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Helen Liang Memorial Secondary School (Shatin)

Letter To Editor: Lego Toys

6D Alvin Yau Kwong Ming

Dear Editor,
A toy market survey revealed
that over sixty percent of kids and
adolescents have had the experience
of playing with Lego toys. In light of the
popularity of Legos among children
in our society, a lot of concerns
have recently been raised about the
influences the Lego mini-figures with
angry faces have on children’s development. While some claim that these figures
with angry expressions can help stimulate children’s creativity, planning and building
skills, others commented that it could bring harm to these impressionable young
minds. As a past Lego player myself, I strongly believe that Legos with unhappy
faces bring many negative impacts to the youngsters in our generation.
To commence with, the increase in number of aggressive faces on Lego
characters can detrimentally affect children’s psychological development. It is now
the case that the Lego toy manufacturer tends
to churn out Lego figures with angry faces
rather than smiley ones in order to attract more
kids. However, playing with these toys with
negative emotions can distort children’s mental
development when they are frequently exposed
to them. There is no denying that children at a
tender age are very affectionate and vulnerable.
Playing Lego toys with angry, anxious or
pessimistic faces, children may believe that
we live in a dark and negative world and that
people are not happy. Despite the fact that these toys are just a part of kid’s world,
they may not be able to distinguish between the real and imaginary and will easily
believe that people in our society are all aggressive and evil.

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