So my 5yo dumped like 3,000 Legos all over the basement. On purpose. As an "experiment" to see what would happen. What happened is me stepping on 47 of them in bare feet and making sounds that probably terrified the neighbors. My wife found me sitting on the couch just... staring. Not even mad anymore, just defeated. We're donating half of them. I don't even care if he cries about it.
lol same energy as when my kid decided to see what would happen if he poured a whole gallon of milk down the sink "to see where it goes." Kids operate on a different plane of logic than us.
did you make him help clean it up? Because if not... that's the real lesson right there. My rule is now: if you dump it, you pick it up. Took one time and now the Lego explosion incidents have mysteriously stopped.
LMAOOO the "experiment" excuse. Mine did something similar and when I asked WHY he goes "I wanted to see if they would spread." They would spread. Everywhere. I found Legos in the kitchen two days later.
47 Legos is rookie numbers. Try 3000 spread across an entire basement in the dark on the way to the laundry room. I made sounds I didn't know I could make. My wife heard it from upstairs and just said "oh no."
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This is why I switched to a Lego bin with a lid that LOCKS. Best $20 I've spent. Your 5yo is clearly a scientist and needs structure. The kid who's smart enough to design an experiment is smart enough to understand cause and effect if you use the right consequences lol