tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841851020927689161.post952245588769241461..comments2024-03-19T08:40:36.481+11:00Comments on Life with Aspergers: When Playtime Turns Bad (Saving the Toys)Gavin Bollardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13833941398375568706noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841851020927689161.post-1903075094655689582013-10-14T22:30:05.939+11:002013-10-14T22:30:05.939+11:00@AlysonRR
There are instruction booklets you can ...@AlysonRR<br /><br />There are instruction booklets you can download from the Lego website or buy from ebay if that's a problem. If it's about the parts possibly missing, Lego stores and their website have individual pieces you can buy or get them from ebay. <br /><br />Sorting...start with piles of the more prominent pieces to get the huge pile to less visually right away (example: if there are 100 pieces of the 6 x 12 Lego "dotted planks" and a few pieces like wheels and bricks that are underneath them being hidden, start with the planks).<br /><br />then sort by size then color within that pile you created but keep them next to each other. This applies to all pieces. Technic pieces usually have holes in the bricks, so that will be easier to know the set where they belong.<br /><br />Happy to help. I'm an adult now but still love Lego. I try to push that onto my kids now. Lol <br /><br />And don't be that parent that throws away Legos when you step on them. I was in my designated play area and mom walked through it, stepped on a Lego, got really mad, and threw it away. Very disappointing. I would mix my sets together but knew I had every piece from all of my sets...except that one. Lol It's not a big deal now that we can buy pieces online or at the lego store but those didn't exist when I was a kid. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841851020927689161.post-20405940448618719132013-09-19T00:22:45.428+10:002013-09-19T00:22:45.428+10:00May I offer an alternative perspective? I will no...May I offer an alternative perspective? I will note that I am not a parent, so I may be idealistic.<br />This is part of what toys and childhood are for, learning about life while the consequences are lighter. Ideally there is someone to guide us through, but parents aren't perfect and don't always understand.<br />From the perspective of a non-parent, this seems like a golden opportunity. This is a problem you know first hand!<br /><br />If you could turn back time, which would you rather have; your Hotwheels in mint condition or your parents understanding and support? Your writing makes it clear that it hurt to make that mistake and lose those cars, but the lack of understanding compounded the hurt.<br /><br />You may have already intended to do this but.... When it comes time to give the Legos back, some of them are going to be a loss. Be ready to talk them through it and hear their perspective, when and if they realize that loss.<br /><br />This is mostly a response to your last paragraph. You seem like a good parent and to have a good understanding of your kids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841851020927689161.post-50332357395804101812013-09-12T00:57:06.933+10:002013-09-12T00:57:06.933+10:00I love Lego - it's an unalloyed good in the wo...I love Lego - it's an unalloyed good in the world.<br /><br />And I like your blog about living with Aspergers.<br /><br />I have a favour to ask you.<br /><br />My friend's young son Fynnjan has Aspergers and, long story short, has written the music and lyrics for a Christmas song called The Spirit of Christmas.<br /><br /> It has been recorded as a single. We hope to get it to the top of the music charts (in the UK anyway) this Christmas. The money raised will go to the National Autistic Society with a small proportion going to support his local school's special needs team (the people who managed to get him to come out from under the table and socialise a little bit).<br /><br />The favour is this. Could you mention Fynnjan's website between now and Christmas? Basically help spread the word? It's at www.fynnjan.com<br /><br />We hope people will go to the website, register an interest and download copies from iTunes. It's all a massive leap of faith, but hey - it's fun too.<br /><br />Thanks.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841851020927689161.post-13719459917349923522013-09-04T18:35:31.599+10:002013-09-04T18:35:31.599+10:00I was late to realize that the Lego models, which ...I was late to realize that the Lego models, which had been painstakingly assembled by my son according to the instructions, were becoming broken and damaged and lost.<br /><br />I feel bad about it, because part of it was my fault - we moved from a rental to our dream house and had to move the assembled Legos somehow. I thought it would work to just crash them a bit into individual boxes.<br /><br />Unfortunately, the crashed models were then piled into a larger box when I wasn't paying attention and my son feels that it would be impossible to reassemble them. He was sad about it, and still brings it up sometimes. We all are faced with the prospect of thousands of Lego pieces, some of which are specialized, and no idea how to sort them in order to promote reassembly.<br /><br />DS has no interest in creative reassembly - if he can't follow the instructions exactly he doesn't want to do it.<br /><br />It's an ongoing issue, and I feel for you and your childhood realization re: Matchbox cars.AlysonRRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14475207843418392225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841851020927689161.post-48658171733856836242013-09-04T18:34:51.264+10:002013-09-04T18:34:51.264+10:00I was late to realize that the Lego models, which ...I was late to realize that the Lego models, which had been painstakingly assembled by my son according to the instructions, were becoming broken and damaged and lost.<br /><br />I feel bad about it, because part of it was my fault - we moved from a rental to our dream house and had to move the assembled Legos somehow. I thought it would work to just crash them a bit into individual boxes.<br /><br />Unfortunately, the crashed models were then piled into a larger box when I wasn't paying attention and my son feels that it would be impossible to reassemble them. He was sad about it, and still brings it up sometimes. We all are faced with the prospect of thousands of Lego pieces, some of which are specialized, and no idea how to sort them in order to promote reassembly.<br /><br />DS has no interest in creative reassembly - if he can't follow the instructions exactly he doesn't want to do it.<br /><br />It's an ongoing issue, and I feel for you and your childhood realization re: Matchbox cars.AlysonRRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14475207843418392225noreply@blogger.com