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I’m really worried about Finley’s Lego autism. It’s like he’s in a different world. Nothing keeps his attention like assembling these things.
wrote on 24 Jan 2025, 22:29 last edited by@LuFins-Dad said in Bell to bell:
I’m really worried about Finley’s Lego autism. It’s like he’s in a different world. Nothing keeps his attention like assembling these things.
Eh, he'll be fine. I was just like that at his age and way older, too. Hell when we're putting models together now, my daughter loses interest long before I'm willing to give it up.
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wrote on 24 Jan 2025, 22:31 last edited by
I got Legos every birthday and christmas until I was 12 years old. Yes, be worried.
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wrote on 24 Jan 2025, 22:39 last edited by
Listen, I can occasionally keep him interested in something for 30 minutes… Music, a book, a game, a story being read… But Legos? The kid would sit there for 6 hours straight putting together the larger kits if we didn’t make him switch activities…
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@LuFins-Dad said in Bell to bell:
I’m really worried about Finley’s Lego autism. It’s like he’s in a different world. Nothing keeps his attention like assembling these things.
Eh, he'll be fine. I was just like that at his age and way older, too. Hell when we're putting models together now, my daughter loses interest long before I'm willing to give it up.
wrote on 25 Jan 2025, 00:25 last edited by@Aqua-Letifer said in Bell to bell:
@LuFins-Dad said in Bell to bell:
I’m really worried about Finley’s Lego autism. It’s like he’s in a different world. Nothing keeps his attention like assembling these things.
Eh, he'll be fine. I was just like that at his age and way older, too.
That’s supposed to be comforting?
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wrote on 25 Jan 2025, 00:27 last edited by
@Horace said in Bell to bell:
I got Legos every birthday and christmas until I was 12 years old. Yes, be worried.
Was that the age of pre-designed kits to build a specific object? Or just the bucket of random bricks. I had the latter, and since there was a limit to my creativity I lost interest by 7 or so.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in Bell to bell:
@LuFins-Dad said in Bell to bell:
I’m really worried about Finley’s Lego autism. It’s like he’s in a different world. Nothing keeps his attention like assembling these things.
Eh, he'll be fine. I was just like that at his age and way older, too.
That’s supposed to be comforting?
wrote on 25 Jan 2025, 00:41 last edited by@jon-nyc said in Bell to bell:
@Aqua-Letifer said in Bell to bell:
@LuFins-Dad said in Bell to bell:
I’m really worried about Finley’s Lego autism. It’s like he’s in a different world. Nothing keeps his attention like assembling these things.
Eh, he'll be fine. I was just like that at his age and way older, too.
That’s supposed to be comforting?
(shrugs) Dunno. Figure it out.
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@Horace said in Bell to bell:
I got Legos every birthday and christmas until I was 12 years old. Yes, be worried.
Was that the age of pre-designed kits to build a specific object? Or just the bucket of random bricks. I had the latter, and since there was a limit to my creativity I lost interest by 7 or so.
wrote on 25 Jan 2025, 01:24 last edited by@jon-nyc said in Bell to bell:
@Horace said in Bell to bell:
I got Legos every birthday and christmas until I was 12 years old. Yes, be worried.
Was that the age of pre-designed kits to build a specific object? Or just the bucket of random bricks. I had the latter, and since there was a limit to my creativity I lost interest by 7 or so.
I would just follow the directions and love the creations they led to. I had some friends who were really good at creating stuff without directions, but I never had that ability.
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@jon-nyc said in Bell to bell:
@Horace said in Bell to bell:
I got Legos every birthday and christmas until I was 12 years old. Yes, be worried.
Was that the age of pre-designed kits to build a specific object? Or just the bucket of random bricks. I had the latter, and since there was a limit to my creativity I lost interest by 7 or so.
I would just follow the directions and love the creations they led to. I had some friends who were really good at creating stuff without directions, but I never had that ability.
wrote on 25 Jan 2025, 07:30 last edited by Aqua Letifer@Horace said in Bell to bell:
@jon-nyc said in Bell to bell:
@Horace said in Bell to bell:
I got Legos every birthday and christmas until I was 12 years old. Yes, be worried.
Was that the age of pre-designed kits to build a specific object? Or just the bucket of random bricks. I had the latter, and since there was a limit to my creativity I lost interest by 7 or so.
I would just follow the directions and love the creations they led to. I had some friends who were really good at creating stuff without directions, but I never had that ability.
That was my jam as a kid. I'd make the thing according to spec just the once but would soon get bored with it. Far more fun to make my own stuff.
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Listen, I can occasionally keep him interested in something for 30 minutes… Music, a book, a game, a story being read… But Legos? The kid would sit there for 6 hours straight putting together the larger kits if we didn’t make him switch activities…
wrote on 25 Jan 2025, 13:36 last edited by@LuFins-Dad said in Bell to bell:
Listen, I can occasionally keep him interested in something for 30 minutes… Music, a book, a game, a story being read… But Legos? The kid would sit there for 6 hours straight putting together the larger kits if we didn’t make him switch activities…
Budding engineer.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in Bell to bell:
@LuFins-Dad said in Bell to bell:
I’m really worried about Finley’s Lego autism. It’s like he’s in a different world. Nothing keeps his attention like assembling these things.
Eh, he'll be fine. I was just like that at his age and way older, too.
That’s supposed to be comforting?
wrote on 27 Jan 2025, 12:57 last edited by@jon-nyc said in Bell to bell:
@Aqua-Letifer said in Bell to bell:
@LuFins-Dad said in Bell to bell:
I’m really worried about Finley’s Lego autism. It’s like he’s in a different world. Nothing keeps his attention like assembling these things.
Eh, he'll be fine. I was just like that at his age and way older, too.
That’s supposed to be comforting?
LOL
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@Aqua-Letifer said in Bell to bell:
@89th said in Bell to bell:
@Aqua-Letifer said in Bell to bell:
But she loves drawing, so we throw a ton of art stuff her way. Easels, watercolors, dry erase boards, slates, sidewalk chalk, etc., etc. She has literally buckets. This has been an entirely deliberate move on our part to (1) keep her off of those mother fucking screens while (2) not relying only on restriction, which we see as a failed strategy. Art in this case also provides practice in concentration, which she sure as hell isn't getting in class.
Good for you, dad. Art is a great win, on so many levels, especially at that age.
Well, it's the thing she naturally gravitates toward anyway. Might as well lean into it.
Fin hates drawing or coloring, he likes painting, so long as he gets to pretend he’s Jackson Pollock.
wrote on 27 Jan 2025, 12:59 last edited by@LuFins-Dad said in Bell to bell:
@Aqua-Letifer said in Bell to bell:
@89th said in Bell to bell:
@Aqua-Letifer said in Bell to bell:
But she loves drawing, so we throw a ton of art stuff her way. Easels, watercolors, dry erase boards, slates, sidewalk chalk, etc., etc. She has literally buckets. This has been an entirely deliberate move on our part to (1) keep her off of those mother fucking screens while (2) not relying only on restriction, which we see as a failed strategy. Art in this case also provides practice in concentration, which she sure as hell isn't getting in class.
Good for you, dad. Art is a great win, on so many levels, especially at that age.
Well, it's the thing she naturally gravitates toward anyway. Might as well lean into it.
Fin hates drawing or coloring, he likes painting, so long as he gets to pretend he’s Jackson Pollock.
Might be a boy/girl thing. My daughter loves drawing and assembling legos. She is focused and deliberate. My son is another Jackson Pollock. Very different styles. I'm glad he's not a wimp though... every time I get home from work he (just turned 4) immediately attacks me and wants a ninja/sword/wrestling fight.
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Listen, I can occasionally keep him interested in something for 30 minutes… Music, a book, a game, a story being read… But Legos? The kid would sit there for 6 hours straight putting together the larger kits if we didn’t make him switch activities…
wrote on 27 Jan 2025, 13:01 last edited by@LuFins-Dad said in Bell to bell:
Listen, I can occasionally keep him interested in something for 30 minutes… Music, a book, a game, a story being read… But Legos? The kid would sit there for 6 hours straight putting together the larger kits if we didn’t make him switch activities…
It's good he can focus, at least on some stuff. I have noticed lots of kids around us (including my son, even this morning) after watching something for a few minutes says "I'm bored let's watch XYZ" and I tell him we need to finish what we started, even if it's a short show. I have a good movie-buff friend who has a 9 year old son who absolutely cannot watch a movie. It's "too long, too boring" even if it's a kids movie... the attention span is being absolutely murdered by YouTube hyper editing and infinite-scrolling to change videos every 2 seconds.
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wrote on 30 Jan 2025, 13:04 last edited by
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wrote on 30 Jan 2025, 13:22 last edited by
First they came for my cellphone, and I said nothing because...well, to be honest I couldn't call anybody to complain.
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wrote on 30 Jan 2025, 17:06 last edited by
@jon-nyc said in Bell to bell:
Good for her.
Could PResident Trump sign an executive order to make phones prohibited in all public grade schools?
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wrote on 30 Jan 2025, 17:20 last edited by
He's doing whatever he wants right now and let's the justice system decide what is allowed, 555. That being said, while I would love that, I think this (like many issues) should be a state or even local decision. And watch as those who ban cell phones thrive in test scores, I bet.
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wrote on 30 Jan 2025, 17:21 last edited by
I wonder if the teachers' unions would find some reason to be against this. Just on the basic principle that they hate good things.
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wrote on 30 Jan 2025, 18:17 last edited by
@jon-nyc said in Bell to bell:
Watch this space.
Sanders' first term ends in 2027. Boozman's term ends in 2029. He's currently 74, and will have 28 years service at the end of his term (Congress + Senate).
BTW, Boozman went to college on a football scholarship (Arkansas) and later became an optometrist. You don't hear much about him outside of Arkansas.
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@jon-nyc said in Bell to bell:
Good for her.
Could PResident Trump sign an executive order to make phones prohibited in all public grade schools?
wrote on 30 Jan 2025, 22:49 last edited by@taiwan_girl said in Bell to bell:
@jon-nyc said in Bell to bell:
Good for her.
Could PResident Trump sign an executive order to make phones prohibited in all public grade schools?
What 89 said. But I have no doubt he could issue such an EO and, the same day, issue a statement that the Feds have no role in education and propose eliminating the DoE and not blush.