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Re: My Lego Obsession & Philosophy
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 5 Nov 1999 04:07:44 GMT
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Laura-
Next time you see your mom, give her a great big hug and thank her for
encouraging you. During one of my husband's internships, he worked with a
female engineer from Sweden who was *beaten* by her father when she tried to
play with Lego as a child. (She was ignoring her dolls.) Open-minded
parents are a gift.
Beth Reiten
Laura Gjovaag wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Nov 1999, James Brown wrote:
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> > when I get negative remarks about my Lego obsession, I often respond • [SNIP!]
> > "It's cheaper and safer than smoking/drinking/doing drugs"
>
> When I was a teenager, if my Mom and I were on a shopping trip, she'd
> often buy me a LEGO set. Every once in awhile, a clerk would sneer at me
> as if it were a stupid thing to be buying for a person my age. My Mom
> would quickly jump in with "I'd rather have her at home modeling with
> Legos than out on the street, or doing drugs, or doing any of the
> thousand other things kids do to kill themselves these days." Nine times
> out of ten, the person would look ashamed and apologize.
>
> I never went through a proper Dark Ages, thank goodness. Part of it was
> due to an extrememly open-minded Mother.
>
> -Laura
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| (...) Beth, I am happy to see she rebelled against her father. Becoming an engineer after a childhood like that is an accomplishment. <ICS> You need a license to own a dog, but anyone can have children. (27 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) [SNIP!] (...) When I was a teenager, if my Mom and I were on a shopping trip, she'd often buy me a LEGO set. Every once in awhile, a clerk would sneer at me as if it were a stupid thing to be buying for a person my age. My Mom would quickly (...) (27 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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