Hi,
Over the years relatives and godparents have bought our son any number of lego sets, KNex kits and metal Meccano trucks, animals, cranes, wooden models such as dinosaurs, dragons etc. If I sit down with him and encourage him, he will fairly grudgingly treat it as "work" and do a bit, but he is not absorbed, and if I get up he will lose interest. He does not get absorbed. (This is not a criticism).
But still the toys come. For Christmas he just got a Lego technik boat from a relative.
We jokingly think of these items as rods for our own backs.
He is more of an action oriented person. He wants to be running, exploring, climbing, shooting NERF guns, playing football.
Shall I give up on the construction toys? Shall I tell the relations / Godparents? (Bear in mind they still think the toys have been received with gratitude over the years).
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11 year old still doesn't play with construction toys spontaneously
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coolcazzieuk · 05/01/2019 18:05
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