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There's nothing wrong with someone only liking the follow instructions aspect of Lego and not the fully creative DIY aspect. I think one of the weirder parenti

There's nothing wrong with someone only liking the follow instructions aspect of Lego and not the fully creative DIY aspect. I think one of the weirder parenting things is a parent trying to get their kiddo to like something in exactly the way the parent wants and anything else is a failure. "I built my Legos without instructions and we had fun! Kids these days...!" But then parents don't realize they misunderstood the entire point from the beginning. Legos were never a magic device to make someone creative. They were always just a way to try and sneak creativity into people. It just doesn't always work. Some people pick up Legos and make castles and cars and all this stuff, while some people pick up Legos, make a box house, and give up. Maybe your kiddo is secretly part of the gives up camp, but it's satisfying for them to follow to build instructions. What matters as a parent is that you gave them an option to be creative. And that's super cool on its own, y'know?

jeremyjh 5y ago
My son treats Lego sets like a model airplane: build it once exactly to spec, put it on your shelf in your room, never change it again. The one difference maybe is they will get played with more. Yet he's very creative with Magna-Tiles in exactly the same way we played with Legos when I was a kid (I was born in 1976). I do think part of the difference is the presentation and marketing of the set, and how specific some of the pieces obviously are. Yes, some kids can be very creative with these sets, but Lego the company would prefer you buy another set.