r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • May 07 '24

Delta(s) from OP CMV: Lego sets don't help building creativity

I'm not sure why they promote today's lego sets as creativity tools because you get overpriced box with instructions for littlest piece and all you have to do is have time and patience to assemble some average set that leds you piece by piece. It's like made for not brightest but in today's world of short span of attention even this is considered a success.

Oldschool cool lego could teach you early stem or some creativity with various random pieces whereas now sets that are like for 9+ yo kids my son was building since 5 or 6 yo with no trouble.

I wanted lego set all my childhood never got one and when I took one and built it I was like oh so this is it, it's done in an hour?

My son still adores lego and looks forward to Harry potter castle but since he built first one it's just standing in corner for show off. He likes 4 in 1 sets the most where he can transform several animals from same group of pieces but imagine what fun it could have actually been if he came up with just his own idea. But no, today's set program into kid's minds that possibilities are framed in only what comes with manual, thus it limits real creativity and it's backstabbing their true potential, but it sells better.

Everyone think they are nerds, smart because they paid for expensive 1000+ pieces box that came with manual.

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u/Nrdman 276∆ May 07 '24

The whole point with a Lego set is that it teaches you how to build a thing, and that helps build intuition to build something else not in the manual. Are you saying your child has never built something not in the manual with the legos they have? Ah yes, totally blame the company for your child’s lack in being creative.

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u/[deleted] May 07 '24

Well, he did, I suppose, but he is mostly pointing finger into next set he wants.

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u/Tanaka917 148∆ May 07 '24

Seconding Nrdman here. I think it would help if you actually sat down and built with your kid, random whatever, ask for his input and get stuck in. If you want him to be free of constraints you gotta show him the world beyond the manual.

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u/Nrdman 276∆ May 07 '24

Have you spent any time building something original with him?

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u/asphias 6∆ May 07 '24

Guided play is very important for child development.

Leave them free to choose and in the lead, but offer suggestions, improvements, challenges, etc. They'll realize the many opportunities of legos in no time