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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 9294801" data-attributes="member: 18"><p>Yeah I think that's the norm for families with more than one kid.</p><p></p><p>I did see parents who maintained Lego sets (and let's be real, it was down to the parents, if they hadn't made it happen, it wouldn't have happened), but at least during my childhood during the '80s and '90s, those kids were never "Lego kids" as a result of this, because that's incompatible with creativity. Instead they'd get upset or scared if people tried to do anything creative (even mildly) with their Lego (because they knew they'd never to reverse it), and didn't willingly play with it (or only played with some non-set stuff).</p><p></p><p>That's distinct from keeping blocks organised by colour or style/theme or the like when you store them, note. It's a completely different vibe to the parent who "encourages" (makes) the kid put all the Lego back in that specific box, with the instructions, sometimes even back into the plastic wrappers, despite them being opened, to just having a really nice, organised-ish Lego storage system where the grey blocks go here, the big flat bases go there, and so on. The former is antithetical to the creative and experimental aspects of Lego play, whereas the latter tends to be compatible with it (even, potentially, to support it, especially at slightly older ages where kids may have more of a clear idea what they want to create). We kept it somewhat organised along those lines, and I see that with friends and their kids.</p><p></p><p>Re: Passing on Legos, my parents, I think having stepped on one block too many, secretly gave all our Lego (and most of our other toys!) away to the home for orphans (this is not a joke lol) whilst the three of us were at school - to be fair I'd largely grown out of it (I was 12 or 13), but my brother and sister were more than a bit miffed! I don't recommend this as a parental tactic, because it definitely impacted us and made us significantly more reluctant to part with <em>anything</em> - because it was basically like having a part of your childhood just deleted, without your buy-in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 9294801, member: 18"] Yeah I think that's the norm for families with more than one kid. I did see parents who maintained Lego sets (and let's be real, it was down to the parents, if they hadn't made it happen, it wouldn't have happened), but at least during my childhood during the '80s and '90s, those kids were never "Lego kids" as a result of this, because that's incompatible with creativity. Instead they'd get upset or scared if people tried to do anything creative (even mildly) with their Lego (because they knew they'd never to reverse it), and didn't willingly play with it (or only played with some non-set stuff). That's distinct from keeping blocks organised by colour or style/theme or the like when you store them, note. It's a completely different vibe to the parent who "encourages" (makes) the kid put all the Lego back in that specific box, with the instructions, sometimes even back into the plastic wrappers, despite them being opened, to just having a really nice, organised-ish Lego storage system where the grey blocks go here, the big flat bases go there, and so on. The former is antithetical to the creative and experimental aspects of Lego play, whereas the latter tends to be compatible with it (even, potentially, to support it, especially at slightly older ages where kids may have more of a clear idea what they want to create). We kept it somewhat organised along those lines, and I see that with friends and their kids. Re: Passing on Legos, my parents, I think having stepped on one block too many, secretly gave all our Lego (and most of our other toys!) away to the home for orphans (this is not a joke lol) whilst the three of us were at school - to be fair I'd largely grown out of it (I was 12 or 13), but my brother and sister were more than a bit miffed! I don't recommend this as a parental tactic, because it definitely impacted us and made us significantly more reluctant to part with [I]anything[/I] - because it was basically like having a part of your childhood just deleted, without your buy-in. [/QUOTE]
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