Legos and Kids: The Pros and Cons

Legos are both a blessing and bane in our house.

My kids have been playing with Legos for a hundred years.  Or, maybe, it just feels like a hundred years.  We started with the baby Duplos, progressed to those big bricks (also Duplos?), and have now graduated to the tiny little pieces that make me scream every time I step on one.  From what I’ve heard, I think my feelings about those tiny pieces are akin to the way mothers of girls feel about multiple Barbie shoes.  Ouch.

Lego Pros:

  • Help develop small motor skills
  • Encourage creativity
  • Stimulate that how-pieces-fit-together side of the brain
  • Hours of relatively quiet play

Lego Cons:

  • A bazillion little pieces everywhere
  • Countless completed projects, decorating every level surface
  • Tears when a favorite piece is needed, but is already in use
  • Did I mention the bazillion little pieces?

Despite these cons, we’ve continued to encourage Lego building.   All three of our boys spend hours with their creations.  I know that one day in the future my house will be free of the tiny, painful, little Lego pieces.  The floor will be as neat in the evening as it was in the morning.  No new creations will grace my coffee table.

What a sad day that will be.





3 thoughts on “Legos and Kids: The Pros and Cons

  1. My son is 4, so he is just on the border of Duplos vs. Legos. It's coming though. I STILL remember the sound of my brother raking through his big boxes of Legos when I was a kid! (And my mom still has all his old Legos.)

  2. We love Legos. 🙂 We have just entered the big boy Lego. My thoughts are running to when the new baby comes and all of the teeny pieces….

  3. I despise legos…and barbie shoes. I actually have been able to keep barbie out of the house, thank goodness. Have you ever tried Widgets…slightly larger and can make way cool designs as well as tall as the kids. Just make sure you have alot…

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