{"id":35,"date":"2013-06-21T13:27:50","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T13:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/?p=35"},"modified":"2013-06-27T14:47:24","modified_gmt":"2013-06-27T14:47:24","slug":"lego-gets-angry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/lego-gets-angry\/","title":{"rendered":"LEGO Gets Angry!"},"content":{"rendered":"Image Source : Wiki Commons\r\n

I love the piece in today\u2019s\u00a0Guardian\u00a0<\/a>that says angry faces on Lego<\/a> toys are on the rise.<\/h3>\r\nApparently, researchers have found cross faces on various Lego<\/a> pieces are on the increase with both \u2018good\u2019 and \u2018bad\u2019 Lego<\/a> characters now carrying a large range of emotions. Something that is suprisingly angering many parents.\r\n\r\nPersonally I\u2019ve never really understood why toys don\u2019t reflect the whole gauntlet of emotions from anger through to happiness and I suspect it has a lot to do with the fact people still think kids should be happy and think happy thoughts all the time. A case in point happened a few days ago when my 3 year old was in a really bad mood on the school run. He was grumpy because he\u2019d scraped his knees in a fall, cross because he was on a scooter ban and basically did not feel like smiling at anyone. About a dozen mums asked why he wasn\u2019t happy. I pointed out he was having a bad day just like we all have and one mum said, \u201cHe should be happy all the time. What has he got to worry about?\u201d\r\n\r\nIt\u2019s not the healthiest of attitudes to have when trying to teach kids to manage, and acknowledge their emotions. My own childhood was a lesson in suppressed emotions \u2013 where acknowledging you were angry, frustrated or upset wasn\u2019t really acceptable. The result being a whole range of issues that my brothers and I then took into adulthood.\r\n\r\nThe fact is small children find it hard to handle their emotions, which is why they often have temper tantrums, whinge and cry. It\u2019s only by allowing them to acknowledge what they are feeling and name it, that they can then get past the rage\/tears\/anger and learn to manage conflicting feelings.\r\n

This isn\u2019t liberal nonsense but the way we all learn to regulate our emotions (and so not fly into a rage as adults), which means top marks for Lego<\/a> for giving kids a helping hand.<\/p>\r\nBut what do you think? Should toys reflect a range of emotions or not?\r\n\r\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image Source : Wiki Commons I love the piece in today\u2019s\u00a0Guardian\u00a0that says angry faces on Lego toys are on the rise. Apparently, researchers have found cross faces on various Lego pieces are on the increase with both \u2018good\u2019 and \u2018bad\u2019 Lego characters now carrying a large range of emotions. 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