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Why wont my daughter defer to me in matters of architecture and construction?

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Beetle73 · 03/08/2006 21:10

Why won't she stick to being the honest builder to my Project Manager, and not try to make architectural decisions?

She's height-fixated. It's all towers, towers, towers. No symmetry, no colour-coordination, no big vision.

Sometimes she chances upon an avant-garde look with a random application of bricks, but it's never functional design. She doesn't have my ability to create versatile living spaces for today.

How do I wrest creative control from my child? And will she be emotionally scarred if I continue to remove her jerry-built bits when she's not looking?

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alexsmum · 03/08/2006 21:11

lol!!!!!lol!!!!!

JackieNo · 03/08/2006 21:15

There was a trailer for the last series of Grand Designs with Kevin McLeod taking over a child's building blocks along these lines - was v funny. I know what you mean - it's very hard not to take over and do it properly.

FrannyandZooey · 03/08/2006 21:24
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jollymum · 03/08/2006 21:30

My dh is an architect, two of the kids can design for England. I cannot and will never be able to get a whole loads of lgo bricks and build a pyramid. I am stoooopid, I am stoooopid. BTW, youngest ds was asked to build a bridge at health check. Couldn't verbally understand her way of thinking so signed to him that HV wanted him to build. Built a small pyramid and left her gobsmacked. Language delay wasn't mentioned again!

southeastastra · 03/08/2006 21:33

let her build to her heart's content!

Beetle73 · 03/08/2006 21:54

Pyramids! If I hadn't left the bricks in the DD's bedroom I'd be on the floor now, having a go at that...

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Katymac · 03/08/2006 21:57

Would you like to design me a nursery???

as you can see I am struggling and I think I need some more "realistic" advise...prehaps from your DD?

Beetle73 · 03/08/2006 22:01

'Realistically', you'll end up with a 30-storey nursery if you leave it to madam.

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Katymac · 04/08/2006 08:16

Planning might go for that....but I don't think so

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