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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People are awfully sensitive to the criticism about creativity and lego kits.  It's been discussed for decades.  I mean I guess you can keep on arguing anecdotes against studies, but your anecdote doesn't change research.[/quote]

This is DCUM. Most folks here have been raised on the idea that Good Parents buy More, More, More for their kids, and the idea that they've fallen for marketing and their kids might not be benefiting from their well-intentioned yet lavish consumption is a very threatening one. Just look at how angry people get on the threads where it's pointed out that homework isn't beneficial to young children or that there aren't any long-term advantages in learning to read early. Anxious wealthy Moms want to believe that they're preparing their children to Get Ahead and Win Life, and here you go bringing research into this.
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Arguing like some are that lego sets kill creativity is absolutely absurd and quite laughable.

Is free play MORE creative? Of course.

But anyone who knows anything about children knows that to state building a lego set kills creativity is just silly.

Lego sets do not kill creativity.

The kids are imagining things as they build the sets, stretching their minds and seeing things in different ways which becomes a springboard for more creativity.

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