To think a 4 year old should know not to push over a giant Lego statue

[sandrabedminster]

4 year old pushes over Lego statue.

That's just a badly behaved child right? Mine at 4 knew not to do things like this because I didn't let then run wild. I don't think the age is any excuse what so ever.

[HappiestMummyAlive]

Why are you being so judgemental?

That's just a badly behaved child right?

You have no right to say that, nor judge other people's children.

[megletthesecond]

You're lucky to have a well behaved four year old. One of mine would and I've known other four year olds capable of some pretty daft things.

[Sparklingbrook]

YABU. Not all 4 year olds are the same.

[sandrabedminster]

Mine were no angles at that age. But they would know doing something like that is wrong. I see it all the time, children that have never heard the word "no".

[Brandonstarkflakes]

Hmmmm, i struggle not to be judgemntal about this. 4 is aurely old enough to know that you dont do this? And the other incident mentioned in thst article where he boyz destroyed the status and their mum took video? That can't be true surely?!

[historyismything]

I don't think YABU. Mine wouldn't do that either! There is a time and place to run around and play; around something that has taken a lot of time and effort to make isn't it!

[mollie123]

it was behind a barrier - surely the responsible adult with the children should have been aware of the possibility that a 4 year old 'could' take it into their head to push it over.
TBH - I was more appalled at the two children destroying the glass sculpture in Shanghai while their mother took a video of it.

[TiggyD]

Children do unsensible things sometimes. That's why they're not allowed to be judges.

[Sparklingbrook]

That barrier was a rope by the looks of it.

[Lilaclily]

I think the fact it was behind the rope barrier should have told the parents that the kid wasn't to cross the barrier
It's appalling
The rubbish strewn at the Beijing museum also is shocking, why didn't the teachers make the children clear up
the world's goes to the dogs

[Gizlotsmum]

See I kind of agree at 4 they should know... But my 4 yr old would have wanted to touch and despite being told no and watched/held I can see how he could have managed it.

[neonrainbow]

Its lego. What do they expect?

[PPie10]

Yanbu, sounds like a naughty boy. A lot of 4yo wouldn't do this.

[NightWanderer]

The one child system in China has caused a lot of children to be spoilt. I'm not saying all only-children are spoilt but there is a philosophy there that until the age of 5 children aren't disciplined then once they start school, it's bam.

I was also shocked at the glass sculpture. The two kids were standing inside the barrier. I get the Lego thing could have been an accident but the glass sculpture definitely wasn't.

[MustStopAndThinkBeforePosting]

Obviously better barriers and supervision would have been great, but my first thought on seeing the picture was along the lines of "what kind of inexperienced idiot makes a leg sculpture that top-heavy? It will barely take a breath of wind to knock it over" - if this 4yo hadn't touched it, it would have been broken by something else later on that day. The sculpture didn't have a stable base and wasn't well designed for a public exhibition.

[AnnaMarlowe]

Well, it depends what actually happened though. Did he push it or accidentally bang in to it?

Either way the parents should have been supervising, although the article I read said that the Mum was extremely apologetic (can you imagine how bad she feels now?)

I felt very sorry for the artist though, all that work.

[Sparklingbrook]

The actual details are a bit sketchy aren't they? Who knows what actually happened?

I am sure it can be rebuilt.

[TormundGiantsbabe]

Did he actually push it though? Or did he just touch it and it fell down because it's a top heavy lego sculpture that hasn't been kraggled? My son is very tactile, he can't resist wanting to touch everything when we go out which is why we don't go to museums without everything behind glass just yet but he wouldn't mean to break it.

And a rope barrier is the world's worst type of barrier - high enough to let kids under it easily, too high to let adults chase after them quickly.

[cleaty]

The lego bricks were glued together, but were not strong enough to endure being pushed over.

[Sparklingbrook]

When my two DSs were that age they loved a car museum. But some cars were behind ropes and not to be touched, and some they were allowed to get in and pretend to drive etc, it was all a bit 'mixed message' IYKWIM. They were always really excited too.

[kinkytoes]

Why should everything be partitioned off to the nth degree just to ensure naughty kids don't break through? It ruins it for others.

[celeste83]

Yes at four they should be beginning to understand right and wrong but they are still young children so should probably be cut some slack. Its their parents who should have been more on the ball imo. This story actually made me laugh when i read it on the BBC website

[cleaty]

The Legoland sculptures apparently, are actually a metal core, with Lego bricks stuck to the outside. That is why they do not fall apart if pushed. From what I have read, it is not possible to build a whole statue made of Lego, and for it to stay together, if pushed over. The only way to protect something like this is for either nobody to touch it, or to put it in a sealed display case.