Lego Purist
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Fri, 18 Apr 2003 21:02:19 GMT
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> Max has helped me clean and sort used Lego purchases a number of times.
> When I find the occasional clone brick I throw it a way - he was doing the
> same thing. I am so proud of him.
In a way, this is a bit scarey too because it illustrates how much power a
parent has to shape the values of a child, whether consciously or
unconsciously, whether for good or for ill! Imagine our outrage if the story
was of young Max throwing away a "black" instead of a "block" because of
something Daddy did or said.
It reminds me of an advert here on television some years ago which consisted
of some young children play-acting drinking beer and then arguing with each
other. The voice-over at the end was "every move you make, every drink you
take, someone is watching you".
Kerry
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| My wife called me a work yesterday to tell me that our 3-year old son, Max, wanted to throw away one of his bricks. He was building a tower - carefully selecting each brick. My wife noticed that he got up, went into the kitchen and put something in (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general) !!
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