Legos are specifically designed to hurt barefoot dads, right? That's gotta be in the patent. Plus my 5yo wants me to build stuff but has no attention span, so I end up building this elaborate house and he immediately knocks it down to "make a gun." And don't even get me started on losing those tiny pieces. Half my vacuum is probably made of Lego dust at this point.
Honest take: Let him build half-finished stuff with you. You don't have to complete his vision every time. Some of my favorite moments with my kids are the janky lego creations that are 80% their idea and 20% me keeping it from collapsing
lmao the elaborate house that gets abandoned is so specific. My 6yo does the same thing. Now I just give him a budget like "you get 5 minutes to play with this before we clean up" and it's honestly better for everyone
Legos were absolutely engineered as a torture device. I'm convinced the patent office knew exactly what they were doing. Plus yeah, the "build with me but also don't tell me what to build" dynamic is insane
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The barefoot lego casualty is absolutely real. This is why God invented slippers. But also you could just... tell your 5yo "you're designing it and I'm building from your instructions" and then guide them to actually think it through? Makes it take longer but at least it's collaborative